Bagerhat Correspondent :
Celebration of 5-day long Durga Puja, the greatest religious festival of Bengali Hindu community started in Bagerhat district town and all the nine Upazilas on Tuesday holding with Maha Sasthi on the pandels of Puja Mandops with the unveiling of the face of the Deity and Kalparambho on the day with religious fervour, gaiety, solemnity, peaceful and happy atmosphere marinating the social distance and health rules following the corona pandemic. According to the belief of the Hindu community, this year Goddess Durga appeared on the earth by litter and will leave the same by elephant.
According to Abonish Chakrabarty (Sona), General Secretary of Bagerhat district unit of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad (BPUP), as many as 640 Puja Mandops (pandels) were erected in Bagerhat district town and it’s all the nine Upazilas. The number of Puja Mandops in the district town is 13 while the number of Upazila wise Puja Madnops is 153 in Chitalmari, 115 in Bagerhat Sadar, 76 in Morrelganj, 84 in Mollahat, 67 in Fakirhat, 42 in Kachua, 39 in Rampal, 37 in Mongla and 24 in Sharankhola. The highest number of Puija Mandaps, 153 in number, was erected in Chitalmari Upazila.
On the occasion Hindu devotees irrespective of sexes and ages are warmly clothed, visiting the Puja Mandops and offering prayer to the Goddess Durga for removing corona pandemic and all distresses and evils from the earth. Members of the Muslim community are also visiting the Puja Mandops.
Every year the biggest Puja Mandop of the district as well as in the district was used to erect at Shikdarbari within Khanpur Union Parishad under Sadar Upazila with the initiative of a business magnate named Lyton Shikdar. But this year Durga Puja is being celebrated in limited programme due to corona pandemic.
Both the district and police administrations of Bagerhat took all the necessary steps so that Durga Puja can be celebrated in a peaceful and happy atmosphere throughout the district.
