A Correspondent ;
The Hindu community on Thursday celebrated “Mahaashtami” through performing the day’s main attraction “Kumari Puja” in the port city as elsewhere in the district.
The Kumari Puja, in which a pre-pubescent girl is worshipped as goddess, started at Shantoneshwari Matri Mondir at 12 noon. Several thousands of Hindu devotees assembled at the city’s Kumari Puja venue to worship goddess Kumari. Eleven-year-old Binta Dey, daughter of Dr Bashu Dev Dey and Dr Rubi Dey, a class five student of city’s Dr Kastogir Government Girls High School, was worshipped as Kumari goddess who is symbolised as power.
Chittagong Metro-politan Police (CMP) sources said a six to eight-member team of law enforcers has been deployed at each Puja Mandap and adequate numbers of law enforcer including, Armed Police Battalions, have already been deployed at all Hindu populated areas.
The Hindu community on Thursday celebrated “Mahaashtami” through performing the day’s main attraction “Kumari Puja” in the port city as elsewhere in the district.
The Kumari Puja, in which a pre-pubescent girl is worshipped as goddess, started at Shantoneshwari Matri Mondir at 12 noon. Several thousands of Hindu devotees assembled at the city’s Kumari Puja venue to worship goddess Kumari. Eleven-year-old Binta Dey, daughter of Dr Bashu Dev Dey and Dr Rubi Dey, a class five student of city’s Dr Kastogir Government Girls High School, was worshipped as Kumari goddess who is symbolised as power.
Chittagong Metro-politan Police (CMP) sources said a six to eight-member team of law enforcers has been deployed at each Puja Mandap and adequate numbers of law enforcer including, Armed Police Battalions, have already been deployed at all Hindu populated areas.
