Chopper monitors Durga Puja immersions in capital

The processions comprising several types of vehicles congregated at Kudesia Ghat, Geeta Ghat, Shyam Ghat, Kalindi Kunj, Chatth Puja Ghat and Chilla Ghat for immersion of the idols.

Out of big community pujas, only Mudiali has immersed their idol and the rest are slated for immersion on October 25, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.

Patna: Songs rent the air as devotees danced and applied colours to each other while taking idols of Goddess Durga and her family members for immersion, in the state capital on Friday.

An idol of Goddess Durga is carried for immersion in the River Yamuna during Durga Puja festival in New Delhi, India, Friday.

In Chittagong, devotees packed into the Patenga Sea Beach, the main immersion spot of the port city.

In Cox’s Bazar, devotees went to the beach on motorcades as well as in colourful processions around 2:00pm.

The banks of the Umkhrah river and other rivers wore a festive look as puja organisers came in colourful processions reverberating with the sounds of drums.

East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Amitabh Kaushal Durga puja committees said that civic amenities like repairing of street lights, roads and cleaning of wastes were in place.

Thus, thinking of himself as invincible, he became drunk with power, transformed into a mighty buffalo demon, and started wreaking havoc on earth, the priest continued before adding that he killed many innocent people, followed by setting his eyes on the heavens and destroying the God’s as well. Grand celebrations, gala feasts and huge fanfare were part of the festival.

KANGPOKPI, Oct.23: The ten daylong Navratri, an annually held festivity in honour of Hindu Goddess Durga, at Christian dominated Kangpokpi town concluded here today amidst bandh and blockade along the Trans Asian Highway in the area. Marking the occasion, the first Durga worship was arranged at Taherpur in Rajshahi in the Bangla month of Aswin in 1480 by Kangsha Narayan.