Kukil Sakiya ( Guwahati): 7 OCT.2024
DIBRUGARH, Oct 6: Jhalukpara Sarbajanin Durga Puja is one of the major attraction for the pandal hoppers in Dibrugarh and this time the organisers of the Durga puja committee has come up with natural theme.
This year, the Jhalukpara Durga Puja has stepped into 67th year and with full enthusiasm, the Durga puja will be celebrated.
Every year, this puja attracts crowd with their unique style of decoration, this year too, the organisers and artisans are working hard to give the final touch.
The whole pandal has been made with eco-friendly materials. Some of the materials used for the decoration of the pandal are- Nariyal Chhal, Khajoor Chhal, Shyam grass, Wheat Cis, Jab Chhal, Vutta Chilka, Papita tree Chhal, Pampas grass etc.
Binay Garodia, secretary, Jhalukpara Durga puja committee said, “This year our theme is based on ‘environment’ and we have used all eco-friendly materials to made the pandal. An eco friendly puja mandap made from the left over of trees and plants. Everything is important for us but how we used it,”.
“We are hopeful that people will like our theme. Recently, we have seen that the weather of Dibrugarh has touched 40’C. Global warming affected the weather of Assam. We have to keep in our mind and start planting trees to save our environment. Our puja theme is based on the concept of environment,” Garodia said.
He further added, “The Durga idol is made of sand and clay and other environmental friendly items. We don’t use such thing which are harmful for our environment,”.
“Every year huge crowd gathered at our puja mandap and this year we are expecting huge crowd to gather in our puja,” he said.