The famous Barowari Pujas of Kolkata began celebrating Durga Puja since the beginning or the middle of the 20th century and have since been applauded for their creative themes and exquisite skill. This year too Barowari Durga Pujas of kolkata contribute their share in the extravaganza of fanfare of Duraga puja. Some of the famous Barowari Durga Pujas of Kolkata of 2009 are as follows:

Ekdalia Ever Green Sarbojonin
Durga Puja 2009

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Near: Gariahat
Old: 66 Years
Durga Puja Budget: Rs. 30 Lakh
Durga Puja Pandal: 150 ft. height, plywood structure coverd with bronze and copper plates in replica of two very old temples of Bhubaneswar and Katak in Orissa.
Durga Puja Pandal Aritist: Bablu from Kanthi.
Devi Durga Idol Artist: Sanatan Rudra Pal.
Devi Durga Idol Cost: Rs.1,10,000/-
Light: Mr. Ashim Dutta from Chandan Nagar.

Park Circus Beniya Pukur Sanjukta Durga Puja Commette

Near: Park Circus
Durga Puja Budget: Rs. 25 Lakh
Durga Puja Pandal: Decorated with sculptured art from Tripura, bet, bamboo, mats (Madur) and Tripura Handicrafts.
Durga Puja Pandal Aritist: Classic Decorator from Egra with the help of some Tripura Artists.
Devi Durga Idol: Sabeki (Traditional Style) but not in "ek chala"
Devi Durga Idol Artist: Sanatan Rudra Pal.

Babubagan Sarbojonin
Durga Puja 2009
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Near: Dhkuria Bus stop
Old: 48 Years
Durga Puja Budget: Rs. 16 Lakh
Durga Puja Theme: "Bahurupi"
Theme Description: A Zamindar appoints a Bahurupi team to enact like Goddess Durga to entertain villege people at his own house.
Devi Durga Idol: Based on theme
Devi Durga Idol Artist: Rupchand Kundu.
Light & Sound: Kanishka Sen

Bandhab Sanmilani Sarbojonin
Durga Puja 2009

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Near: Dhkuria
Old: 52 Years
Durga Puja Theme: Forgotten Handicraft (earthen lamp).
Theme Description: Importance of earthen lamps almost not known to new generation.
Durga puja Pandal Artist: Amit from Reeturaj Gosthi
Devi Durga Idol: Sabeki (Traditional Style)
Devi Durga Idol Artist: Rakhal Pal Narayan Pal
Devi Durga Idol Cost: Rs.1,25,000/-
Light & Sound: Tapas

95 Pally Sarbojonin
Durga Puja 2009

Near: Dhkuria, opp Bandhab Sanmilani
Old: 60 Years
Durga Puja Pandal: Lakhsmi Nibas, palace of Bikaner at Rajasthan. It took 8 months to construct and decorate this pandal. The pandal wall is decorated with motifs and reliefs resembling Lakshmi Nibas.
Devi Durga Idol: according to the theme

Singhi Park Sarbojonin
Durga Puja 2009

Near: Gariahat, opp. Ekdalia
Old: 68 Years
Durga Puja Pandal: plywood structure coverd with thermocol. Stuctural similarity with Badrinath Temple.
Durga Puja Pandal Aritist: Jagadish Das from Kanthi.
Devi Durga Idol Artist: Sri Mohan Banshi Rudra Pal.
Devi Durga Idol Cost: Rs.1,25,000/-
Light: Sudhir Das from Chandan Nagar.

Near: Jadhpur park
Durga Puja Pandal: The Pandal resumble a typical house of a Zamindar.
Durga Puja Pandal Aritist: Swapan Saha
Devi Durga Idol : Sabeki (Traditional Style)
Devi Durga Idol Artist: Sri Pradip Rudra Pal.
Light: Asif and Suman Pal

Selimpur Pally Sarbojonin
Durga Puja 2009

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Near: Selimpur Bus Stop, towards Jadavpur Thana
Durga Puja Budget: Rs. 16 Lakh
Durga Puja Theme: "Matri Garbha" mother's womb
Theme Description: Brambha, Vishnu and Maheswar created Devi Durga to destroy the evil power Mahishasur. The Artist believes that all gods and goddesses are present in Devi Durga. So he tried to create that holy mother's womb representing the inner form of Ma Durga.
The pandal structure is like a big lotus. You will feel as if you are in a lotus.

Durga puja Pandal Artist: Amit Devnath
Devi Durga Idol: Based on theme
Devi Durga Idol Artist: Amit Devnath
Light & Sound: Tapas Electric

Near: crossing naktala and raypur road
Old: 54 Years
Durga Puja Pandal: Rajbari of Tripura
Devi Durga Idol : Sabeki (Traditional Style)
Devi Durga Idol Artist: Sri Sanatan Rudra Pal


Santoshpur Lake Pally Sarbojonin
Durga Puja 2009

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Near: Beside Santoshpur (Jadavpur) lake
Durga Puja Theme: "Dugga Utsav"
Theme Description: To keep traditional form of durga the artist makes a 17 ft height idol. Apart from this there are also other forms of Durga.