The five-day Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community, will end on Sunday with the immersion of the idols of goddess Durga and her children in water bodies across the country amid festivity.
The idols of goddess Durga and her offspring - Ganesha, Karitik, Laxmi and Saraswati 鈥� will immerse at evening while the devotees will receive Shantijol (sacred water from where deities are immersed).
Before the immersion of the idols, mother deity Durga will be bid farewell by Darpan Bisharjan in the morning.
Amid tight security, idols of puja mandaps in the city and its outskirts will be immersed in Buriganga and Turag rivers and Waisghat.
Marking Bijaya Dashami, a colourful procession will be brought out from the Dhakeshwari national temple before the immersion of idols, which will parade various streets of the capital and end at Sadarghat.
Leaders of various political parties and organisations, including Bangladesh Nationalist Party, have extended greetings to the Hindu community on the occasion of Bijaya Dashami.
The five-day annual celebration started with unveiling of the face of the deity and Kalparambho on Maha Shasthi on October 9 at temples across the country amid festivity and religious fervour.
Earlier, the incarnation (Bodhon) of the goddess Durga happened ahead of the puja on the day of Maha Panchami.
During the five-day celebration, recitation of verses from the Holy Chandi, blowing of conch shells and beating of dhak-dhols at temples and pandals were held while a festive mood was witnessed among the devotees irrespective of ages marking the festival.
As per the puja schedule, Maha Nabami Puja was celebrated on Saturday across the country.
According to the Bangladesh Puja Uthjapon Parishad, puja celebration was offered at of 31,461 puja mandaps across the country this year, including 252 in Dhaka.