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Puja pandals across NCR are celebrating the festival with full gusto and dhoom with extravagant and thought-out themed-settingsMatri Mandir in Safdarjung Enclave has turned into Disneyland for Durga Puja. “To celebrate 100 years of Disney, we have tried to create a replica of Disneyland,” says Amita Chakraborty, additional general secretary of the committeeDisneyland-themed Maitri Mandir pandal in...

KOLKATA: During this year's Durga Puja in Kolkata, some prominent pandals will feature displays and stalls that educate festival-goers about how to prevent avoidable deaths. The Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN), an organization working on issues such as snakebites and drowning cases, has partnered with three puja organizers – Maddox Square, Jodhpur Park, and Suruchi Sangha.These stalls will showcase...

MUMBAI: This could be good news for Mumbai's Navratri and Durga puja pandals which require a huge supply of power during the festival period. BEST undertakings in island city, Tata Power across Mumbai and Adani Electricity in suburbs announced "subsidized residential" power tariff to all puja pandals who apply for connection. This will save the power supply costs for the pandals to a greater extent....

MUMBAI: With a week left for the onset of Sharadiya Navratra October 15, several beautiful idols of Goddess Ambe will be led to their pandals from the Lalbaug-Parel workshops October 8. Sunday's 'aagman' processions will draw hundreds of devotees into the streets.This includes the city's tallest idol, the Khetwadi Chi Aai of Khetwadi 12th Lane, which is 31 ft in height. Moortikar Arun Datte has crafted...

MUMBAI: There's a 13% jump in the number of Ganpati mandals receiving permission to erect pandals on city roads this year, according to data received from BMC on Monday. In fact, this Ganeshotsav will see the highest number of pandals with BMC granting approvals to 2,729 mandals so far. Last year, 2,417 mandals had got approvals.This year, BMC received 3,767 applications, of which 1,038 were rejected...