Uniqueness is the quality of being particularly remarkable, special, and unusual or simply being the only one of its kind. So, with the Durga Puja festivities in full swing all around, it’s time for hundreds of unique thematic and aesthetic pandals, which attract huge crowds.Hence, from library-themed pandals to one depicting the Vatican City, here are some unique pandals that will leave you awestruck.
Pandal depicting Kolkata’s journey
This year, the theme of an innovative pandal set up by North Kolkata’s Dumdum Tarun Dal, Puja Committee, which turns 45 this year, is ‘City of Joy, Calcutta.’ It attempts to reflect the city’s transformation from Old Calcutta to today’s Kolkata.
Library theme to encourage reading
In the Chatribari area in Assam’s Guwahati, the Chatribari Sarbajanin Debo Pujasthan Samiti has built its Durga Puja pandal to depict a library.
Depicting lives of sex workers
A pandal in Kolkata that depicts the lives of sex workers under the ‘Parichai’ (identity) shows the society they live in and the way they are seen by people.
An idol of Maa Durga made of silicon in the form of a mother has been installed, and it attempts to show that even a sex worker has the form of a mother.
Vatican City-themed pandal
This year, Kolakata’s Shree Bhoomi Sporting Club, which enthrals the audience every year, has set the theme of its Pooja Pandal as “Vatican City”. Pandal made with commemorative coins
Keeping in line with the AzadiKaAmritMahotsav celebrations, the BabubaganSarbojaninDurgotsav Puja pandal in South Kolkata has come up with a unique pandal that is made of thousands of commemorative coins issued since independence. The pandal also depicts freedom fighters and great personalities through its ‘MaaTujhe Salaam’ theme.