Some more pujas

Several big pujas I made rounds of in the daytime turned into huge crowd pullers as the day wore on. And though one may argue the lighting at the pandals is equally enchanting, I’ve always felt it is still not worth the long queues, traffic snarl, lost time, and grimy sweating that you invariably face in the evenings.

Instead I ventured out when the traffic was at the minimum and compromised not seeing lighting with minutely checking out the pandals with all the time at my disposal.

Here are some images of a number of pujas. Pictures of FD Block pandal modeled after Harry Potter’s Hogwarts School can be seen here. You may also like to see the slides the New York Times has put up for viewing, titled Durga Pujo in Calcutta.