Durga Pujo Pandal Hopping Bangalore, a Photo Essay
Ask any Bengali and they will tell you the best way to experience Durga Pujo is pandal hopping. Pandals are display centers where Bengalees of a locality get together and worship Goddess Durga. The belief is Ma Durga has descended on earth to kill the demon Mahishasur.
Bangalore Pujo can in no way match the scale with which this festival is celebrated in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal. Yet it is estimated that there are 50+ pujo pandals in Bangalore. I am on a Durga Pujo pandal hopping spree now. And here are the first 6 pujo pandals I visited yesterday (shoshti) night.
Durga Pujo Pandal Hopping Bangalore
If you are anywhere in Bangalore now do have a look at these pandals. Check out my previous blogposts on must visit pujo pandals of Bangalore; 5 Must See Durga Puja Pandals in Bangalore 2016, Top 5 Durga Pujo Pandals in Bangalore 2015.
Kolaj: Durga Pujo Pandal Hopping Bangalore
A very small puja but very beautifully made Goddess. This is the only pandal I saw where Ma Durga has her son Ganesha in her lap and Kartik seated just beside her. Her 2 daughters are standing on either side. This year they had very unique decoration with plates, spoons and cups.
Location of Kolaj Durga Puja
This Durga Puja is held in a Krishna Temple. Google maps show the name as 1A cross road and Krishna Temple road. It is a 1 way road, very easy to approach from 100 feet road, but finding a parking spot can be difficult.
Kolaj Durga Pujo – Durga Pujo Pandal Hopping Bangalore
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- Ma Durga wih son Ganesh in lap
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- Lord ganesha
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- Ma Durga
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- Goddess Lakshmi
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- Goddess Saraswati
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- Lord Kartik
Koramangala Socio Cultural Trust
Sarathi Cultural Association
Sarathi Cultural Association has white sholapith based theme for decoration. Sholapith is naturally white and this adds a different charm. It is the Indian cork, a milky-white sponge-wood. Its texture is similar to thermocol, but comparatively far better. Being environment friendly, it dissolves almost immediately when immersed in water.
The idols are made of hay and clay. Interesting point to note here is that this clay is specially brought in from the banks of the Ganga. This is one of the environment friendly pandal I saw yesterday.
Location of Sarathi Cultural Association
Sarathi Cultural Association is on Ganapathi Temple Road, Koramangala.
Air Force Wind Tunnel Road Durga Pujo
This pandal has a very simple setup. This is one among very old puja pandals of Bangalore. However since it is within Air Force residential complex not many visit it. The crowns of each idol is so well made.
Air Force Wind Tunnel Road Durga Puja Pandal
Assamese Association Durga Pujo
Brookefields Durga Pujo
Colorful captures.
Lovely pics!
Hope you had a wonderful Puja. Shubha Bijaya!
The pictures have come out too good… such vibrancy and piousness 🙂
Very nice… It was an information that there are so many pandals in Bangalore.
Thanks for giving us glimpses into some of the beautiful pandals of Bengaluru
You have Beautiful ly covered the Durga Puja….
Also,.. thank you, for the most picture sque coverage of … ….????????
I used to visit the Durga Puja pandal of the BnB at BTM layout…the attire, ornaments and expressions of Ma makes one transfixed.one can’t stare enough! ??
Happy Durga Puja.
Thanks for all pics.
Greetings from Assam
Thank you Rupam. 🙂
Happy and blessed Durga Puja!
Thank you Sandeepa and Chetan! 🙂
Happy Durga Pujo!
Thank you dear 🙂
How graceful! My eyes stopped at the attires and ornaments of the dieties. How aesthetically they are set!
Yes Sindhu. Very beautiful indeed!
Best wishes for the Pujo !
Thank you Ramanathan!