The clay and the coats of paints are dry and most puja organizers are busy taking Durga and her entourage from to the pandals.
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An idol maker from Kumartuli, a potters’ hub in north Kolkata, has shipped a fibreglass idol of Goddess Durga to Australia, becoming the first artisan from the area to send his artwork overseas amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Four years back, when the first fibreglass Durga idols from Kumartuli became a rage among NRI patrons
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HThe artisan hub of Kumartuli had seen an unprecedented COVID year, with many struggling to make both ends meet.
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Artist Kaushik Ghosh gives finishing touches to a 4 foot fiberglass idol of Goddess Durga which will go to Italy by ship, at the Kumartoli workshop in Kolkata.
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Her necklace is formed of severed heads and in her arms she holds a severed head and a sword. Her skirt is composed of severed arms.
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A 5.5 feet Durga idol of fiber-glass weighing approx 25 kgs being taken to be transported to Las Vegas.
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Every year several idols of Goddess Durga are sent overseas from Kolkata, but this season, at least two of those ready for transhipment in far-off countries are theme-based and not traditional.
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Artist Kaushik Ghosh, engaged in the process of idol-making in Kumartuli, the potters hub in north Kolkata, said he has received orders for 37 community Durga pujas abroad, including one from Dubai that is based on a theme signifying world peace.
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