Durga Puja to begin tomorrow with Maha Shasthi

Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will begin on Monday with holding Maha Shasthi puja at temples across the country amid festivity and religious fervour with maintaining health guidelines.

The five-day long Durga Puja celebration will begin with the unveiling of the face of the deity and Kalparambho on the day of Maha Sashthi on Monday and it will end on October 15 with the immersion of the idols.

The incarnation (Bodhon) of the Goddess Durga will be held on Sunday ahead of the puja on the day of Maha Panchami.

Maha Saptami puja will be performed on Tuesday, Maha Ashtami, Kumari Puja and Sandhi Puja on Wednesday, and Maha Nabami Puja on Thursday.

The Mahalaya, the auspicious occasion heralding the advent of goddess Durga, was celebrated on Wednesday (October 6).

Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad leaders urged all devotees to properly maintain health guidelines and directives issued by the government in the wake of the global pandemic during the Durga Puja celebration.

In Dhaka city, the main puja mandaps are Dhakeshwari National Temple, Ramkrishna Mission and Math, Kalabagan, Banani, Shakhari Bazar and Ramna Kali Mandir.