Overview

• A sudden shower across north India on Wednesday drenched festival displays, leaving paint washed off and bamboo frames bent in key markets.
• In West Delhi’s Titarpur and Jaipur’s Gopalpura bypass mandi, workers rushed to re-paper torn structures while many large figures were written off as unrecoverable in time.
• Makers prioritized smaller effigies they could shelter and sell quickly, hoping limited sales would blunt the impact from damaged 30–50 foot installations.
• Reported losses were steep, with Titarpur’s Satpal Rai citing damages running into lakhs and Jaipur artisan Baju, who borrowed ₹1 lakh for about 200 pieces, unsure he can repay the loan.
• Craftspeople appealed to district, Delhi and central authorities to treat the setback like a disaster, with no relief announced in the reports.