Festivals are incomplete without pictures. But, good pictures also involve quite a bit of effort. Taking out that heavy DSLR out of the closet, adjusting several parameters and so on. The process seems endless for an amateur.
What if you could click high quality pictures on your mobile phone? Sounds too good, right? Well, Moto Z with Motomods could do it all for you. We take you through a series of photos, tracing the journey of goddess Durga on earth.
The modular phone lets you click on accessories when you need them, and get rid off them when you’re done.
Moto’s newest mod, the Hasselblad True Zoom, adds a big lens with 10x optical zoom, a shutter button, and a flash which makes it easier to click the pictures of Durga idols from a distance.
In Bengal, the grand occasion of Durga Puja marks the journey of the goddess to her maternal home. It is believed that during these four days, Durga along with her two daughters Lakshmi & Saraswati and sons Kartik and Ganesh comes over to her maternal residence.
The Hasselblad True Zoom lets you get 10X zoom even when you’re far away from the subject resulting in amazing picture clarity.
Renting the air with the sound of Dhak, Sashti marks the first day of the festival.
Saptami follows, with great fanfare.
Ashtami, or the eighth day, occupies a special place in every Bengali’s heart. Apart from the many luchis and the classic bhog, it is during Ashtami that the Durga Puja reaches its peak.
Navami is that day when most devotees rush to have a last glance at the goddess.
Innovation and imagination are displayed in conceptualisation and materials used for construction and the Pandals in cities across India.
But soon, Goddess Durga’s stay ends and she returns to her husband, on Vijaya Dashami.
Just as Goddess Durga lunges on demigod Mahishasura and ensures his demise, lord Ram too avenges the abduction of his wife, Sita, from Raavan.
Dashami also marks the triumph of good over evil as effigies of Raavan, Meghnada and Kumbhkarana are set on fire.
At the end of the celebrations, melancholy creeps in but the colours, merrymaking and dancing reminds us to be cheerful as Mother Goddess will come back soon next year. So, we wish each other Subho Bijaya and the wait for next year's Puja to begin.
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