Kolkata Artist Crafts Goddess Durga Sculpture from 13,000 Recycled Pens
Kolkata artist Chandra Nath Saha created a 5.5-foot-tall sculpture of Goddess Durga using around 13,000 recycled plastic pens and an equal number of refills for this year's Durga Puja at Tridhara Sammilani. The installation, displayed alongside the main idol, took over 20 days to complete and posed artistic challenges in assembling the pens to capture the goddess's features. After the festival, the sculpture will be dismantled and its materials recycled into new products, highlighting sustainability in art.
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Sentiment was consistent across outlets (75–75/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
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thestatesman broke this story on 12 Oct, 03:21 pm. Other outlets followed.