Durga Puja ends amid festivity

The five-day celebration of Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangali Hindu community, ended on Tuesday with immersion of the goddess Durga in the rivers and others water bodies across the country, reports BSS.

The last day rituals of the festival were celebrated amid much enthusiasm and festivity. ‘Prasad’ (consecrated food items) and sweets were distributed among the devotees and the people belonging to other communities, who visited the Puja Mandaps.

Marking the Bijoya Dashami women devotees applied ‘sindur’ on the face of goddess Durga and exchanged among themselves amid joyous and festive mood.

Before removing the idols of Durga and other gods and goddesses from the altar of all mandaps or makeshift pavilions for immersion, the Hindu devotees danced and sang ‘kirton’.

Thousands of devotees joined the colorful marches as the idols were being carried to the nearby rivers, ponds, canals and other water bodies for immersion.