kolkata durga puja 2009 is all about eyepopping innovation and in their effort to ensure that their pujas grab more attention than the rest organizers are leaving no stone unturned not surprisingly one of the top themes is going green protecting and nurturing mother nature features largely in the themes of many bigbudget pujas of the city this time in sync with increasing environmental awarenessto make sure its puja is the greenest of them all suruchi sangha of new alipore started well in advance the organizers have been growing plants throughout last year on its designated plot today many of the plants exhibit dense foliage some in fact are as high as 30 feet the goddess will be surrounded by this dense natural vegetationthe theme is jharkhand which is associated with forests and greenery said the organizers we want to spread awareness against global warming we have grown at least 85 different plants which will all be part of the natural pandal that we are developing said an organizereven filmmaker goutam ghosh who for the first time has involved himself in designing themes pandals and goddesses this time has made the environment his pet theme ghosh has developed the concept of badamtala ashar sangha this time and has christened it nature their budget has gone up to rs 17 lakh this time up from rs 125 lakh last yearneighbouring 66 pally another big draw every year has also roped in ghosh to plan the concept and even oversee construction keeping with the fact that restoration of heritage buildings is another important need of this city the pandal of this puja resembles a beautifully restored baganbari of the zamindars the goddess is etched out of a huge earthenware vessel here too the budget has gone up from rs 8 lakh to rs 12 lakh this timethere is no mistaking the fact that theres a distinct craze among organizers to recreate days of yore in their pujas the jodhpur park puja a favourite with pandal hoppers is recreating portions of an old palace complete with a thakurdalan where the goddess will be worshipped right from coloured glasses popularly used those days on arched windows to pillars cornices and verandahs we have tried to replicate a heritage building said sumit chakraborty an organizer we studied several buildings and then got our artist to prepare a design our budget has shot up to rs 20 lakh this time rs 7 lakh higher than last yearthe bosepukur talbagan puja has gone back to bengals artistic roots the organizers plan to recreate patachitras from kalighat midnapore and bankura for its pandal however the organizers have planned an entirely new twoinone concept as you enter you see an idol that will look familiar but you will have to go around her to come out of the pandal then youll see another goddess in the rajrajeshwari style explained secretary subhendu ghoshsreebhumi sporting organisers have also increased the budget by rs 10 lakh to recreate the grand akshardham temple