The goddess of the Paris Opera. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] It’s France. It’s Paris. It’s Palais Garnier. Or. It’s India. It’s Delhi. It’s Matri Mandir. One day after the conclusion of Durga Puja, The Delhi Walla enters the Matri Mandi temple grounds in Central Delhi’s Safdarjang Enclave. There is no longer the crowd of Bengali worshippers of Durga. The tent erected to house the godess during the ten days of puja, however, is still standing. This year the theme after which the festival’s camp, or pandal, was modeled for the celebrations was the aforementioned Paris Opera building. The tent is still decked with decorations: chandeliers, renaissance-era paintings, gilded panels, a grand stairway (it is actually part of the temple's original architecture), and