The sight of Goddess Durga, elegant, graceful, in all her splendour astride a lion slaying the muscular Mahishasura, is spellbinding. “A painstaking job, it requires tonnes of patience,” observes Govindonath, chief shilpkar of Chittaranjan Park’s Kali Mandir. The most crucial step is the painting of the eyes, especially that of Goddess Durga, which is called “chakshudan” and done on Mahalaya. …