Goddess Durga to provide darshan at majestic ‘Golden Palace’ in Odisha’s Jharpada

Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: As the capital metropolis gears up for one more grand and big-budget Durga Puja, the Jharpada Durga Puja Samiti is all set to welcome the Mother Goddess with an impressive ‘Golden Palace’ themed pandal this yr. With barely 12 days left for the pageant, a bunch of fifty artisans led by West Bengal’s artist Pratap Chandra Giri is busy making the pandal that might be a staggering 85 toes tall and 150 toes huge.

“The design of the palace is unique and has been planned by our own artists who are working for the last one and half months to give it shape using bamboo, plywood, fibre, sunpack sheets, colour glasses and other materials,” mentioned samiti president Sikhar Jena.

Apart from a big entrance gate for darshan, the pandal could have 4 exit gates from inside to facilitate clean darshan to the devotees. To appeal to crowd, the committee has additionally determined to concentrate on ornament with the portrayal of mythological characters and tribal tradition in illumination.

Members of the samiti mentioned the idol might be 12 toes tall with a 20 toes excessive altar within the backdrop. Besides, the goddess and different deities within the pandal might be embellished with silver ornaments.

“Thousands of people turn up for darshan in our pandal every year. To facilitate hassle-free darshan to devotees, we will have around 300 volunteers and puja committee members. Besides, 12 CCTVs will also be installed for security purpose,” mentioned samiti secretary Dharanidhar Jena.

Jena mentioned particular preparations might be made to make sure clean darshan for differently-abled individuals and senior residents on the pandal. Melody and cultural programmes can even be organised as a part of the five-day celebration.

Besides, samiti members mentioned a 40-ft excessive effigy of Ravan can even be created for Ravana Podi on the day of Dashami. They mentioned a Meena Bazaar deliberate in the course of the pageant can even be a crowd puller.

BHUBANESWAR: As the capital metropolis gears up for one more grand and big-budget Durga Puja, the Jharpada Durga Puja Samiti is all set to welcome the Mother Goddess with an impressive ‘Golden Palace’ themed pandal this yr. With barely 12 days left for the pageant, a bunch of fifty artisans led by West Bengal’s artist Pratap Chandra Giri is busy making the pandal that might be a staggering 85 toes tall and 150 toes huge.

“The design of the palace is unique and has been planned by our own artists who are working for the last one and half months to give it shape using bamboo, plywood, fibre, sunpack sheets, colour glasses and other materials,” mentioned samiti president Sikhar Jena.

Apart from a big entrance gate for darshan, the pandal could have 4 exit gates from inside to facilitate clean darshan to the devotees. To appeal to crowd, the committee has additionally determined to concentrate on ornament with the portrayal of mythological characters and tribal tradition in illumination.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Members of the samiti mentioned the idol might be 12 toes tall with a 20 toes excessive altar within the backdrop. Besides, the goddess and different deities within the pandal might be embellished with silver ornaments.

“Thousands of people turn up for darshan in our pandal every year. To facilitate hassle-free darshan to devotees, we will have around 300 volunteers and puja committee members. Besides, 12 CCTVs will also be installed for security purpose,” mentioned samiti secretary Dharanidhar Jena.

Jena mentioned particular preparations might be made to make sure clean darshan for differently-abled individuals and senior residents on the pandal. Melody and cultural programmes can even be organised as a part of the five-day celebration.

Besides, samiti members mentioned a 40-ft excessive effigy of Ravan can even be created for Ravana Podi on the day of Dashami. They mentioned a Meena Bazaar deliberate in the course of the pageant can even be a crowd puller.