Durga Puja brightens up Delhi and Kolkata on Shashti

Durga Puja celebrations at Arambagh at Panchkuian Road in New Delhi. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

Arambagh puja committee will celebrate Durga Puja with DuggAmar- Empowering Widows from Mathura and Vrindavan. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

Rape & acid attack survivors will inaugurate the Arambagh Puja. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

In a step to empower women, Arambagh puja committee will celebrate the pujas with widows from Mathura and Vrindavan. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

Widows from Mathura and Vrindavan dance to the beat of drums at Arambagh puja. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

A huge idol at the entrance of the Arambagh puja pandal. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

The Aram Bagh Puja Samiti has been celebrating Durga puja since 1949. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

Arambagh Durga Puja Samity celebrated its silver jubilee year in 2013. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

Arambagh Durga Puja is one of the big budget pujas in the national capital. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

This year too the Arambagh Durga Puja promises a new theme and celebrations on a grand scale. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

The Durga puja celebrations at Minto Road in the national capital. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

A man clicks photo of the Durga idol. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

The Minto Road puja pandal all decked up for celebrations. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

Started in 1940, this pandal has maintained the true essence of Bengali culture and traditions. (Source: Express Photo by Amit Mehra)

The tallest (88-feet) Durga idol in the world at Deshapriya Park in south Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

A stampede on Sunday, on the auspicious day of Panchami, took place causing injury to 11 people. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

Thousands of people visited the Deshapriya Park to catch a glimpse of the idol. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

However, after the stampede Kolkata police evacuated Deshapriya park puja ground. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

The puja pandal remains close till further police order. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

The traffic around the ground was thrown out of gear, bringing vehicular movement to a standstill. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

People throng to see UFO (uranta chaki) pandal at Santosh Mitra Square in Central Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

A pandal shaped as UFO at Santosh Mitra Square in Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

A Durga Puja pandal at Sealdah Railway Athletic club in central Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

The pandal has been shaped as a replica of the United States Capitol building. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)