If you're a Calcuttan, or even remotely related to the City of Joy, you know what Durga Puja means. Its a spirit of celebration that overshadows all other festivals! The whole city is in a mode of rejuvenation and rejoicing the homecoming of Goddess Durga. According to mythological studies, Ma Durga is said to descend to Earth during this time of the year, and she chooses her maternal home- Calcutta. She arrives with all her four children, and brings along merriment, joy, splendor, glamour and everything else that a festival can possibly bring to a region!
Two days ahead of this Bengali festival, here's unveiling the Run-up-for-Durga Puja. The Goddess in making- her eyes change expressively and animatedly through the process of the making of the idol, her worship and conclusively, just as she is immersed at the end of the festivity.
Trying to capture these splendidly divine moments in a memory-chip!
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| The magnificent eyes |
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| The hand that shapes the hand |
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| Minute details |
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| Tinctures and Colours! |
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| Just clay |
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| Her lion in making |
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Mahishasur- the devil.
Its fascinating how the same hands give shape to the Divine and the Devil |
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| Half-way through |
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| Her Children. |
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| The hand,er, Face behind it all! |
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| Heads in a row |
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| Eyes are a brush stroke away! |
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| Silver hair brings experience to excel with the Golden paint! |
'Silver hair brings experience to excel with the Golden paint!'
ReplyDeleteBeautiful line! :) All the captions are nice but this one stands out! :)
same hands give shape to the divine and the devil --- like
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