A stray dog sleeps as commuters walk past a makeshift roadside workshop producing idols of Hindu Goddess Durga.(AP)

An idol of Hindu goddess Durga is illuminated at a temporary venue of worship in Kolkata.(AP)

An artist paints a temporary venue of worship for Hindu goddess Durga.(AP)

Indian artisans sleep in front of an unfinished idol of Hindu goddess Durga at a temporary worship venue.(AP)

Indian laborers transport a clay idol of Hindu goddess Durga to a worship venue.(AP)

A man gestures as he instructs laborers, as they transport clay idols of Hindu goddess Durga to different worship venues.(AP)

Indian laborers wait to transport clay idols of Hindu goddess Durga to different worship.(AP)

Artisans work at a worship venue for Hindu Goddess Durga.(AP)

A laborer walks by an idol of goddess Durga at a workshop in Kumartuli, a potters colony that supplies idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses.(AP)

Artisans work on idols of Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop.(AP)

An artisan rests beside idols of Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop.(AP)