Peacock Massive
This Pandal is only a basic one believe it or not, as it isn't walk-through. It is however 7-stories high!!!
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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... [read more]
The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... [read more] Blog: Durga Puja Special
Date: October 18th 2008
And wasn’t it just! ‘Special’ that is. Durga Puja; 5th - 9th Oct 2008. This blog will deliberately be mostly pictures as such a spectacle is difficult to describe in any other way. Comparisons to Christmas in the West are made regularly with Durga Puja, but I personally think this is to short change this amazing Hindu fest, particularly the way it is done in Kolkata, the home of Durga Pu ... read more
Date: October 18th 2008
And wasn’t it just! ‘Special’ that is. Durga Puja; 5th - 9th Oct 2008. This blog will deliberately be mostly pictures as such a spectacle is difficult to describe in any other way. Comparisons to Christmas in the West are made regularly with Durga Puja, but I personally think this is to short change this amazing Hindu fest, particularly the way it is done in Kolkata, the home of Durga Pu ... read more
