Durga blesses Mamata lookalike idol in this Kolkata pandal
NEW DELHI: West Bengal state politics now seem to be influencing imaginations of Durga Puja organisers. The idol at the Bhawanipore Durgotsav Samity pandal has created quite a sensation.
It features a woman draped in a blue bordered white saree, and with a face bearing starkling resemblance to the state chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The figure is seen offering flowers to the goddess, who stretches out her hand in a mark of blessing.The face of Mahishasura the demon too looks rather familiar- that of former Opposition leader Suryakanta Mishra. Unlike the aggressive Mahishasura traditionally seen as part of the idol assemblage, this one has its head lowered in submission.
Local Trinamool councillor Asim Basu, an organiser of the Bhawanipore puja claims, “It is up to the visitors to interpret things the way they want. We have only portrayed the Durga Puja spirit of women power.”
Mamata herself is expected to visit this pandal.
The organisers said the idol will be preserved and not immersed as per tradition.
Source: TOI
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