Vishwakarma Puja 2018

On 17 of September every year Lord Vishwakarma' s birth is celebrated. Lord Vishwakarma, the creator of the universe according to Indian mythology. This occasion in celebrated in many parts of India - West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka etc. On this auspicious day people make pandals with statutes of lord inside it. Pandals are generally made by factories, construction site officials, business owners and workers praying for safety and improvement in workplace.

So as I belong to an industrial town in West Bengal, it is celebrated on a huge scale. And loads of people come to visit the pabdals.So I have clicked some of the pictures.

This is the statue of lord Vishwakarma.

And the were many more.

Along with a chandelier (jhoomar)

This is the entrance gate to the pandal. The roads are also covered with lights.

Other ones

And some roads were covered with different sort of lights

And some decorated with umbrella

These are some of the pandals.

Some of the decorations in pandals.

This is made of sea shells

This one is done with the help of plastic spoons & forks

The side passage of the roads are full of stalls selling different types of utensils, general items, toys, garments and obviously different types of food.

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