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Why Are Festival Pandals Showing Peace and Helping Women? 🌍

Kolkata’s Durga Puja festival has special pandals with different stories.

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Key Points

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Pandals are big, decorated festival houses.

Aishwaryi theme focuses on women’s safety.

Longmen Grottoes theme promotes peace and Buddhist teachings.

Maha Milan theme tells about refugee journeys.

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The Aishwaryi pandal, inspired by a famous film, talks about protecting women.

The Longmen Grottoes pandal copies ancient Chinese caves to share a message of world peace.

Governor RN Ravi opened a pandal that remembers families who moved far away.

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6 words

pandals

large, decorated structures built for festivals

devotion

deep love and respect for a belief

refugee

someone who leaves home because of danger

Buddha

a teacher who taught about kindness and peace

inaugurating

officially starting or opening something

golden jubilee

the 50th anniversary of an event

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