Durga Puja festivities this year coincide with renowned Bengali painter Jamini Roy's 125th birth anniversary , and organizers of the Milani Cultural and Welfare Association , Mayur Vihar , chose to pay tribute to him through their pandal .
A majority of Jamini Roy's works , inspired by the Kalighat patachitra style of painting , have been replicated inside the pandal ; these include women figures with children , animals , excerpts from Ramayana , Mahabharata and many other mythological stories . Some of the paintings have been made on sara (earthen plates ) and the idol too has been depicted on a sara . The pandal is a replica of his residence at Beliatore in Bankura which has now been converted into a museum .
"It took us about a month to do the paintings . We chose this theme because even though Jamini Roy's paintings reflect the real spirit of rural Bengal , his birth anniversary has not been celebrated widely . We have tried to emulate his signature style of making large eyes that almost seem to come out of the frame on both human and animal figures ," said Aniruddha Sarkar , one of the artists , adding that it took six professional painters to make the pandal and idol. Organizers also said the pandal is one of two in the country that are dedicated to Jamini Roy , the other one being in Kolkata .
The end result is a vibrant pandal that celebrates Bengali culture , and judges for TOI's best pandal contest , Durga Devi Namastute , awarded it the first prize after visiting 21 of the city's best pandals over Saptami and Ashtami . The judges - artist Sudip Roy and cartoonist Udayshankar - gave the second prize to Matri Mandir (Sarbojanin Durga Puja Samity ) in Safdarjung Enclave , and the third prize to Sarbojanin Puja Samiti in D Block, CR Park . The winner got a prize of Rs 1 lakh , first runner up Rs 31,000, and second runner up Rs 21,000.
The Matri Mandir pandal has adopted a theme which is based on 2012 London Olympics ,and celebrates India's best-ever Olympic performance . At the entrance are models of the five winners with their medals , and inside are cutouts of Olympic sports and the five rings , and a mini version of Tower Bridge . The D block pandal themed theirs on the interiors of Bengal and Tripura , and used material like wicker , ice cream spoons , and eco friendly paints to decorate .
Apart from naming the three best overall pandals , the contest also awarded the best zonal idols - Vasundhara Enclave Puja Samiti from east zone including Ghaziabad and Noida , Bangiya Parishad from Gurgaon , Paschim Vihar Bengali Association from west zone, Suraj Kund Bagiya Samaj from south zone including Faridabad , and Delhi Rohini Puja Samiti from north zone .
Amid big and elaborate idols, the ones at Gurgaon stood out for their minimalism . Since the entire pandal was inspired by a village setting , the organizers said they wanted to extend that simplicity to the idols as well. On the contrary , the Surajkund idols stood out for the 3D effect they had created .
The prize for the best green pandal went to Co-operative Ground Durga Puja Samity in CR Park , which was based on the primitive art of bamboo painting from Bankura . Organizers brought in artists from the region to paint men in turbans , and women figures on bamboo , who took about 25 days to complete . All the zonal idols winners , and the green pandal winner received a prize of Rs 11,000. Many smaller pandals recreated the warm atmosphere of a home puja (barir pujo ) and had traditional idols in Ek chala with sholar saaj (thermocol decoration ) and daker saaj (silver foil decoration ).
There is, however , more to Durga Puja than the beautifully decorated pandals , and like any festival , it is incomplete without food. Apart from the bhog offered at pandals , they all had a separate area where many food chains set up their stalls - Mughlai dishes like biryani, tikkas, and kebabs; mutton , chicken , paneer , and egg kathi rolls ; sweets like kulfi and kala khatta; pakodas and fish cutlets; and even simpler fare like dal and chholey could be found at the pandals . People were seen eating phuchkas (golgappas), jhalmuri (puffed rice ) and gorging on traditional Bengali sweets like rosogolla and sandesh.
Adding to the festivities were cultural programmes , competitions for children , and games like charades and antakshari .
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