Durga Puja 2022: Preparations in full swing in West Bengal ahead of biggest festival
The countdown for the 5-day-long festival of Durga Puja has finally begun. After a two-year hiatus due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, the City of Joy Kolkata is finally happy to host one of the country's biggest festivals once again with much favour and enthusiasm.
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After two years of pandemic-related restrictions, residents of West Bengal gear up to celebrate the biggest festival of the state with full favour and grandeur once again. This year, the 5-day long festival of Durga Puja starts on October 1. Here's how the state is preparing for Durga Puja.(PTI)
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Artists give final touches to the idols of Goddess Durga at a community puja pandal, ahead of Durga puja festival, at Balurghat, in South Dinajpur.(ANI)
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A man collects lotus from a roadside pond for the upcoming Durga Puja festival, in Bankura.(ANI)
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A clay idol of Goddess Durga being loaded into a truck for transportation ahead of the Durga Puja festival, in Nadia, West Bengal.(PTI)
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