Durga Puja ends with immersion of idols

Tens of thousands of Hindus in colourful attires took to the streets beating drums and chanting mantras as five days of celebration ended on Tuesday with immersion of Devi Durga in rivers and water bodies across the country, reports BSS.

The Bijoya Dashami (Tenth Day) of the arrival of Goddess Durga to the Earth is celebrated by devotees amid festivity and enthusiasm by visiting relatives and friends and share the joy.

The five-day Durga Puja festival began on Friday with the incarnation (Bodhon) of Goddess Durga on the day of Maha Shashti.

In the capital Dhaka, jubilant devotees joined colourful truck processions carrying idols of Durga amid fanfare towards the Shitalakshya, Turag and Balu rivers for immersion when children, the young and the elderly joined hands to slowly put the idols into the water at the climax of the festival, the biggest of the Bengali-speaking followers of Hindu faith.

The biggest Bijoya procession was brought out around 4 pm from the Dhakeshwari Temple in the capital for the immersion of the idol which ended on the bank of Buriganga River.