Bijoya Dashomi today

Desk Report:  Bijoya Dashomi of the five-day Sarodia Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, is being celebrated today (Saturday).

Durga Puja will end today with solemn immersion of Goddess Durga in the capital as elsewhere across the country.

Durga Puja began on September 26 with the incarnation (Bodhon) of the Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Shashti at temples across the country.

Maha Saptami puja was observed on Wednesday (September 27), Maha Ashtami, Kumari Puja and Sandhi Puja on Thursday (September 28) and Maha Nabami Puja on Friday (September 29).

The five-day festival will come to an end with the emersion of the idols of goddess Durga in the nearby rivers and water bodies today.

As many as 30,077 permanent and temporary pandals were erected in the country including 231 in the capital city this year.



risingbd/Sept 30, 2017/Mukul