Immersion of Goddess Durga today: Maha Navomi celebrated peacefully

A child praying at Puja mandap in Firozshah Koibalyadham Asram on Wednesday.
A child praying at Puja mandap in Firozshah Koibalyadham Asram on Wednesday.
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Chattogram Bureau :
The celebration of the immersion of the idols Goddess Durga will be observed in the port city and elsewhere in the district and upazila areas . The celebration of Saradhiya Durga Puja observed with enthusiastic mood irrespective of caste and creed. Thousands of worshippers seen pouring in different puja mandops in the city.
 City Mayor and the lawmakers of the respective upazilas visited the puja mandops frequently since beginning the Puja .
Maha Novomi , the third day of four -day long Sharadiya Durga Puja, celebrated yesterday in the city as elsewhere in the district with due festivity and traditional enthusiasm.
Tens of hundreds of the devotees of all ages including men, women, boys, adolescents, girls and youths have been thronging at different puja mandaps to offer their Saptami puja in the morning.
A good number of devotees from all walks of life visited the JM Sen Hall, Ramkrishno Mission, Hazari Lane, Sadharghat Kalibari, Krishno Kumari, Patharghat and Goashil Danga, which are the most attractive Puja mandaps in the city, to perform their Saptami Puja. The devotees participated in a cultural function at 4 pm today at the JM Sen Hall premises and also took part in a discussion meeting.
The puja mandap premises and adjoining areas have become overcrowded and worn eye-catching looks with traditional fairs arranged where handicrafts items, toys, household goods, sweets and other things are being sold. Religious chorus and chanting of sacred Geeta were being performed peacefully by the devotees at every puja mandaps, the Hindu community leaders said.
Chattogram Metropolitan and district police and Puja committee sources said there was no report of any untoward incident centering the puja celebrations.
Additional law enforcing agency men deployed in each mandap to avoid any nuisances during the celebration.
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