Durga Idol

This is one of the modern forms of idol of Goddess Durga, her four

children and Buffalo demon "Mahisasura".

 

Worship of Goddess Durga during four days in autumn is the biggest

cultural cum religious festival of the Bengalis. The festival has

its tradition in religion, but now has taken the form of a four day

and night long festivity and carnival. The idol shows Goddess Durga

in the center symbolising "good" engaged in a ruthless battle with

the buffalo demon symbolising "evil" and eventually killing him. Her

four sons and daughters (elephant headed God Ganesh, Lord of

Business; Lakshmi, Goddess of Wealth; Saraswati, Goddess of

Learning; and Kartik, the General of the Divine Army) look on rather

dispassionately as they see their mother battling out in the middle.

 

These idols are hand-made by crafty artisans usually from clay and

are immersed in the holy river after the festival is over. The idols

are housed in make-shift temples made out of variety of materials

like tent-cloth, bamboo, card-board, etc.

Excellent composition.Perfectbdetail.Atanu:my regards.Janusz.

interesting. full color & your Goddes :)))

Lively - an well executed!

Very good composition,exposure,light and colours,Atanu. Subho Bijoya.

Excellent colour, nice image.

 

Regards.

A fantastically complex picture with great colors an much to ponder. Being complusive, I would have PS the white dots off from the brown structures (two on left, several in the middle. Another great picture.

Amazing details

very good shot..congrats

Like Alec, I'm impressed with the intricacy and the color.

Love this detailed capture, Atanu!! Kind regards!