Durga Puja preparations 2008
[DSC_4220] Sagnik lending a hand.
[DSC_4223] Vijaya, Rajib and Uttam lending a hand.
[DSC_4229] Idol of Maa Durga before the pandal is built.
[DSC_4233] Yogesh and Uttam prepare the pandal's facade.
Durga Puja 2008
[DSC_4286] The idol with pandal and decoration complete. Result of everyone's labour of love over four weeks.
[DSC_4287] Idol at Centre Vedantique, Geneva.
[DSC_4292] Maa Durga at Centre Vedantique, Geneva.
[DSC_4293] Maa Durga at Centre Vedantique, Geneva.
[DSC_4296] Maa Durga at Centre Vedantique, Geneva.
[DSC_4305] Maa Durga at Centre Vedantique, Geneva, surrounded by kash phul.
[DSC_4313] Maha Astami puja at Centre Vedantique, Geneva.
[DSC_4315] Devotees at Maha Astami puja at Centre Vedantique, Geneva.
[DSC_4319] Three young girls wait for the Kumari Puja.
[DSC_4320] Three young girls wait for the Kumari Puja.
[DSC_4321] Prasad being distributed on Maha Astami at Centre Vedantique, Geneva.
[DSC_4323] Prasad being distributed on Maha Astami at Centre Vedantique, Geneva
[DSC_4324] Swami Amarananda performing Kumari Puja.
[DSC_4326] Devotees at Maha Astami puja at Centre Vedantique, Geneva.
[DSC_4328] Maha Astami puja in progress at Centre Vedantique, Geneva.
[DSC_4331] Maa Durga idol at Centre Vedantique, Geneva.
[DSC_4333] House full: devotees standing in the corridors.
[DSC_4334] House full: even staircases were used by devotees for prasad.
[DSC_4339] Maa Durga idol on Maha Astami. At Centre Vedantique, Geneva.
[DSC_4342] Maa Durga idol on Maha Astami. At Centre Vedantique, Geneva. Note the artwork on the ceiling of the hut.
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