Maa Durga Visarjan

Durga Puja is a grand festival celebrated with great joys all over India, especially in West Bengal, where the festivity reaches its zenith. Durga puja is commonly called Durga Pujo in West Bengal. After the six day festivity, the idol is taken in a procession. Loud chants of “Durga maa ki jai” glorifying the stature of Maa Durga resonates the atmosphere. Amidst the drumbeats and gusto of devotees, idols are immersed in water. The immersion of idols is known as 'Visarjan' and it takes place in sea waters.This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... wfi @ vsnl.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.