Durga Puja - 2014
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I think that if there is a exclusive food topic then all of us can post our food shots. In fact I have thousands of then taken with cell phone.
Time for an update
1. Pandals. These are ready, except for finishing touches which will done a couple of days befor the Puja starts. Already a lot of competetions are taking place here, hence the chairs and dias.
Stitched panorama from Mandir side
View from a side
Roofing
Chandeliers - ready for deployment (Shades, bulbs and covers will be fixed and then they will be hoised up)
Wooden supports encase to resemble columns
Lamp shades
Location of main Idol
Details of side gate
Coloured lights line the entrance walk way
1. Pandals. These are ready, except for finishing touches which will done a couple of days befor the Puja starts. Already a lot of competetions are taking place here, hence the chairs and dias.
Stitched panorama from Mandir side
View from a side
Roofing
Chandeliers - ready for deployment (Shades, bulbs and covers will be fixed and then they will be hoised up)
Wooden supports encase to resemble columns
Lamp shades
Location of main Idol
Details of side gate
Coloured lights line the entrance walk way
2a. Idols in making. The basic clay work is done. Now they are finishing the clay work, adding details and started painting base coat. Note the detailed designs on some idols. These are the templates for adding ornaments and bass relief pieces.
Assembly Line
Basic clay work done
Bass relief work and other details added
Base coat paint started. As this has to be Biodegradable, the white paint is lime based.
Assembly Line
Basic clay work done
Bass relief work and other details added
Base coat paint started. As this has to be Biodegradable, the white paint is lime based.
Things are speeding up, as the Puja approaches. Navaratri - nine days of abstention starts tomorrow, and puja six days later, hence the idols have to be ready and delivered before that.
1. Artisans at work
White base colour - lime paste
Base colours
Colours for details
Applying base colour
Detailing
Detailing
Detailing
Detailing
Up on the scaffolding
Getting the fabric ready
1. Artisans at work
White base colour - lime paste
Base colours
Colours for details
Applying base colour
Detailing
Detailing
Detailing
Detailing
Up on the scaffolding
Getting the fabric ready
2. Supports
Each composite Idol group is supported by a frame. The utility is two fold
a) It holds the group together
b) Eases transportation from the fabrication to the Pandal, and then from Pandal to immersion Ghat.
Workshop
Bamboo frame
Frame covered with jute sacking and then it will be given a layer of clay plaster and painted.
Each composite Idol group is supported by a frame. The utility is two fold
a) It holds the group together
b) Eases transportation from the fabrication to the Pandal, and then from Pandal to immersion Ghat.
Workshop
Bamboo frame
Frame covered with jute sacking and then it will be given a layer of clay plaster and painted.
2b. Idols - individual.
Some like the idols to be separate. The advantages are that they are lighter, hence easier to transport and immerse. They can also be displayed spread out, where the "Mandap" is wide enough.
Note the various expressions the artisans have given the idols and the different clothing.
Ganesha
Kartik
Durga
Durga and Kartik
Some like the idols to be separate. The advantages are that they are lighter, hence easier to transport and immerse. They can also be displayed spread out, where the "Mandap" is wide enough.
Note the various expressions the artisans have given the idols and the different clothing.
Ganesha
Kartik
Durga
Durga and Kartik
