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Jatiya Shakti Sangha :: Celebration of Durga Puja
Since last three years i.e. from the Silver Jubilee year( 2007 ) , the festival is being celebrated in a mega extend with different type of themes which elevated our cultural image to a great extent. The festival is being witnessed by 8-9 lacs of people from the Siliguri as well as from North Bengal. A brief glimpses are given as under :-
 

Durgapuja 2014

We have chosen a replica of Chennakeshava temple complex, Belur for our Durgapuja Pandel this year

About Chennakeshava Temple Complex, Belur

This year our themeBelur was the early capital of the Hoysala Empire. With Halebidu which is only 16 km away, this is one of the major tourist destinations in Karnataka, India. Belur is located in Hassan district. According to inscriptions discovered here, it was also referred to as Velapuri.

The main attraction in Belur is the Chennakeshava temple complex which contains the Chennakesava Temple (dedicated to Chennakeshava, meaning handsome Vishnu) as the centre piece, surrounded by the Kappe Chennigraya temple built by Shantaladevi, queen of king Vishnuvardhana.

The first moulding were the temple wall meets the jagati (platform) around the temple is made up entirely of afrieze of elephants
There are two more shrines here that are still in use by devotees and there is a Pushkarni or stepped well to the right side of the main entrance. The Dravida style rayagopuram at the entrance which was a later addition by the Vijayanagar kings, who considered this deity as one of their Kuladevata or family god.

The temple is one of the finest examples of Hoysala architecture. It was built by king Vishnuvardhana in commemoration of his victory over the Cholas at Talakad in 1117 CE. Legend has it that it took 103 years to complete and Vishnuvardhana's grandsonVeera Ballala II completed the task. The facade of the temple is filled with intricate sculptures and friezes with no portion left blank. The intricate workmanship includes elephants, lions, horses, episodes from the Indian mythological epics, and sensuous dancers (Shilabalikas). Inside the temple are a number of ornate pillars. Darpana Sundari (Lady with the mirror) carved on walls of Belur Temple is one of major attractions in the complex.

The credit of carving most of the sculptures goes to Jakanachari. A legend says that Dankanachari(son of Jakanachari) found that the main statue of Lord Vishnu was faulty and had frog inside it. Jakana, shocked to believe this, cuts his right hand. He will begin to build the other temple and contemplates the task. Later, the old temple(which had faulty statue) came to be known as kappechennigaraaya's temple (kappe=frog)

This temple along with Hoysaleswara temple in Halebidu and the Jaina monuments at Shravanabelagola are being proposed as UNESCO world heritage sites.

 

Achievements of Year 2011

  • District Champion : Channel 10
  • Best District Puja : Oscar News Time
  • Best Lighting Sarod Samman : The Stateman
  • Best Pratima Sarod Samman : Kolkata Weir Industries Ltd.(North Bengal Division)
  • First Prize : Uttar Bangla Patrika
  • Best Pratima : ANNEX CCN
  • Prize for best greenery : Siliguri Horticulture Society
  • Award For cleanly and pollution free environment by Siliguri Municipal Corporation
  • Award for Social Massages by Siliguri Municipal Corporation
 
Year 2010
With the gradual increasing of provincialism amongst the people , an unique theme is being organised where the multi-colour cultural heritage of each and every state of our great nation will be open to all in 28 separate blocks of individual states which may give some extra knowledge about our country amongst the people in terms of cultural as well historical. Almost all the heritage status holding monuments are being made for exhibition.

Achievements of Year 2010

  • KOLKATA TV : Declared 1st Prize (In Darjeeling District)
  • Press Club of North : 1st Prize (In North Bengal)
  • C.C.N (Siliguri) : 1st  Prize Viewers Choice
  • HIGH TV : 1st. Prize (In Darjeeling District)
  • Siliguri  Horticulture : 1st Prize
  • AAZ BANGLA : 1st Prize
  • CTVN, BENGAL PEERLESS : 1st  Prize   
  • SHYAMAL : 1st. Prize  in Durga Pratima.
  • Decorators Association of North Bengal : 3rd Prize     
Year 2009
The celebration in 2009 was based on our ancient Indian culture. The 16 no. cave ( Kailasa temple) of Ellora was opened to the public with the depiction of spreading of Sculptures of Hindu Goddess in that ancient period. A large size of waterfalls was made with running water from the top of the cave which was enjoyed by the lacs of peoples.
 
Year 2008
The festival was celebrated with multi colour exposition with the ancient Egyptian Cultures ( total area 75,000 sq.ft.) resulting bagging of good number of dignified awards of Siliguri and North Bengal.
 
Year 2007
Being the Silver Jubilee year , the festival was celebrated in a extravagant manner where the replica of frontal part of “ Petit Place” of France was exposed in a span of 60,000 sq.ft. area to the people of North Bengal which helped us to bag number of prestigious awards from Siliguri as well as from Kolkata. It was appreciated by each and every body, whoever witnessed the festival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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