Durga Pooja is around the corner. Kolkata, which is the bastion of the Pooja celebration culture, is gearing up to greet the festival with a renewed fervor. Competition is rife between rival pandal organizers to lure visitors, as this is now big business, with huge corporate sponsorships.
Pooja Pandals are not only a Hindu religious institution, but also offer much by way of leisure and entertainment for the whole family. People usually throng to the Pandals to see how unique is the presentation of the statue of the Mother Goddess, the décor of the Pandal, and also to dig into goodies of all kinds.
This raises the bar annually for decoration, and offereings for the visitors, making the Pooja Pandal organizers come up with new ways to entice visitors. A Pandal in Kolkata has come up with a unique way to invite the curious. They are importing around a 150 exotic birds from all over the world, so that people can click selfies with them.
