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People visit the Thakurpukur SB Park Sarbojanin Durga Puja 'pandal' themed on coal mines on the fifth day of the festival, in Kolkata, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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Artists perform in front of a community Durga Puja pandal themed on the traditional annual almanac (Panjika) ahead of the Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata, West Bengal, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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A Durga Puja pandal based on the theme of 'Abol Tabol', a collection of rhyming poems by poet Sukumar Ray, in Kolkata, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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A Durga Puja pandal based on the theme of 'Abol Tabol', a collection of rhyming poems by poet Sukumar Ray, in Kolkata, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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Workers adorn a ‘pandal’, themed on ‘Onam festival’, ahead of the ‘Durga Puja’, in Ranchi, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. | Photo: PTI
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A worker prepares a community Durga Puja pandal themed on 'Vande Mataram' ahead of the festival, in Kolkata, West Bengal, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra
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Artisans install a 'Charkha' at a Durga Puja pandal themed on India's independence movement, in Nadia, West Bengal, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. | Photo: PTI
