5-day Durga Puja to end tomorrow with immersion of idols - The

The five-day long Sharadiyo Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will conclude tomorrow with the immersion of idols of Goddess Durga across the country, amid due religious fervor and solemnity. On Bijoya Dashami, the final day of the festival, colorful processions will be brought out from temples and makeshift puja mandaps, where devotees will chant mantras, beat traditional drums (dhak-dhol), blow conch shells and perform uludhoni (ceremonial ululation) before immersing the idols in nearby rivers, ponds or other water bodies. This year’s Durga Puja began on September 28 with Maha Shashthi, followed by Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, and Maha Nabami were celebrated on September 29, 30, and October 1 respectively. Marking the formal beginning of...