Ask any Bengali if they are looking forward to Durga Puja this year and their eyes will instantly light up. After almost two years (due to the pandemic caused by the Covid), the festival is celebrated again, with all the spirit and fervor.

This time around, some pandals in Kolkata are going the way of the Metaverse, essentially performing darshans through a 3D platform. This means that you could be in any corner of the world and still be able to see Maa Durga, as close as possible.

Maa Durga In Metaverse

Metaform and XP&DLand have announced the ‘Meta Pujo’, the first of its kind in the world. In Kolkata, the iconic Ahiri Tala Sarbojanin pandals, Deshapriya Park and Ballygunge Cultural and Tala Prattay will show off a new type of puja that will be accessible through 3D twins in the Metaverse. In a…