In Pictures | Durga Puja 2016: A grand celebration for Devi Katyayani

Workers pull an idol of Goddess Durga from a workshop to load it onto a truck on its way towards a pandal ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata. (Photo courtesy - Reuters)

The idols of various deities of Rehabari Bilpar Durga Puja Committee are on the theme of 'Save Nature, Save Earth' in Guwahati. They have been modelled to look like tree trunks and roots, to impress the message on the viewers. (Photo courtesy - PTI)

This idol of Goddess Durga has had the attention of the nation because for the first time an idol of the Goddess has been made with a thousand hands, instead of the usual ten. This idol can be seen at Deshopriya Park in Kolkata. (Photo courtesy - ANI)

BJP President Amit Shah lights the lamp at the inauguration of Safdarjung Enclaves Durga Puja Pandal as Union Minister Babul Supriyo and CRPF Additional Director General Dipak Mishra look on, in New Delhi. (Photo courtesy - PTI)

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik makes a sand art of Goddess Durga with the message "Maa Durga's blessings for our jawans" at Puri beach, in Odisha. (Photo courtesy - PTI)

A priest worships an idol of Goddess Durga at a pandal during the Durga Puja festival in Ajmer, Rajasthan. (Photo courtesy - Reuters)

Men beat the traditional drums called "Tasha" to attract the organisers to hire them to perform at pandals of Durga Puja in Kolkata. (Photo courtesy - Reuters)