Kali Puja being celebrated  | News

DHAKA, Oct 20, 2025 (BSS) - Kali Puja or Shyama Puja, a religious festival of the Hindu community, is being celebrated across the country today with due sacred fervor and enthusiasm. The main features of the Puja are worshiping the goddess Kali, lighting earthen lamps and candles at temples and residences in addition to musical soiree. Kali Puja is also called Deepabali or Diwali, the festival of lights. Usually, Kali Puja, worshipping the Goddess of strength, wisdom and enlightenment, is celebrated at the night of Amavasya (new moon) of the Bengali calendar month Kartik. In the evening, members of the Hindu community lighted up earthen lamps (Pradeep), candles at their houses, temples and crematoriums in memory of their ancestors. In...