In pictures: Durga Puja ends with immersion

The parting ceremony was filled with unbridled dancing, beating of drums and chanting of the Goddess Durga's name

Publish : 19 Oct 2018, 11:38 PMUpdate : 19 Oct 2018, 11:38 PM

Durga Puja, the largest festival of the Hindu community, culminated in Bijoya Dashami on Friday with the solemn immersion of Goddess Durga’s idols in waterbodies around the nation.

A sculptor puts the finishing touches on the idols days before the Durga Puja in Ishwardi, Pabna on October 13, 2018 | Focus Bangla

Sons pay homage to their mothers symbolically in Worship of the Living Mother, a recent phenomenon in Madaripur for the past two years in this photo on October 14, 2018 | Dhaka Tribune

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka to mark the beginning of the Durga Puja on October 15, 2018 | Focus Bangla

Devotees engage in chants during Puja at a temple in Bogra on October 16, 2018 | Dhaka Tribune

Devotees symbolically worship a prepubescent girl as the embodiment of the Kumari Devi (Virgin Goddess) at Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka on October 17, 2018 | Syed Zakir Hossain

A priest conducts the rites of worship at Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka on October 18, 2018 | Mehedi Hasan

Devotees carry the idol of Durga to the Buriganga to bid her farewell on October 19, 2018 | Mahmud Hossain Opu

A devotee points to another devotee bearing a small shrine of the Mother Goddess, indicating where the other idols are being submerged in this photo on October 19, 2018 | Mahmud Hossain Opu

The effigy of Durga and her entourage is lowered into the Buriganga for her spiritual return to her abode in Kailasa in this photo taken on October 19, 2018 | Mahmud Hossain Opu