Durga Puja celebrations: From Delhi, Kolkata to Northeast, watch amazing pictures

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Durga Puja is being celebrated with feasts and festivities. Devotees from across the country are flocking to different pandals for paying obeisance to Goddess Durga and to celebrate their joy and happiness. As far as Bengalis are concerned, it is much more than a festival. Communities gather in puja pandals to celebrate the festival with delicious food and spectacular cultural evenings. Durga Puja began on 26 the September and it will mark its end on Vijayadashami i.e 30the September. Here are some of the beautiful photos of goddess Durga: (FE Photo by Rahul Sutradhar)

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Sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo gives finishing touches to a sand sculpture of Goddess Durga at Nepali Basti Mandir in Dimapur, Nagaland. (PTI)

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A girl dressed as Goddess Durga is worshipped during the Kumari Puja ritual as part of the Durga Puja festival at Gobindapur, Ramkrishana mission in Kailashar, Tripura. (AP)

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This year the puja committee of D Block at CR Park, has installed the idols that are made up of eco-friendly clay and paints that are bio-degradable. (FE Photo by Rahul Sutradhar)

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Devotees enjoying dance during the Durga Puja celebration at Banga Bhavan in sector 35 Chandigarh. (IE)

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Navapalli Puja Samiti (NPS) at CR Park is celebrating its silver jubilee this year. This pandal has been made using bio-degradable materials from east Midnapur in West Bengal. NPS is one of the most popular Durga Puja pandals in the South Delhi. (FE Photo by Rahul Sutradhar)

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This is a community Durga puja pandal in Kolkata. The theme of this puja is based on communal harmony. (PTI)

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This is an idol of goddess Durga in CR Park Kalibari, Delhi. The major attraction of this puja is “Dhunuchi Nach”, a traditional and devotional dance which is performed holding dhunuchi. (FE Photo by Rahul Sutradhar)

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This idol has been installed in Shivmandir Siliguri. The decoration of the pandal is done with"Kash phool"– a symbolic representation of Autumn which indicates that Durga puja has arrived. (FE Photo by Tiasa Bhowal)

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This beautiful Durga idol has been installed by the Durga Puja committee on Burdwan road in Siliguri.(FE Photo by Tiasa Bhowal)

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Durga Puja at Central colony Siliguri, West Bengal. This eye-catching pandal is made up of Bamboo. (FE Photo by Tiasa Bhowal)