Agomoni Shoot: An Eloquent Tale of Durga as Our Daughter.

‘Agomoni’, the name itself suggests advent. The appearance of Parvati to her home in rustic Bengal not as a Goddess but as a daughter, as the mythology goes. Well, Agomoni Shoot also sows the seeds of the yearly Autumnal festival of Durga Puja in the hearts of every Bengali scattered through different parts of the world. 

While the entire city is undergoing a makeover with roughly a few days in hand for the city’s most awaited festival, we, the team of CamYogi barged on the streets of Kumortuli to capture the very presence of Durga in her child avatar. 

Maa Durga Arrival : Agomoni Shoot

The theme of our Agomoni Shoot was to capture how a little girl brings the essence of joy and positivity in the lives of the common people of the city. A little girl dressed up like a grown-up lady, featuring the timeless scenarios of Kumortuli. The Agomoni Shoot starts with her tiny steps, which leads you through such beautiful pictures. 

Our little Durga turns mischievous and is completely in a playful mood. Trying to forge an analogy between Goddess Parvati playing ‘hide-and-seek’ with the inhabitants of the earth. 

While strolling down the streets, here we come across our little Durga admiring herself in the mirror, trying to bring down a similarity between Goddess Parvati admiring herself before she leaves for her natal home in the streets of Bengal Agomoni shoot. 

While the craftsmen of Kumortuli have indulged in idol making, Goddess Parvati disguised as a little girl is seen witnessing her idol being created. The craftsman, on the other hand, remains completely unaware of the presence of the Goddess in the human form beside him.

Tired of her walk through the galis of Kumortuli, through the mandaps, here we find our Durga taking a moment’s rest before she proceeds onto her journey further. Where she visits, her other devotees making the beautiful Idol of Devi Durga. The portrayal of a little girl dressed up like Maa Durga is the ultimatum of our Agomoni shoot.  

An uncanny resemblance of Durga guarding the idol and coming across as Goddess Parvati along with her four children- Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartik, and Ganesh.

As we can see here, our Chhoto Uma running down the streets of Kumortuli in a funfilled mood. Her inborn innocence and subtlety is seen to overpower the character of Goddess Parvati portrayed by her. 

The calm and composed face of Uma is captured while she holds on to give us a chance to capture her subtle look.

After the entire episode, we get to know that the little girl was actually the arrival of Goddess Durga, represented in an Agomoni Photoshoot. And what role she has to play in the lives of the common people. Much significant to the fact as Durga Puja brings a sense of happiness and new beginnings in our lives.

Loving the Goddess like our own daughter, we showcased in every little aspect of the Agomoni Shoot. From getting her dressed for the festival to cherishing every moment until the idol is dispersed into River Ganga. The Agomoni Shoot has every moment captured inside the frame of love, and devotion.

As we often dress up our children, our daughters, in this picture we have tried to capture the two women dressing up our little Uma as their own daughter. One of them is seen applying Alta on her feet while the other lady caresses her hair. As the festivities are about to begin and hypothetically, Maa Durga is getting ready for her yearly trip from her natal home, here on Earth we are dressing up our daughters to face their daily lives. 

Here our team has tried to capture the moment of Dashami. Though it usually comes across as a moment of detachment, yet the feeling does not hit us until we realize that Maa Durga has finally left for her home creating the usual void in our lives. The Agomoni Shoot starts with her arrival in the Mortal World, which celebrates her victory over the Buffalo Demon. 

‘It ends with a parting’, from her worldly combates. The Vijaya’ resembles triumph and the triumph of Good over Evil. Goddess Durga winning over Mahisasura, in the Agomoni Shoot. The triumph of Maa Durga’s journey in this Mortal world. Vijaya is celebrated on the last day or the 10th day known as Dashami.

In Bengal, women greet each other with Sindoor or Vermillion, the ritual is known as ‘Sidoor Khela’. Here, according to our theme, we have captured two women wishing luck and prosperity by applying sindoor to each other. The analogy here can be traced as Maa Durga wishing each of her mortal daughters with strength, prosperity and long life. That is exactly what we portrayed in our Agomoni Shoot. 

This was by far our Agomoni story with a new concept.  You can the full Agomoni Shoot here.