Durga Puja ends in Khulna with immersion of Goddess Durga
- Update Time : Wednesday, 25 October, 2023, 03:00 pm
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Online Desk: Durga Puja, the five-day long greatest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, ended in the city and nine upazilas of the district through immersion of the idols with due religious fervor and solemnity on Tuesday.
The Hindu community celebrated Durga Puja this year amid huge enthusiasm and festivities through performing religious rituals at a record number of puja mandaps in the city and district with the participation of thousands of
devotees.
Last night, the idols were taken to the river Bhairab, Rupsha, Kazibacha, Kopotakha, ponds, canals and other water bodies for immersion with colourful procession, dancing and singing ‘kirton’.
Earlier, hundreds of female devotees thronged puja mandaps on the BijoyaDashami to have last look of this year’s Goddess Durga and seek her blessings for the nation and mankind by putting ‘sindur’ (vermilion) and offering sweets to the Mother.
A record number of 1,036 puja mandaps were erected this time in the city and district and the government distributed around 495 tonnes of rice among the mandap authorities to assist the Hindu community people for celebrating the festival.
The law enforcers, who were on duty round the clock over the last five days, were seen guarding Shuvo Bijoya Dashami processions for immersion of Devi Durga and other idols since the afternoon.
General secretary of city unit Puja Udjapon Parishad Proshanto Kumar Kundu thanked and hailed the concerned local authorities for ensuring complete security and uninterrupted power supply during the five-day celebrations of Durga Puja.
They expressed deep gratitude to the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for assisting them in celebrating Durga Puja with due religious fervour, enthusiasm and festivity.
The religious festival began on October 20 through Bodhan (enlightenment) and the Hindu community completed the celebrations through immersion of the idols yesterday at all puja mandaps which were tastefully decorated and colorfully illuminated everywhere in the city and district.
