Mahashashthi celebrated
Hindu devotees across the country yesterday celebrated Mahashashthi on the first day of Durga Puja amid drumbeats, women's ululations along with different ritual functions.
The day commemorates the arrival of Goddess Durga accompanied by her children to the mortal world from her heavenly abode.
During a visit to city's different temples including Dhakeshwari National Temple and Jagannath Hall temple, the temples were found with a decorative look with colourful lights.
Additional law enforcers have been deployed in all the temples to maintain law and order situation during the festival.
Temple authorities have arranged separate rows to ease the movement of visitors in the premises and to avoid any untoward incident during the festival that draws crowds of people.
Origin of the Durga Puja can be traced back to the 15th century. With the ascent of Moguls, Durga Puja became more popular. Grand celebrations, gala feasts and huge fanfares were part of the Durga Puja.
According to Hindu mythology, Goddess Durga appeared in the midst of he commoners following the prayer of king Kangsha.
Marking the occasion, the first Durga worship was arranged at Taherpur of Rajshahi in the Bengali month of Aswin by Kangshanarayan in 1480.
The goddess's elderly son Ram, earlier, offered the puja at different times to seek blessings of the divine to safeguard people form repression and misrule of Lanka Raj Ravon.
Durga Puja will be celebrated at 191 mandaps (worship pavilions) in the city, while at around 27,000 across the country.
Meanwhile, Bibekanando Shikka-Sangskriti Parishad, a religious and cultural organisation, yesterday distributed new clothes among the children of Dalit community on this occasion.
Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries President AK Azad, parishad President Shitesh Chandra Bachar and Executive Member Nirmol Chatterjee, among others, also spoke at the function.
Meanwhile a Chittagong correspondent reports: In the metropolitan area, the worship of Debi Durga has been arranged in 22O mandaps and in 110 mandaps under the Kotwali Police Station, said Rana Biswas, secretary of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, Chittagong Metropolitan.
The biggest pujas would be held in South Nala Para, Satish Babu Lane, 34 No Pathor Gata, Hajari lane, Teri Bazar and J M Sen Hall.
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