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Preparations of Durga Puja in Kolkata. Artists work on semi-finished clay statues of Hindu deities. An artist makes the eyes of the statue before the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata. The artist speaks about the orders of Statues he gets, He says, "We get huge orders every year but this year the clients want us to complete the idols in the minimum budget". The workers make the headgear of Goddess with pearls. They glue the pearls on the golden outline. The owner of the shop speaks about the order he gets every year, he says, "There is only 13 days difference between Durga Puja and elections so the revenue of this year is less I comparison of previous years". This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from S
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