kolkata of the olden days sportswomen whove made us proud and the value of recycling are among the themes highlighted by the durga puja pandals in delhi this year take a lookwinner on the wall gymnast dipa karmakar on the wall of safdarjung matri mandir bccl samik sen winner on the wall gymnast dipa karmakar on the wall of safdarjung matri mandir bccl samik senbccl samik senbccl samik senwomen achievers on the wallsmatri mandir durga puja samiti safdarjung enclavein a year when so many female achievers have made us proud it is no surprise that a durga puja pandal would be dedicated to sportswomen but the matri mandir durga puja samiti at safdarjung enclave does not stop there they have gone all out in including almost ever extraordinary indian woman from sarojini naidu to mother teresa beside the phogat sisters pv sindhu and other sportswomen at their nari shaktithemed pandal debashis saha general secretary of the matri mandir durga puja samiti says we have included more than 30 women personalities like saina nehwal dipa karmakar lata mangeshkar the indian womens cricket team sunita williams kalpana chawla and others from varied fields like science sports arts etc it took us around 45 days to construct this pandal after six months of discussions and deliberations apart from the theme the other highlight of our pandal is its food stalls we have around 20 food stalls from karims nonveg to momos one can get every dish of their choicebccl lokesh kashyap bccl lokesh kashyapbccl lokesh kashyap bccl lokesh kashyapthe old world bengali charmprantic cultural society indirapuramhaving been awarded the best durga pandal across ncr by association of bengalis in delhi last year prantic cultural society has constructed this years pandal on the theme of our heritage our pride the walls of the pandal has rhymes and stories every bengali has read as a kid and pictures of kolkata in the olden days malay majumdar chairman of the society says we migrated to delhi from west bengal long back our children are not aware of our culture they are more delhiites now through this years pandal we want to tell not only them but the nonbengali communities about our heritage we tried to depict how bengal used to look 5060 years back from the bengali zamindari culture to the houses of that time everything is depicted in the pandal we have tried to cover the entire transformation from that time till today the artisans were called from kolkata who brought everything required for the construction of the pandal in a truck with them it took nearly one month to build the entire thingbccl samik sen bccl samik senkeeping it biodegradablenavapalli puja samiti cr park new delhicelebrating their 25th year of their durga puja celebrations navapalli puja samiti have gone ecofriendly this year by using biodegradable stuff like bamboo sticks dried fruits corn rice forest residues etc suprateem ghosh member navapalli puja samiti says we got artisans from kumartuli in kolkata we tried to keep