For ordinary persons Puja marketing clicks off two months ahead. They don't wait for bonus since his saving for the occasion had started after the end of the previous puja. They don't wait for last minutes purchase for the prices will be enormous. They move from market to market till every purchase condition is satisfied. There children too enjoy the search and most of all the coming bite in a restaurant suiting the pocket.

Yet another section of the daily income group do their marketing while the puja is in full swing for shopkeepers do want to get rid out of stock at the very minimum profit. In-between the "Lakhopaties" and "Crorepaties" fill the shop arcades and creating parking problems also traffic jam.

Shanty shops, road side fast food corners, Jhalmuri, Batatapuri, Tea stalls are as busy as the bees. For these few days they follow the same "make hay while the sun shine". These few days mothers are spared the evening kitchen heat, enabling them to visit Puja Pandals. The teenagers form groups and plan for their evening pandal safari. Girls have their own group so likewise the boys. The exception is that boys start their tour age in the late evening lasting to early morning, where as the girls do the same with the accompaniment of elder male. The glitters of dresses and the multicolor saries are eye catching. Today with beauty parlors springing up at every junction, the hairstyles and the makeup are also a scenario to be remembered.