Gallery
Ten celebrations, one community
আলোকচিত্র
212 photographs from the mandir's festival year — the idols, the lamps, the dancing, the feasts.
Every festival at Shiv Mandir is photographed by members of the community — the idols as they are unveiled, the priests mid-ritual, the dancers and singers of the cultural programme, the volunteers in the kitchen, and the hundreds of families who fill the hall. These galleries are that record, kept year after year since the temple opened in 2021.
Browse by celebration below. Each gallery opens a full-screen viewer you can move through with the arrow keys or a swipe. If you have photographs from a celebration you would like to contribute, we would be glad to add them — write to info@shivmandirmi.com.

পহেলা বৈশাখ
Pahela Baishakh
Bengali New Year welcomed with music, dance and prayer.
12 photographs

বার্ষিক বনভোজন
Annual Picnic
A summer day of games, food and community in the open air.
10 photographs

জন্মাষ্টমী
Shri Krishna Janmashtami
The birth of Lord Krishna, marked with night-long kirton.
17 photographs

মহালয়া
Mahalaya
Sacred hymns that open the Durga Puja season.
6 photographs

দুর্গা পূজা
Durga Puja
The temple's grandest celebration — five days of ritual, culture and feasting.
76 photographs

কালী পূজা ও দীপাবলি
Kali Puja & Diwali Celebration
Diyas, fireworks and devotion to Goddess Kali.
12 photographs

পৌষ পার্বণ
Poush Parbon Pitha Utshav
The harvest festival, celebrated with handmade pithas.
12 photographs

সরস্বতী পূজা
Saraswati Puja
Prayers for knowledge, wisdom and the arts.
21 photographs

মহা শিবরাত্রি
Maha Shivratri
An all-night vigil in devotion to Lord Shiva.
24 photographs

দোল পূর্ণিমা
Dol Purnima & Boshonto Utshav
Spring arrives in a riot of colour, music and dance.
22 photographs
