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Durga Puja concludes

Immersion of idols today

Staff Correspondent
Hindu devotees will bid an emotional farewell to the Goddess Durga and her children today as the five-day Durga Puja ended yesterday.
The ceremonial worship of the goddess ended with the celebration of Maha Navami and Bijaya Dashami, which fell on the same day this year, across the country.
However, devotees will immerse the idols of the deity and her children Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartik and Ganesh in the rivers today.
Though Bijaya Dashami ended yesterday, the puja
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organisers decided to immerse the idols today, said Nirmal Kumar Chatterjee, joint secretary of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad.
In the capital, thousands of devotees are expected to throng the bank of the Buriganga river to complete the final stage of the festival- the immersion.
The devotees, young and old, men and women, will join hands to lower the idols into the water amid the beating of drums, prayers and chanting of hymns.
On Thursday, Maha Navami began just after Kumari Puja and continued until the early hours of yesterday.
Thousands of people from all walks of life visited the capital's Puja mandaps at Dhakeshwari Temple, Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University, Ramna Kali Mandir, Siddheswari Kali Mandir, Kalabagan ground, and the temples of Tanti Bazar, Shankhari Bazar and Bangla Bazar.
The beating of drums and cymbals, intricately designed idols of Durga and drifts of incense lent the mandaps
a festive air yesterday.
Devi Durga was offered the 'Navami Bhog' of food and fruits which were later distributed among the devotees.
Around 28,600 altars had been set up in the country, including 221 in the capital this year. Compared to last year, the numbers had increased by around 800 and nine respectively.
Additional law enforcers were deployed at the puja venues to ensure security during the largest religious festival of the Hindu community.
According to Hindu scriptures and the Bangla almanac, Durga Puja is observed in sync with the moon's movement. The five-day festivity and prayers begin on the sixth day of the full moon and ends on the tenth day or Bijaya Dashami.
At the invocation and supplication of the devotees, she, along with her four children, descends on the earth. This year, she came on a boat and will leave in a palanquin.