Bhubaneswar: Two more Puja committees in Odisha’s Cuttack city have made entry into the coveted list of pandals having silver tableaux for celebration Dussehra festival.

Maa Mangala Puja Committee of Matha Sahi and Jobra Durga Puja Committee have designed silver tableaux for this year’s Dussehra festival.

With this, total number of Puja panels having silver tableaux for Dussehra celebration in Cuttack has reached 36.

Skilled artisans from Alisha Bazaar have crafted the silver tableau of Jobra Durga Puja panel. They took almost six months to make the tableau that weighs around 2.5 quintal.

The Jobra Durga Puja Committee, which has completed 75 years, reportedly spent around Rs 3.5 crore on the silver tableau.

The locals of Jobra had began worshipping Siva-Parvati idol as part of Dusseh

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