Why goddes durga idol was replaced?

Goddess Durga is replaced by a migrant worker mother in a pandal organized by the Barisha Club Durga Puja Committee in Behala, Kolkata.

Barisha Club Durga Puja Committee in Behala, Kolkata, the pandal features a migrant worker mother in place of the goddess. (Image credit indian express)

This year the lives of migrants became endangered due to the corona pandemic. Between March and June 2020, more than a million migrant workers returned to their homes on foot. Many lives were lost in this. Organized by the Barisha Club Durga Puja Committee in Behala, Kolkata, the pandal features a migrant worker mother in place of the goddess. Such thinking is a tribute to the suffering of migrant workers.

This year has seen the worst immigration crisis in the country. The epidemic forced millions of migrants to flee the city and faced many crises without any means of livelihood. With their struggles in mind, the Barisha Club Durga Puja Committee Pandel in Calcutta Behala decided to replace the traditional idol of the traditional goddess Durga. According to them, such thinking is a tribute to the suffering of migrant workers.

The Barisha Club Durga Puja committee chose the theme 'Relief' in the wake of this year's epidemic. Organized by the Barisha Club Durga Puja Committee in Behala, Kolkata, the pandal features a migrant worker mother in place of the goddess. Apart from the idols of Durga, other deities including Saraswati, Lakshmi and Ganesha and Kartik were also replaced by idols of migrant workers. 

The migrant worker statues are made to show a smaller, more traditional and traditional image of the goddess with 10 hands inside the hall looking for relief.(Image credit indian express)

The deities have been replaced with migrant working girls, carrying ducks and owls, respectively, who are considered the ‘chosen’ vehicles ’of the deities. The immigrant mother idol also carries a child in one arm in place of Karthik. Also, there is a baby with a potty belly with an elephant's head, which refers to Ganesha. There are no weapons nor the idol of the demon 'Asura'. 

Organized by Barisha Club Durga Puja committee, this 'relief' theme was fully developed. The migrant worker statues are made to show a smaller, more traditional and traditional image of the goddess with 10 hands inside the hall looking for relief.