The five-day-long Durga Puja pageant in West Bengal got here to a detailed on Wednesday with the immersion of idols on ‘Vijayadashami‘ at varied river ghats throughout the state.
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Ladies participated within the conventional ‘Sindur Khela’ (smearing vermilion on one another’s faces) and supplied sweets and prayers to the goddess earlier than bidding her farewell for the 12 months.
Organisers of most family and neighborhood pujas had been seen main vibrant processions to the ghats amid the beating of drums and chanting of mantras.
Idol Durga immersion at Baje Kadamtala Ghat on the financial institution of Hooghly river in Kolkata (Categorical photograph by Partha Paul)
Shortly after the immersion, folks exchanged sweets and greetings.
At Babughat, which witnesses the best variety of idol immersions within the state, devotees had been seen queuing up since 11 am, with chants of ‘Asche bochor abar hobe’ (until subsequent 12 months) including to the zeal.
Based on sources in Kolkata Police, satisfactory safety preparations have been made on the thoroughfares and on the river ghats for peaceable observance of the idol-immersion ceremony.
The immersion of big-ticket Durga Puja idols of town and adjoining districts would, nonetheless, happen on Saturday, following their participation within the state government-organised annual carnival at Crimson Street.
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