5-day Sharadiya Durga Puja begins tomorrow | News Flash

DHAKA, Sept 27, 2025 (BSS)- Five-day Sharadiya Durgotsob, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will begin tomorrow. Preparations are afoot for the annual festival at temples and makeshift puja mondops across the country. On Sunday last, the Hindu community members celebrated Mahalaya inviting Goddess Durga to her paternal home earth from Kailash (heaven) along with her offspring Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesh and Kartik. The Hindu community believed that Goddess Durga arrives in earth from heaven during the puja. This year she will arrive on an elephant. As part of last minute preparations for Sharadiya Durgotsab, idol makers and artisans are now passing their busiest time in giving the final touch to idols at puja mandaps. Hindus are waiting...