Durga Puja celebrations kick-started across India on Monday amid Coronavirus restrictions. The West Bengal government has issued Covid-19 guidelines for the pandals. Like last year, the pandals will have to be open and spacious and organisers will have to ensure that no crowding takes place. Pics/PTI, AFP, Pallav Paliwal, Satej Shinde
Updated On: 2021-10-12 02:34 PM IST
Devotees carry a clay idol of Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop during the ongoing Navratri festival in Allahabad. Pic/AFP
Women priests perform rituals of Goddess Durga during 'Maha Shasti' of Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata. Pic/PTI
Padma Shri awardee artist Sudarshan Pattnaik creates a sand art of Goddess Durga during the ongoing Durga Puja festival, at Puri beach. Pic/PTI
Hindu devotees offer prayers to girls dressed as Hindu goddess Durga for the 'Kumari' rituals during the Durga Puja festival at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati. Pic/AFP
A community Durga Puja pandal based on the theme of 'Women Empowerment' during 'Maha Shasti' of the Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata. Pic/PTI
A priest worships Goddess Durga on the first day of the Durga Puja festival, in a pandal at Shivaji park, in Mumbai. Pic/PTI
An idol of Goddess Durga being taken to puja pandal on a boat sailing over the Hooghly River in Nadia. Pic/PTI
North Bombay Durga Puja Samiti members during Durga Puja at Hiravati Banquet Hall, Santacruz in Mumbai. Pic/Satej Shinde
A priest performs rituals at a community pandal during the ongoing Durga Puja festival, at kaliwadi mandir marg in New Delhi. Pic/Pallav Paliwal
