Durga Idol Made Of 50kg Gold Shines In Kolkata

As the country is dipped into the festivities of Durga Puja, different types of Goddess Durga idols can be seen across the country. People in Kolkata are celebrating one of their most glamorous and biggest festivals with full fervour. A goddess Durga idol has been made with around 50kg gold. Around 250 workers, who worked in day and night, completed the gold Durga idol in three months. This is not the first time that the puja organisers have resorted to such an ostentatious display of jewellery. In 2017, they had draped goddess Durga in a gold saree. Last year, she was astride a silver chariot. While speaking to ANI, a puja community member said, “We just wanted to show the world and the country that machine can’t make the idol of gold, only man can do it.”

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