10/6/08

Pandal time

Durga puja is pandal time in Calcutta. A pandal is a large, temporaryan enclosure that contains an altar or stage to hold one or more dieities, usually in the forms of statues. Durga puja and Kali puja are two biggest festivals, with the most elaborate statues and celebrations. Each statue as inderstood to show the goddess in a different mood, with variations of clouthing and background. The faces of the goddess statues do not tend to be emotional, however but rather detached and subtly smiled.