Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival for the Bengali Hindu community, has drawn to a close through the immersion of the goddess’s idols in the waters. As per tradition, devotees bid farewell to Durga with oil, vermillion, and betel-sugar in different Puja pavilions in Chattogram on Sunday. Hindus believe that the Goddess Durga leaves the mortal world to travel to her marital home in the cosmos after the Nabami Puja. When goddess Durga arrives, we all come together, only to scatter again when she leaves. This year, the countdown to Durga Puja began with Mahalaya on Oct 2, followed by the Sasthi Puja on Wednesday, which kicked off the five-day Durga Puja festival, culminating in the immersion of the goddess’s idol on Sunday.
