People throughout India are celebrating Durga Puja throughout the Navaratri season. The occasion is well known for five days. This yr, it’s celebrated upto Thursday (October 2, 2025). For generations, Durga Puja has been greater than a competition.
People are showcasing the festive ambiance by celebrating their jubilant temper in the type of creatively made pandals. There are some distinctive pandals made out of wooden, steel, coconut fibre, plastic, and many others. The temper is full of life not simply in West Bengal, however throughout the nation. Some of 2025’s Puja pandals spanned themes starting from meals adulteration to acid assault victims. Workers in the pandals come from districts throughout West Bengal to give form to the themed extravagant paintings that carry the Durga Pooja to life in different states.
Even intercourse employees of Kolkata carried out the thirteenth version of their very own Durga Pooja preventing social stigma and displaying resilience. With Kolkata dealing with incessant rains, some Durga Pooja pandals have been flooded, leaving organisers to restore the damages.
Take a have a look at photographs from throughout the nation:
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DEBASISH BHADURI
Kolkata: Durga pooja paintings displayed at a south Kolkata pandal in Haridevpur 41 Pally. People in Kolkata have created a lot of grand pandals throughout the metropolis.
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PTI
Kolkata: A employee decorates a pandal with used plastic bottles on the theme of ‘atmosphere’.
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PTI
Prayagraj: An illuminated view of a pandal themed on “Sheesh Mahal” (Palace of Mirrors), throughout the ‘Durga Puja’ competition.
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ANI
Guwahati: A devotee provides prayers to Goddess Durga.
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Ok.R. Deepak
Visakhapatnam: Devotees performing puja in Old Town.
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BISWARANJAN ROUT
Bhubaneswar: Crowd gathers close to a enormous puja pandal to witness the Durga Pooja festivities.
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DEBASISH BHADURI
Kolkata: Dakshindari youths portrayed acid assault survivors as their Durga puja theme for 2025.
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PTI
Bhubaneswar: An illuminated view of the Saheed Nagar pandal.
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ANI
Puri: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created sand artwork for workforce India’s victory in Asia Cup closing with goddess Durga idol at Puri Beach.
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PTI
Bhubaneswar: People’s inventive pursuits are seen at a majestic pandal.
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KVS Giri
Vijayawada: The work that goes in, forward of Dasara competition. Artists have to create a number of idols for the Navaratri season.
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H.S. Manjunath
Mangaluru: An artist making the idol for Durga Pujja Samithi of Bengali Association.
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M. Periasamy
Coimbatore: Idol makers from Kolkata carry alive Goddess Durga.
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V. Raju
Visakhapatnam: An artist busy giving closing touches to the idol of Goddess Durga at Kancharapalem.
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Ragu R
Chennai: Durga idol artists work in T. Nagar, at the Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya.
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ANI
Nagpur: Devotees carry an idol of Goddess Durga throughout the Navratri competition celebration.
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PTI
Ranchi: An illuminated view of a giant pandal exhibits the jubilant temper in different cities additionally.
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REUTERS
Kolkata: A priest prepares to pray in entrance of an idol of the goddess Durga positioned on an altar.
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ANI
Kolkata: A view of a pandal based mostly on the theme of “Operation Sindoor”.
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ANI
Kolkata: A view of Simla Byayam Samity’s Durga Puja pandal on the event of Maha Shasti.
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PTI
Kolkata: People go to the Kashi Bose Lane pandal themed on ‘Pakdondi’.
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PTI
Nadia: A view of a pandal themed on Kedarnath temple throughout ‘Durga Puja’ competition, in Nadia, West Bengal.
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PTI
Kolkata: People go to a neighborhood pandal themed on ‘Old Calcutta’.
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PTI
Kolkata: An idol of Goddess Durga put in at a neighborhood puja pandal.
