TIWN Sep 30, 2017
AGARTALA, Sep 30 (TIWN): Amid tight security arrangements, marking the formal conclusion of biggest festival- Durga Puja, the immersion worship (Vijaya Dashami) to Goddess Durga has been started in Tripura on Saturday morning. To mark this occasion, teary eyed devotees bade an emotional farewell to the idols of goddess Durga. People from different community thronged Durga puja pandals to offer their tributes to the goddess on the last day of the five-day long festivity.A vast number of married women decked in the ritualistic red-and-white sarees marked the event with the customary "Sindoor Khela" or smearing each other and the idols with red vermilion to prepare the goddess and her clan for their long journey to home, as dhaaks (traditional drums) played on in the background.The unique part about this year's Durga Puja is that the ninth and 10th day – Maha Navami and Vijaya Dashami – fall on the same day. Devotees offered sweets to the goddess and prayed for peace and prosperity of their families.
There will be a festive look on the bank of the river Howrah at Dashamighat and other water bodies, with spirited chants of "Bolo Durga Mai Ki Jai" adding to the fervour. Children, the young and the elderly would join hands to slowly put the idols into the water as they wished for her return next year.
According to the ritual, Idol of Prabhu Bari will be the first and second is Durga bari for immersion at Dasamighat. After that some of the puja committees would immerse the goddess in ponds, lakes and rivers of Tripura on Vijaya Dashami friday.
Though the Vijaya Dashami marked formal ending of biggest festival Durga puja, the big budget puja committees like Bharat Ratna Club, Ramthakur Sangha, Netaji Play Forum, Santikami Sangha, Polestar Club including many others would immerse the idols of goddess Durga and her four children after two or three days to draw more gathering.
The Durga puja committees of the Capital have planned a grand immersion ceremony this year by preparing an immersion guideline. To avoid any untoward incident and to ensure a peaceful end to the festival, police has made massive security arrangements, said a senior police official.
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