UP: Durga pandal uses Chandrayaan-2 as their theme in Varanasi

With me-based pandals on a rise this Durga Puja, organisers in Varanasi have designed a pandal with 'Chandrayaan-2' as ir concept. pandal, which is around 100-feet in height, was completed in two months. Along with installation of idols of goddesses, people here have also me a model of Indian Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief K Sivan and astronauts. Durga Puja starts from seventh day after Mahalaya and ends on tenth day of Dashami or Dussehra.

Member of Durga Puja Committee, Rajan Jaiswal said, "Even though Chandrayan-2 mission did t happen in way it was planned, we want to celebrate efforts me by ISRO. We have me a model of ISRO Chief K Sivan as he said y plan to do ar moon mission. We have even installed models of astronauts."

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Poetry inspired me: Organiser

Speaking to ANI, Srinjay Chatterjee - an organiser has explained reason behind letterbox me. He said, "This year's me is based on a line (Kolikata Cholichhe rite rite) from a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. We have used letterboxes as se were an integral part of Kolkata's history". Photos also show that ceiling of Pandal is dotted with buildings - a reflection of present-day Kolkata.

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Letterbox Pandal

With climate change and eco-conservation take priority in world, Kolkata's Chetla Agrani Club has decided to celebrate 'Durga Puja' in a uniquely recycling way. Organisers of this year's Durga Puja Pandal have decorated Pandal with 4000 old letterboxes along with old writers, lanterns, phones, rios, gramophone, and clocks, according to ANI. Photos show a colourful array of letterboxes, decorated with scenes of daily Kolkata life forming a cave-like Pandal. club was founded in 1959.

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(with ANI inputs)