The grand festival of 5-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja concluded tonight with celebrations of ‘Sindur Khela’ in day time, immersion of idols in the evening at nearby rivers or ponds and exchanging Bijaya greetings among devotees across the country.

Marking Dashami, colorful processions were brought out from temples and makeshift puja mandaps and later Devi idols were immersed in nearby rivers, ponds or water-bodies.

In the capital, thousands of devotees gathered along the banks of the Buriganga River, where idols from temples and neighbourhoods across the city were being transported on brightly decorated trucks for immersion.

In the afternoon, a colorful procession with around hundred of brightly decorated trucks carrying idols was brought out from Dhakeshwari National temple headed to Buriganga River.

Thousands of people across the city joined the procession while marching to the capital’s key points including Shaheed Minar, high Court, police headquarters and Golap Shah Mazar while the number of curious people on the city streets was also significant.বিস্তারিত