Hello Dear Local Guides,
Greetings from Delhi, India Local Guides.
We had a Pandal (Stage Decorations) Hopping on 14 October 2018 on the auspicious festival of Durga Puja.
Durga Puja, also called Durgotsava, is an annual Hindu festival in the Indian subcontinent that reveres the goddess Durga. It is particularly popular in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bangladesh and the diaspora from this region, and also in Nepal where it is called Dashain. The festival is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin, typically September or October of the Gregorian calendar, and is a multi-day festival that features elaborate temple and stage decorations (pandals), scripture recitation, performance arts, revelry, and processions. It is a major festival in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism across India and Shakta Hindu diaspora. Durga Puja festival marks the battle of goddess Durga with the shape-shifting, deceptive and powerful buffalo demon Mahishasura, and her emerging victorious. Thus, the festival epitomises the victory of good over evil, but it also is in part a harvest festival that marks the goddess as the motherly power behind all of life and creation. The Durga Puja festival dates coincide with Vijayadashami (Dussehra) observed by other traditions of Hinduism, where the Ram Lila is enacted — the victory of Rama is marked and effigies of demon Ravana are burnt instead. (Wikipedia)
We started in the morning around 07.00 am on 14 October 2018 and concluded at 10.00 am. This Meet-Up was hosted by @RashmiM and attended by @AmbrishVarshney , @LoveKaushik3 , Prakash Panchal, @ReshamDas and Ravi Godara. We started at Greater Kailash, before walking through the alleys of C.R. Park visiting the pandals of Greater Kailash 2, Cooperative K Block Durga Pujo, Chittaranjan Park Kali Mandir Society ending at Mela Ground , CR Park.
This was my first Meet-up and was really excited about it. I love taking pictures and this was one the wonderful moments to take photos. Being a Local Guide is all about responsibility for me, responsibility of helping and guides others to have a better experience of the place people are visiting or plan to visit. I really enjoyed this meet-up where other LGs come with such positive vibe to do something good for the society. I want to thank the Team at Google Local Guide and Google Maps for this wonderful opportunity.
I am sharing some of the pictures I took during this meet up below.
Thank You Everyone.
Meet-Up Link: https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Let-s-Meet-Up/Pandal-Hopping-2018/m-p/1044879#M73763
PS: I would also request all of you to join our upcoming meet-Up: https://maps.google.com/localguides/meetup/5b19a7ff83af4103bba14bead5fe038c
