In pics: Recycled scrap iron, Sunderbans struggles to hot air balloon rides, take your pick from theme pujas

The theme for the 2024 Durga Puja at Wellington Nagarik Kalyan Samity is to create art using used electronic gadgets. The theme artist is Robin Roy, who has given new life to old machinery by incorporating them in the pandal decor. The Chandni Chowk region mostly has electrical equipment traders, who have let their scrap portray the struggles of livelihood

Under the theme ‘Aranyak’, Behala Club Sarbojanin has portrayed the true coexistence of humans with nature in the Sunderbans through its Durga Puja pandal this year. the puja brought representatives from the Sunderbans for workshops, along with constituting a research and development team of 20 people to ensure authenticity

‘Ekanno Borti’ is the theme of Naktala Udayan Sangha this time. The decor aims to show the lack of time among today’s generation, which leads to loss of family meal time while everyone is busy ordering their separate food.

Baghajatin Tarun Sangha’s theme ‘Icche Dana’ this year uses huge, colourful gas balloon baskets made of wicker to take visitors on flights of fantasy. The idol is surely a showstopper

As part of its ‘Bratya’ theme this year, the Shiv Mandir Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal actually revolves and rotates. They have inculcated physics apparently relative motion and kinetic energy