Sylhet Bureau :
All sorts of preparations for peaceful celebration of Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community, is progressing fast here.
The celebration of five day-long ‘Sharodiya Durga Utsab’ will begin on October 21 concluding on October 26 with the immersion of idols in the rivers.
About 400 artists and idol-makers locally known as pals are making idols of the Durga. The pals are working round the clock to make sure that the idols are ready in time.
The pals hope for earning better earnings this year as the number of puja mandaps has increased in the region.
Shankar Pal, an idol maker of Dhariapara area of the city said cost of raw materials including earth, rope, straw, bamboo and jute for idols have highly increased but their remuneration has remained unchanged for years.
‘Now I have very little time to sleep as the idols are to be completed as per work order’, said pal. Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parisad Advocte Mrittun Joy Dhar Bhula told that a total of 64 puja mandaps would be set up in the metropolitan area while 584 mandaps in all 13 upazilas of the Sylhet district.
While visiting the largest Ramkishno Mishon Puja Mandap at Nayorpul area in the city this reporter found that artisans are spending busy time painting the images of deities to make the idols look more attractive to the devotees and the visitors.
Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) and Sylhet District Police authorities have already taken adequate security measures for smooth celebration of Durga Puja.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of SMP Joytirmoy Sarkar told that they have taken measures for ensuring tight security, uninterrupted supply of electricity to all Puja Mandaps and smooth traffic management for peaceful celebration of Puja at that time.
‘We have started collection of information about Puja Mandaps from our eight police stations in the city. We will informed about our preparations through meetings with different stakeholders including leaders of Puja Udjapon Parishad at the SMP headquarters very soon,’ he said.
Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Sylhet District Md. Forid Uddin said that full-proof security measures would be taken at each of the temple of the district from next week.
A team of police along with Ansar members would be deployed in all the puja mandaps during the festival, he added.
All sorts of preparations for peaceful celebration of Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community, is progressing fast here.
The celebration of five day-long ‘Sharodiya Durga Utsab’ will begin on October 21 concluding on October 26 with the immersion of idols in the rivers.
About 400 artists and idol-makers locally known as pals are making idols of the Durga. The pals are working round the clock to make sure that the idols are ready in time.
The pals hope for earning better earnings this year as the number of puja mandaps has increased in the region.
Shankar Pal, an idol maker of Dhariapara area of the city said cost of raw materials including earth, rope, straw, bamboo and jute for idols have highly increased but their remuneration has remained unchanged for years.
‘Now I have very little time to sleep as the idols are to be completed as per work order’, said pal. Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parisad Advocte Mrittun Joy Dhar Bhula told that a total of 64 puja mandaps would be set up in the metropolitan area while 584 mandaps in all 13 upazilas of the Sylhet district.
While visiting the largest Ramkishno Mishon Puja Mandap at Nayorpul area in the city this reporter found that artisans are spending busy time painting the images of deities to make the idols look more attractive to the devotees and the visitors.
Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) and Sylhet District Police authorities have already taken adequate security measures for smooth celebration of Durga Puja.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of SMP Joytirmoy Sarkar told that they have taken measures for ensuring tight security, uninterrupted supply of electricity to all Puja Mandaps and smooth traffic management for peaceful celebration of Puja at that time.
‘We have started collection of information about Puja Mandaps from our eight police stations in the city. We will informed about our preparations through meetings with different stakeholders including leaders of Puja Udjapon Parishad at the SMP headquarters very soon,’ he said.
Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Sylhet District Md. Forid Uddin said that full-proof security measures would be taken at each of the temple of the district from next week.
A team of police along with Ansar members would be deployed in all the puja mandaps during the festival, he added.
