Jumbangla Desk : Sharidiya Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of Bengali Sanatan religionists, starts tomorrow Wednesday (October 9). The 5-day long festival will begin with Mahashasthi and end with the idol immersion on Sunday (October 13) Vijaya Dashami.

Durga Puja

Tuesday (October 8) Bodhan. On the eve of Autumn Durgotsava, Vandana Puja will be performed to break the slumber of the sleeping Goddess Durga of Dakshina through this bodhana. This Vandana Puja will be held in the mandape-temple on Tuesday, Panchami in the evening. The five-day long autumn festival of Bengali Hindus will begin with Shasthi Puja on Wednesday.

Bodhan is one of the rituals of Durga Puja. The word bodhana means awakened or enlightened. Bodhan of the Goddess in Belshakha in the evening before the puja begins is an essential part of Durga Puja. Durga puja in autumn is prescribed to do this. According to various Puranas, Lord Ramachandra performed Durga Puja in autumn to kill the demon king Ravana. It is also known as Akal Bodhan because he makes this sense prematurely. However, there is no need to meditate on Durga Puja or Basanti Puja which is held in Chaitra month during spring.

According to the Loknath Panjika, Sharadiya Durgotsavam will conclude with idol immersion on October 9 Mahasashti, October 10 Mahasaptami, October 11 Mahashtami and October 12 Mahanavami and October 13 Vijaya Dashami.

In thousands of Mandals all over the country, Goddess Durga's uniquely beautiful auspicious form is carved out of perfect silk. Durga Puja is going to be held in 32,660 pujamandapas across the country. However, compared to last year, Durga Puja is less by about 1000 Mandap. This evening at the time of Bodhan, the stick will be covered in the pujamandap today. In the evening, the pujamandap will be filled with devotional chants with the smoke of incense, dhak-dhol and kansar-mandira. The shrines will be illuminated with colorful lights. Crores of Hindu men and women across the country are ready to welcome Devi Durga with great enthusiasm and religious fervor.

The priest of Ramana Kali temple said that the Mahasashthi Kalpanarambh should be completed by 8:44 am on Wednesday morning. Abode and Invocation of the Goddess in the evening. Goddess Mahasaptami Puja should be completed by 7:53:27 on next Thursday morning. Mahashtami Puja at 6:52 AM on Friday, October 11 and Arastha at 6:52 AM, followed by Kumari Puja. Later Sandhi Puja should be completed within 7:41 minutes. On the same day, after 7:41 AM, Mahanavami Arastha and 9:57 AM should complete the prescribed puja of Mahanavami. On Saturday 12th October, Mahanavami's Adhika Pooja must be completed by 6:00 12 minutes. On the same day at 7:37 a.m., Dasami Puja was concluded between the morning and the Dashami Puja ended. The five-day Sharadotsav will end with the dedication of the idol on Sunday, October 13. Goddess Durga is coming to Dharani riding on a wave. Return to Ghota.

According to Ramakrishna Mission Nirghanta, Durga Devi's invitation and abode at Sayangkale on Wednesday morning at 6:10 am. Shashti Puja on the first day of the festival will begin after 5 pm.

Elaborate preparations are often completed across the country to make the Puja joyful. The mood of the festival is now blowing all over the country. Various mandapas are resounding with the sound of drums and brass and conch shells.

Meanwhile, security has been beefed up at pujamandaps across the country around the fall Durga Puja, the main religious festival of Hindus. Law and order forces are on high alert around this year's Durga Puja. On the occasion of this festival, there will be round-the-clock security in the pujamandaps across the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs has already issued a set of instructions for the field administration and law and order forces to keep the law and order situation normal during the upcoming Durga Puja.

A security zone has been built around each mandap. Besides, it has been decided to deploy members of police, BGB, Ansar and VDP, RAB and other forces for round-the-clock security during puja in each mandap. The concerned said that the security forces have been ordered to be on maximum alert from the top level of the law and order forces.

The intelligence surveillance of the law enforcement agencies in plain clothes is going on at the field level regarding the overall situation. Prevention of any rumor is being monitored in cyber space as well. However, SWAT, Bomb Disposal Unit, RAB helicopters and striking force will be ready all the time to deal with any situation. Entrances to important temples will be searched through archways and metal detectors. If necessary, the dog squad unit will sweep the entire area.

President of Bangladesh Puja Celebration Parishad, Vasudev Dhar said, Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of Bengali Hindus, will start from next Wednesday, which will end on October 13 with the dedication of idols. According to official estimates, Durga Puja will be celebrated in 32,666 mandaps across the country this year.

On the occasion of Durga Puja, members of the police, Ansar, BGB, RAB and other law enforcement agencies will be responsible for the security of every pujamandap across the country including the capital Dhaka. Along with police and RAB, volunteers will be on duty at almost every pavilion. A central control room will be opened at Dhakeshwari Temple Melangan under the initiative of Mahanagara Sarvajanin Puja Committee.

Devotional music, distribution of clothes, distribution of Mahaprasad, aarti competition, voluntary blood donation and Vijaya procession will be held along with worship at the Dhakeswari National Temple Mandap, known as the central puja festival in the capital.

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On the occasion of Durgotsav, the leaders of Bangladesh Puja Celebration Parishad, Metropolitan Universal Puja Celebration Committee have wished all the citizens of the country irrespective of religion and caste, including the Hindu community, for the autumn Durga Puja.