Navratra: Theme of "Durga Puja" 2012 in Patna,Bihar has prepared a laser show on 'corruption'.Anna Hazare shouting slogans against corruption.There will be moving cartoons of Gandhi's three monkeys and a wife beating her drunken husband.

PATNA:-BIHAR

This year “Kalash Sthapna” for Durga Pooja is scheduled to start from 16th October, 2012. Vijaya Dashmi is on 24th October. Preparation for Durga Pooja / Dusshera in Bihar has started. All the famous Pooja Samiti of Patna as well as other towns are busy in Goddess Durga  Idol making and arranging the pandals. All the Pandals Team of Patna are busy to decide what theme they should opt for their Pandals and decoration. Some of them opt any historic temple other opt for famous forts.
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शहर	सूर्योदय	कलश स्तापना मुहूर्त
Koklatta	05:31:20	11:24 to 11:40
Mumbai	06:32:08	12:27 to 12:43
Chandigarh	06:21:13	12:11 to 12:27
Bhopal	06:15:31	12:08 to 12:24
Lucknow	06:03:27	11:54 to 12:10
Ahemedabad	06:34:37	12:28 to 12:44
Patna	05:45:40	11:37 to 11:53
Nagpur	06:07:38	12:01 to 12:17

Dates for Durga Puja Celebrations, 2012

Mahalaya	15th October 2012	Monday
Panchmi	19th October 2012	Friday
Shashthi	20th October 2012	Saturday
Saptami	21st October 2012	Sunday
Mahaa-Ashtami	22nd October 2012	Monday
Mahaa-Nabami	23rd October 2012	Tuesday
Dashami - Vijya	24th October 2012	Wednesday
Lakshmi Puja	29th October 2012	Monday
Kali Puja	13th November 2012	Tuesday

Artists are invited from outside state to give the best look to Durga  Idol. Most of them are from Jharkhand and West Bengal. Besides, lighting is also one of the main attraction during Dusshera / Durga Pooja.

This year it is said that Maa Durga is coming on Horse and she will leave on Elephant after the pooja. This is good sign as per the pandits. As per the calculation of Pandits Navratra Pooja would be of 8 days. According to pandits the Shashthi Date is missing so on the ninth day Vijayadashmi would take place.

 Dussehra and the current events and colourful lights cover the city skyline. This Durga Puja will be no different as organizers have decided to make corruption and inflation their main themes in pandals.
"Through high-tech lighting systems we are trying to show Anna Hazare fighting corruption, a farmer committing suicide due to inflation, a common man suffering because of mean politicians, latest fuel price hike and shortage of cylinders," said Rajesh Singh, president, Shri Krishnapuri Durga Puja Samiti. He also claimed to have the longest lighting arrangement in the city - from AN College to Karlo showroom.

Durga Puja Samiti, Boring Road, is creating cartoons which will move with the help of machines and lights. The one is about a corrupt monster being killed by 'Bharat Mata' while another is about Anna Hazare shouting slogans against corruption. There will be moving cartoons of Gandhi's three monkeys and a wife beating her drunken husband. "We are spending around Rs1 lakh on lighting," said Umesh Singh, president of the Samiti. "We are placing 80 poles using LD, mercury and various kinds of lights to give 15 different effects. Besides, we will also illuminate 10 main buildings in the area with Chinese lights," Singh said.

To attract the devotees, Durga Puja Samiti, Rukanpura has prepared a laser show on 'corruption'. "We would also be lighting the road from the flyover to Jagdeo path," said Subhash Kumar, member of the samiti.
"We have designed a 10-minute show where all the idols would move with the help of machines. In the show, Maa Durga is coming from sky to save a child praying her to save his life from a monster. She comes and throws a fireball on the monster killing him instantly," said Upender Singh, president, Shri Shri Durga Puja Samiti, Shekhpura Durga Ashram. There would be real fireballs and the show would be performed after every 30 minutes in the evening.

"A laser and sound show of Maa Durga blessing all the visitors would be the major attraction at our pandal," said Kedar Nath Singh, treasurer, Durga Puja Samiti, Khajpura Shiv Mandir which is spending over Rs1 lakh on lighting the road between Ashiana Mor and Kishore Palace at Jagdeo Path.

Shri Bharat Mandir Vikas Parishad, Nuruddinganj, Patna City, famous for its 'chalti-firti-bolti' (mobile and talking) Devi, is narrating four tales through lights, sound and moving idols. "We are showing 'Shiv vivah', 'Mata Parvati ki vidai', Lord Shiv imparting knowledge of Tantra-vidya to Parvati and Shiv soothing the anger of Maa Kali," said Shyam Babu Prasad, president of the samiti. Idol of Bharat Mata would be the centre of attraction.

Lighting the road between Kotwali and Frazer Road, Durga Puja Samiti, Dak Bungalow, has chosen 'spirituality' as its theme. Sanjeev Prasad 'Tony', president of the samiti said, "Electricians from Chandan Nagar (West Bengal) are creating scenes with LD lights showing people worship Maa Durga, Sai Baba and Maa Kali. There will also be a scene of zoo and circus through lights and machines to attract kids."