Summary:
A trained dancer and a celebrated artisan, Khalik sculpted idols for various Durga Puja pandals in Jhansi for over five decades. Khalik often used to sing bhajans at Kunj Behari temple and Murlimanohar temple, few of the oldest temples in Jhansi. A peek inside shows a 35-year-old man carefully outlining the features with a thin paint brush of an idol of Goddess Durga. JHANSI: The excitement of a festival approaching is palpable in the air outside an old building in Nagra area of Jhansi . This would the seventh idol that Abdul Khalil has sculpted during this Navaratra season and time is of essence..