Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols | District

KHULNA, Oct 3, 2025 (BSS) - Durga Puja, five-day religious festival of the Hindu community, ended in the city and nine upazilas of the district through immersion of the idols with due religious fervor and solemnity last night. The Hindu community celebrated the Durga Puja this year amid huge enthusiasm and festivities through performing religious rituals at a record number of puja mandaps in the city and district with the participation of thousands of devotees. The idols were taken to Bhairab, Rupsha, Kazibacha, and Kopotakha rivers, ponds, canals and other water bodies for immersion with colourful procession, dancing and singing 'kirton' in the afternoon. Earlier, hundreds of female devotees thronged puja mandaps on the Bijoya Dashami to cast the last...