Bhubaneswar: Revellers have been crowding multiple Durga Puja pandals in different parts of Bhubaneswar since Sasthi and the numbers swelled on the occasion of Mahasthami on Friday.
A whopping 187 pandals have been set up in the state capital and the deity is adorned with gold and silver jewellery at 22 of these. Special deployment has been made at 14 major puja pandals – Nayapalli, Saheed Nagar, Rasulgarh, Jharpada, Old Station Bazaar, Baramunda, Cuttack Road, Ravi Talkies, Ruchika Market, Lingaraj, Ganga Nagar, Chandrasekharpur, Infocity and Nandankanan.
Additional lady police personnel were also deployed Nayapalli, Saheed Nagar, Jharpada, Rasulgarh and Palasuni puja pandals to ensure women devotees do not face any inconvenience during Ashtami rituals this morning.
Here’s is a peek into to a few pandals in the state capital:
BARAMUNDA
BOMIKHAL
JHARPADA
NAYAPALLI
PALASUNI
RASULGARH
