Durga Puja

At Durga Puja pandals - or temporary temples - the goddess stands in the middle astride a lion, flanked by her children - elephant-headed Ganesha, warrior god Kartikeya on his peacock, the goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswati - while the defeated buffalo demon lies at her feet, symbolising the triumph of good over evil.

Kolkata is celebrating its biggest annual festival - Durga Puja, when the ten-armed Goddess Durga is said to visit her earthly home, her entire family in tow.

That led to Durga Puja being billed as one of the biggest street art festivals in the world.

Durga Puja art is public art, but it's also central to a religious festival that fuels the state's economy.

A British Council report valued Durga Puja’s 2019 economic impact at over $4.5bn, nearly 3% of West Bengal state’s GDP.