Guwahati Durga Puja : Great Wall of China replica this puja

Have a glimpse of Great Wall of China replica this puja
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 4: The Kalibari Puja Committee along with the Jagriti Sangha will put up a caricature of the Great Wall of China during this years puja celebrations. Designed by noted designer Nuruddin Ahmed, the replica of the wall is 1,100 feet in length and 40 feet in height. People can take a walk on the wall and the main aim for putting up this structure is to make people aware of the great structure of the world.

The Great Wall of China is the only man-made object to seen from space.
According to the organizers of the committee, the puja has a total budget of Rs 10 lakh and Rs 4 lakh will be spent on the pandal. This time lighting in the pandal will be kept to the minimum and the money saved would be donated to flood-affected people of the State. Last year, this puja committee donated money to the Snehalaya.

Another attraction of this puja will be a special Beijing Olympic pavilion with clips of this years Olympics being displayed on giant screens. There will also be a show of a fight between a dragon and a dinosaur. The pandal will also feature replicas of temples of China.

According to the organizers, the security aspect at the pandal will be looked by 200 volunteers and 20 private security guards, apart from the normal presence of police and CRPF personnel.
source: sentinel assam

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Big FM launches awards for best puja mandaps
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 4: Guwahati’s Big 92.7 FM station today announced the launch of the Big Puja Award. In a press meet held toady at the Guwahati Press Club, the FM station said that this year the special attraction will be the two different awards—The Big Puja Choice Award and the Big Jury Award.

The jury of the event will be singer Pulak Banerjee, writer Ms Anuradha Sarma Pujari and actress Nishata Goswami. The awards will be decided by SMS votes. People can SMS in their favourite puja pandal out of the nominated pandals by typing BIG Sr No (of the pandal) and sending it to 55454.

For the Big Jury Award, the jury members along with the Big team will visit all the nominated puja pandals on the night of Asthami.

According to the organizers, special emphasis will be given to the traditional style and environmental friendliness approach of the pandals. The winners of both the awards will be announced on October 11. The organizers said that the award aims to give the people of Guwahati an opportunity to express their views about the puja celebrations and to recognize the efforts of the various puja pandals in organizing and presenting a spectacular show. source: sentinel assam

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