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SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2025
Hindus celebrating Mahalaya

Bangladesh

UNB
25 September, 2022, 10:45 am
Last modified: 25 September, 2022, 10:48 am

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Hindus celebrating Mahalaya

This year there will be 32,168 Durga Puja mandaps across the country

UNB
25 September, 2022, 10:45 am
Last modified: 25 September, 2022, 10:48 am
Photo: Collected
Photo: Collected

Hindus across Bangladesh are celebrating Mahalaya, the auspicious occasion that heralds the advent of Goddess Durga, on Sunday.

Considered as a ceremonial invocation of Goddess Durga, Mahalaya is observed a week prior to Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community.

Hindus believe the earth prepares itself and welcomes the coming of the goddess and her children, through the celebrations.

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Durga Puja will begin on 1 October on the day of Maha Shashthi. Goddess Durga will come to the earth (Martyalok) riding an elephant (gaja) through the Maha Sashthi Puja this year.

On Mahalaya, the Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee has arranged special programmes at Dhakeshwari Temple from 6am.

On this day, Hindus remember and pay homage to their deceased ancestors by performing a puja, and offering Brahmins clothes, food and sweets in their names.

This year there will be 32,168 puja mandaps across the country.

Installation of CCTV cameras has been made compulsory at all puja mandaps ahead of Durga Puja to ensure security, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan.

To ensure security at the mandaps, additional forces of law enforcement agencies will be deployed when required.

Besides, Durga Puja organisers have been told to deploy volunteers to ensure security.

The authorities concerned have been asked to provide wristbands to volunteers that will help the police to identify them.

Bangladesh / Hindu / Durga Puja / Mahalaya

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