10-01-2006, 11:34 PM
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Praveen Kumar | New Delhi
Special themes have always been a part of the Durga Puja pandals across the Capital but in<b> New Delhi Kalibari Mandir (NDKM) what matters is the traditional way of performing the puja. The Samiti which has been organising the puja since 1920 claims to be one of the oldest one in the city and which follows the Bishuddha Siddhant way of performing the puja</b>.
Purobi Roy Chaudhary, a member of the managing committee of NDKM, says, "There is a lot of competition in decorating the idol nowadays.<b> But we prefer traditional way of decoration. Dake shaaz (decorative materials) has been brought from West Bengal and artists have devoted almost one month to prepare the idol. Also, what makes us different from others is that our deity is under one chali as per the convention and the tradition. Our puja is performed in a traditional way. It starts from 6.30 am and ends at 10.15 am according to the religious guidelines."</b>
Apart from fruits and sweets, pulao, paneer, khichdi, paisum and vegetarian thaali is offered to Goddess Durga during pushpanjali in Kalibari Mandir. Manjushree Ganguly, a devotee, said,<b> "For a change now we offer pulao during the puja to the Goddess." </b>After the puja in the morning, devotees at the Kalibari Mandir line up in huge numbers for the bhandara that starts in the afternoon. Har Shankar Pal, vice president of the committee said, "<b>People have to wait for as long as one hour to receive prasad. People sit and have prasad during bhandara</b>.
The estimated cost for these simple but yet attractive pandals goes upto Rs 10 lakh.
Shree Shree Durga Puja Samiti in Regharpura, Karol Bagh which has been celebrating this festival since 2000 is another example which is famous for a different pandal and idols made with glass pieces.
In this area, it is jewellers who contribute to the preparations of the Durga Puja festival. Chandas Das, President of the Samiti said, "We have tried to give a look of Raja Ram Mohan Roy's palace to our pandal. Though it is small but we have tried our best to provide the people with a taste of ancient history that goes long back to 400 years. Even for our idols which are made of glass pieces, we have used 250 kg of glass pieces. For this, only three artists were called who worked for one month to prepare the idols.<b> Our main motive to organise this festival in a different way is to promote the area of Regharpura." </b>
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Praveen Kumar | New Delhi
Special themes have always been a part of the Durga Puja pandals across the Capital but in<b> New Delhi Kalibari Mandir (NDKM) what matters is the traditional way of performing the puja. The Samiti which has been organising the puja since 1920 claims to be one of the oldest one in the city and which follows the Bishuddha Siddhant way of performing the puja</b>.
Purobi Roy Chaudhary, a member of the managing committee of NDKM, says, "There is a lot of competition in decorating the idol nowadays.<b> But we prefer traditional way of decoration. Dake shaaz (decorative materials) has been brought from West Bengal and artists have devoted almost one month to prepare the idol. Also, what makes us different from others is that our deity is under one chali as per the convention and the tradition. Our puja is performed in a traditional way. It starts from 6.30 am and ends at 10.15 am according to the religious guidelines."</b>
Apart from fruits and sweets, pulao, paneer, khichdi, paisum and vegetarian thaali is offered to Goddess Durga during pushpanjali in Kalibari Mandir. Manjushree Ganguly, a devotee, said,<b> "For a change now we offer pulao during the puja to the Goddess." </b>After the puja in the morning, devotees at the Kalibari Mandir line up in huge numbers for the bhandara that starts in the afternoon. Har Shankar Pal, vice president of the committee said, "<b>People have to wait for as long as one hour to receive prasad. People sit and have prasad during bhandara</b>.
The estimated cost for these simple but yet attractive pandals goes upto Rs 10 lakh.
Shree Shree Durga Puja Samiti in Regharpura, Karol Bagh which has been celebrating this festival since 2000 is another example which is famous for a different pandal and idols made with glass pieces.
In this area, it is jewellers who contribute to the preparations of the Durga Puja festival. Chandas Das, President of the Samiti said, "We have tried to give a look of Raja Ram Mohan Roy's palace to our pandal. Though it is small but we have tried our best to provide the people with a taste of ancient history that goes long back to 400 years. Even for our idols which are made of glass pieces, we have used 250 kg of glass pieces. For this, only three artists were called who worked for one month to prepare the idols.<b> Our main motive to organise this festival in a different way is to promote the area of Regharpura." </b>
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