Kumar Samvaba or the magical bond between Shiv - Parvati was Dinda's thinking behind creating this idol.
The light in the ceiling also looked equally magical (especially with the choice of colours - dark blue, purple and pink)
Common materials from our daily lives were used to create the ambience. The arrangements of the plastic buckets made it look like a flowing waterfall.
Every single drum was cut in a symmetric shape. The drum was a symbolic representation of a womb. A facade was placed in the drums and they represented female foetus. This was Dinda's way to sending the message to respect and help develop girl
The colour combination in the idol was an influence of fauvism. (Fauvism is a style of painting with vivid expressionistic and non-naturalistic use of colour that flourished in Paris from 1905 and, although short-lived, had an important influence o
Now that you know Fauvism notice closely how an unique style and colour combination has been used.
Dinda is known to gift us a new thinking every year as far as making the idol is concerned. This year was no exception.
Entrance to the gate in the form of an arch made with oil drums.
The same imagination of foetus in the womb.
The central part of the pandal from a distance. Besides plastic buckets, chairs have also been used extensively (yellow top in the structure).
Observe the symmetry with which such large oil drums have been arranged. I think the quality of professional and high calibre work in Puja pandals in Kolkata is continuously increasing.
Chetla Agrani ended up getting a series of Puja Sharad Sanmans for their effort in 2015.
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