The Pandal – this is the temporary abode of Goddess.
Once upon a time they were made of simple bamboo scaffolding with metres of cloth draped around, but today this cannot be more different. The Pandal is built is all conceivable forms and structures…replicas of famous temples, parliament houses, mansions, forts…you name it and it’s there. The materials used in construction of these pandals are no longer the simple bamboo and cloth, but plywood, plaster, dried leaves, thermocol (packing materials) just to name a few. So intricate and elaborate are these structures that it is indeed sometimes difficult to figure out the Pandals and the real things.
Kolkata(Calcutta)temporary! pandals pictures 2008:
