Durga Puja to spark off as Eid winds down
<< Preparations for Durga Puja are almost complete.Photo was taken from Dakeshary Mondir on Saturday. Photo: Firoz AhmedDhaka, 4 October : Durga Puja, the largest religious festival for Hindus in Bangladesh, begins Sunday as Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations, the major religious event for Muslims, wind down.
The five-day festivities are formally launched with 'Devi Bodhon', when the goddess Durga, wife of Shiva, is invited to visit earth.
Durga Puja is officially recognised as a government holiday, with festivals organised in every district centre, as well as in the thanas and villages. In 2007, over 20,000 separate Puja festivals were held in Bangladesh.
Puja preparations over the weekend included erecting pavilions or pandals for worship, and artists giving the final decorating touches to idols of the goddess Durga in Old Dhaka among many other places in the capital and countrywide.Spectacular pandals have been erected in a line from Shakaribazar to Tatibazar and Laxmibazar in the old city. Puja preparations were also completed over the weekend in the festival hotspots of Dhakeswari and Ramna Kali temples as well as Dhaka University's Jagannath Hall.
Durga Puja, one of the most important events in the Bengali Hindu calendar.
The Puja is more than just a religious festival, however, it is a cultural event in Bangladesh and West Bengal.
Eden College, Banani playground, Sri Sri Ram Sita Temple in the old city, Shiva Temple in Thatari Bazar, Bhagabati Temple, Pranab Moth, Northbruck Hall Jamidar Bari, Banagram Tarun Sangsad, North and South Mesindi, Narendra Basak Lane, Madan Mohon Temple in Hamanto Das Lane, Rupchan Das Lane, Sri Sri Jamuna Mi Ashram and Siddheswari Kali Temple are among the major festival spots of Durga Puja in Dhaka.
The five-day festivities are formally launched with 'Devi Bodhon', when the goddess Durga, wife of Shiva, is invited to visit earth.
Durga Puja is officially recognised as a government holiday, with festivals organised in every district centre, as well as in the thanas and villages. In 2007, over 20,000 separate Puja festivals were held in Bangladesh.
Puja preparations over the weekend included erecting pavilions or pandals for worship, and artists giving the final decorating touches to idols of the goddess Durga in Old Dhaka among many other places in the capital and countrywide.Spectacular pandals have been erected in a line from Shakaribazar to Tatibazar and Laxmibazar in the old city. Puja preparations were also completed over the weekend in the festival hotspots of Dhakeswari and Ramna Kali temples as well as Dhaka University's Jagannath Hall.
Durga Puja, one of the most important events in the Bengali Hindu calendar.
The Puja is more than just a religious festival, however, it is a cultural event in Bangladesh and West Bengal.
Eden College, Banani playground, Sri Sri Ram Sita Temple in the old city, Shiva Temple in Thatari Bazar, Bhagabati Temple, Pranab Moth, Northbruck Hall Jamidar Bari, Banagram Tarun Sangsad, North and South Mesindi, Narendra Basak Lane, Madan Mohon Temple in Hamanto Das Lane, Rupchan Das Lane, Sri Sri Jamuna Mi Ashram and Siddheswari Kali Temple are among the major festival spots of Durga Puja in Dhaka.
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