IN PICS | Durga Puja Festival To Kick Start From Saturday As India Battles Covid-19 Outbreak

Ranchi: Artists give final touch to idols of Goddess Durga ahead of Durga Puja festival, in ranchi, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (PTI Photo)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurates a community Durga Puja pandal, in Kolkata. (Image: PTI)

Devotees visit Goddess Kali temple during the Navratri festival, in Jammu, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. (PTI Photo)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurates a community Durga Puja pandal, in Kolkata. (Image: PTI)

Kolkata: Women Dhakis play Dhak (drums) after the inauguration of a community Durga Puja pandal, in Kolkata. (Image: PTI)

City street decorated with lights for Durga Puja festival, in Kolkata. (Image: PTI)

Kanaka Durga temple illuminated ahead of the Dussehra festival, in Vijayawada. (Image: PTI)

Women Dhakis play Dhak (drums) after the inauguration of a community Durga Puja pandal, in Kolkata. (Image: PTI)

Durga Puja festival has always been the greatest crowd-puller in West Bengal. But this year, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has redefined the lives of millions. (Image: PTI)

Devotees transport an idol of Goddess Durga from a workshopto a worship place for the upcoming 'Durga Puja' festival. (Image: PTI)

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee showing organizers how to make round marks for the visitors, to maintain social distancing norms, after inaugurating a community Durga Puja pandal, in Kolkata. (Image: PTI)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee showing organizers how to make round marks for the visitors, to maintain social distancing norms, after inaugurating a community Durga Puja pandal, in Kolkata. (Image: PTI)