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  Behind the Durga Puja
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Durga Puja has turned out to be more of a social festival. The preparation required to make it successful depends entirely on the contributions from all the sections of the society. Bangalinet has brought forward these important people who are behind the glory of the festival.

 

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  Men gathering riverbed silt_________________________________
Fine riverbed silt is required for the final coating of the idol of Goddess Durga. Always is great demand during the Pujas, it is very difficult to amass this fine silt required for the silken effect on the idol. Labourers like Subash Mandal, swim underwater in the Hoogly River in the early hours to gather basketful of silt from the riverbed. A cart is then
 
  loaded with this clay and sent to the idol makers to apply the finishing coat to the idols. Subhash Mandal resident of Bagbajar, gears up for the Puja season just after the monsoon. He says, “Puja for me is gathering cartloads of clay and earning Rs.90 to Rs.100 per cart. Financially it is a good time for us but fever and skin diseases are something we have to combat.”  
 


Men behind the pandals_____________________
Sankar Sarkar fondly known as “Masterda”, leads the Mahishbathan Gramin Hastashilpa Samabaya of North Dinajpur. A team of ten skilled men has come to Kolkata to decorate the city-based pandals. They specialize in handicrafts made of wood, jute and bamboo. Talking to Bangalinet, Masterda said, “This year quite a few Puja committees have invited us to decorate their pandals with works of jute, bamboo and wood. Durga Puja for us

 
 

is the time for financial benefit and for all the villages as well as the cooperative engaged in making handicrafts. We pray to the Goddess though our work.” 

 
     
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