DHAKA, Oct 21, 2023 (BSS) - The five-day Sharadiyo Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, is being celebrated for the second day today with Maha Saptami puja amid due religious fervor and gaiety. Maha Saptami puja was offered later to Goddess Durga at temples and makeshift mandaps countrywide followed by offering of Anjali to Goddess by devotees who kept fasting till the puja. Devotees often shout "Aschhebochhor abar hobe" (Durga Puja will return next year again). Durga Puja is being celebrated at 32,408 mandaps across the country this year including 245 in the capital, according to Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad (BPUP). Stringent security measures have taken across the country during thecelebration of Durga Puja to avert any untoward situation.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha October 21, 2023 14:48 UTC