BSS, Dhaka :
The Hindu community celebrated one of their main religious festivals Saraswati Puja, worshiping the goddess of knowledge, music, art and culture, across the country like elsewhere in the world on Thursday amid much enthusiasm, festivity and religious fervor. Puja mandaps, temples and a large number of educational institutions were colorfully decorated as thousands of devotees sought blessings since morning from the goddess with traditional gaiety.
The celebration also included offering of Devi Aradhona, puspoanjoli, archanas, anjolis, aratis, distribution of prashad, arati competitions, cultural functions and staging of dramas at temples, educational institutions and residences in the country.
Members of Hindu community of the country of all ages came to the Puja venues with their family in the early morning. In most places, the Puja began in the morning followed by offering of “anjali”. Then the children were imparted “hatekhori” (introduction to learning) which was ended with distributing prashad (foodstuff devoted to the goddess) among the devotees.
The Saraswati Puja or Basant Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day of the Bengali month of Maagh each year when the Hindus worship goddess Saraswati to mark the coming of spring.
According to Hindu faith, goddess Saraswati represents power, creativity and inspiration and presents herself when the weather is pleasant and nature is in its full grandeur.
The most decorative and gorgeous celebration of Saraswati Puja was arranged on the premises of Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University where a huge number of devotees and crowd were thronged to perform the religious rituals and visit the pandals circled on the playground of the university’s largest dormitory.
Students from 70 departments, institutes and faculties of the university have made arrangements for the puja on the playground of the dormitory this year.
On Dhaka University campus, the Puja was also organized at all female dormitories -Rokeya Hall, Samsun Nahar Hall, Bangladesh Kuwait Moitri Hall, Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall and Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall.
The Hindu community celebrated one of their main religious festivals Saraswati Puja, worshiping the goddess of knowledge, music, art and culture, across the country like elsewhere in the world on Thursday amid much enthusiasm, festivity and religious fervor. Puja mandaps, temples and a large number of educational institutions were colorfully decorated as thousands of devotees sought blessings since morning from the goddess with traditional gaiety.
The celebration also included offering of Devi Aradhona, puspoanjoli, archanas, anjolis, aratis, distribution of prashad, arati competitions, cultural functions and staging of dramas at temples, educational institutions and residences in the country.
Members of Hindu community of the country of all ages came to the Puja venues with their family in the early morning. In most places, the Puja began in the morning followed by offering of “anjali”. Then the children were imparted “hatekhori” (introduction to learning) which was ended with distributing prashad (foodstuff devoted to the goddess) among the devotees.
The Saraswati Puja or Basant Panchami is celebrated on the fifth day of the Bengali month of Maagh each year when the Hindus worship goddess Saraswati to mark the coming of spring.
According to Hindu faith, goddess Saraswati represents power, creativity and inspiration and presents herself when the weather is pleasant and nature is in its full grandeur.
The most decorative and gorgeous celebration of Saraswati Puja was arranged on the premises of Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University where a huge number of devotees and crowd were thronged to perform the religious rituals and visit the pandals circled on the playground of the university’s largest dormitory.
Students from 70 departments, institutes and faculties of the university have made arrangements for the puja on the playground of the dormitory this year.
On Dhaka University campus, the Puja was also organized at all female dormitories -Rokeya Hall, Samsun Nahar Hall, Bangladesh Kuwait Moitri Hall, Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall and Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall.
