Theme-based pujas dominate Agartala

Agartala: Theme-based marquees have dominated the community Durga Pujas of the Tripura capital while the rural areas of the state prefer the traditional ones. The big-budget puja committees have themed their marquees on Uttarakhand’s Badrinath Temple and Rajasthan’s Seesh Mahal among others. Organisers said the theme-based pujas act as crowd pullers as opposed to the traditional ones. Netaji Play Forum, a big-budget puja committee in the town has spent over Rs 40 lakh to build the palace depicted in Bollywood film ‘Padmaavat’. The marquee is made of bamboo, polystyrene, wood and cardboards while the clay idol has been made by artisans from W…