Durga Puja 2012

Durga Puja widely celebrates in Nainital by Bengali. it is the most significant socio-cultural event in Bengali society. They made different form of Durga's statues...Modern traditions have come to include the display of decorated pandals and artistically depicted idols (murti) of Durga...

Durga Puja commemorates the annual visit of the Goddess with Her children to Her parents' home, leaving finally on the Dashami to be re-united with Shiva. This leaving ceremony is symbolised by the immersion of the idols on Dashami.

This season is also known as a Bengali Season in Nainital... Many Bengali posters and other things can be seen on road this time...

In this year this festival have been celebrated in 15th October to 24th October 2012...

Some pictures of Durga puja...

Nainital Dushara 2012

Dussehra celebrates the Hindu god Rama's victory over the demon king Ravana and the triumph of good over evil. The epic Ramayana tells the mythical story of the Lord Rama who wins the lovely Sita for his wife, only to have her carried off by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka.

In this occasion at Nainital effigies of Ravana were also made by the artist, who came from Muradabad, U.P.  The effigies are burnt on bonfires in the evening of 24th October 2012. Dussehra is the culmination of the Navaratri festival.

Handicraft Work of Nainital – 1

Making decorative items from waste wood, pine cone, dry leaves and some other things is a very old art of Nainital… Many families are attached with this work and serving their families through this art…