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Staff Reporter

Today is the Bijoya Dashami of Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community. The Durga Puja will end today with the immersion of images of Devi Durga following the final rituals.

The devotees will celebrate the Bijoya Dashami in the morning according to the lunar calendar before taking out Bijoya processions carrying the idols.

Bijoya Dashami is the special ceremony to reiterate peace and good relations among people.

The Hindus believe that Dashami is the day when goddess Durga accompanied by her children Laxmi, Saraswati, Kartik and Ganesh started for Kailash, her husband Shiva's residence.

Devi Durga is the greatest goddess in the Hindu faith and is worshipped in various forms corresponding to her two characteristics - kindness to the good and brutality to the evil.

Thousands of Hindu devotees observed Mahanabami yesterday with great festivity at the puja mandaps across the country.

President Prof Dr Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed have greeted the Hindu community on the occasion of their greatest religious grand gala.

The five-day celebration of biggest Hindu religious festival was started in a festive mood on the evening of October 17 across the country with Sasthi rituals.