Durga Puja,2012

Durga Puja is an awesome occasion for every Bengali, but specially for the photographers or the photography-lovers. This puja was also a very very happening one for me, my hubby was here and we spent lovely times together. But I am contributing this post for my "during-puja-snaps".

Art

Begging

Candle light

Chakra

Entrance

Furious

Gurad

Journey

Lamp shades

Lights

Love

Palace

Potters on clay wall

The goddess

The goddess 2

The goddess 3

The goddess 4

The lion

Trumpet blower

Wall

Expecting comments..

Miscellaneous..

The photos I shared here are not taken on a single day, they have been taken over a period of time, but could not share due to having a very busy schedule during my campusing. 

Butterfly 1

This is a very naughty butterfly.. :P :P

Moth 1

 This moth behaved like as if it wanted me to shoot it.

butterfly 2

 Again a naughty one..

moth 2

 Close up view..

Light..

I don't know who will like this, but I loved this pic very much.. :) :)

Some Recent Collections......

It's monsoon here, super weather with lots of confidence in me. Actually my parents never even imagined I love photography this much. They still keep on pushing me like, do one thing properly, else nothing's gonna happen in your life and blah blah. I stay silent and this is actually a everyday-growing-challenge for me. I wanna show them that I can, and that's giving me a confidence. Anyway, I believe that every successful person has to go through a lot of struggle. So I am in.... :-) :-)

Random..

 I don't know the exact purpose of the above seen cute things, but  I guess these are mainly used for decorative purposes. But they are so colorful and attracted me a lot.

Boats..

 I think I need not give any detail to this..

Water drop 6

 As I said earlier, I am in love with the water drops. But mostly natural ones. And it being monsoon here, I am enjoying a lot capturing these. The purple leaves are of a cactus, many people mistake it to be a flower though.

Water drop 7

 I know it is a bit dirty, but the drops are beautiful. And I don't really wanted to miss to capture. :-)

Eye 1

 It's puchku's eye in a close up shot. And I am real thankful to her for posing for me. :-)

Grasshopper 5

Though I know it's not that good, but only I know what it took to get this much. I was like praying to God so that He helps me to get a good snap. :-| :-)

Happy clicking and enjoy the monsoon..

Some glances of Durga Puja '11

Durga Puja is known to be the most attractive and biggest festival of the Bengali. There are so many stories in the ancient history related to how and why this festival started and when for the first time. For the non- Bengali readers I must mention that for most of the Bengali, this festival is the most cherished and awaited one. This starts with Mahalaya and ends with Bijoya Dashami. The body of the Goddess are made by clay and the structure under it is usually made of woods. Here are some snaps of different sculptures..

The trend here is, many small or big organisations are there who make big pandals for celebrating this festival. Some pandals show the ancient  sculpture, some tell us the ancient stories of different matters ans some show any events. Have a look :

A trumpeter made m=by Jute.. 

Soldiers made by Jute..

King on the back of an Elephant again made by Jute..

People make this just for four days of celebration.. These acute decorations become famous but we don't really appreciate enough the people who made this possible.

Potter made of clay..

Doesn't he look like a real man?? So Perfect and flawless..

Decoation..

This decoration is also so unique, made of hundreds of clay pots..

Chandelier..

Sooooooo gorgeous...

Last year I didn't take too much photos.. But this year I promise to take much more pics and definitely share with everyone....

First attempt to food photography...

As I have already shared that yesterday there was Manosha puja at our house. Now-a-days photography has become a habit of mine and I almost don't miss any chance to shoot an interesting thing. Moreover, ordinary things also seem to me to be so charming.Anyway, sharing some pics with all of you. :-) :-) Hope you like!!! :-) :-)

tomatoes..

nuts..

peeling off..

Manosha puja @ our home

Manosha puja, a ritual's been continuing since my grandma was alive. She died 20 years ago and since then, mamma has been doing with utmost respect and sincerity. People from the whole locality come to our place to reach God, to pray to the Goddess, to feel the calm and pleasant atmosphere during the prayer.Here are some pictures I took that time..

Diya

entire look..

Flowers..

Food for the god..

mongol ghot

the youngest devotee

pancho prodip..

placing of the ghot..

the goddess..

before the puja started..

the priest..

praying..

worshiping..

candle..

This is how a Bengali puja looks...