'We have had Somnath Temple and even a model of Ram Mandir before. Why not dedicate the pandal to the temple of our democracy?' says the president of the puja committee.
Last year, Bengal’s Durga Puja became 1st in Asia to get UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage tag. After 2 yrs of low-key celebrations due to Covid, revellers went all out this year.
The fire broke out Sunday night in the Ekta Club Pooja Samiti's puja pandal, during a digital show with 300 to 400 people. The pandal was reduced to ashes, according to officials.
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha argued similarities were 'coincidental', but after condemnation from BJP and other parties, plus police action, placed a wig & moustache on idol.
'If Durga can be worshipped with Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartik, Ganesh, why can’t a street dog be allowed to coexist peacefully with her children?' asks a puja club member.
Maha ARC was set up to restructure distressed institutions linked to state government, but officials said the company would have been most useful for reconstructing and selling off sick cooperatives.
Zuppa & DBZ to collaborate to allow field units to fabricate structural components, assemble mission-ready drones, and deploy them in real time for surveillance, logistics, or tactical operations.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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