Five-day Durga festivities finish in Cuttack
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By Express News Service
CUTTACK: The five-day Durga Puja drew to a detailed as braving rains, hundreds of devotees bid farewell to the goddess in Cuttack metropolis on Thursday. Around 30 idols of Goddess Durga and Hara-Parbati had been immersed in three synthetic ponds arrange on Kathajodi river banks close to Devi Gada by 7.30 pm. Crowds thronged the immersion factors at Devi Gada and adjoining Purighat the place it was a carnival like environment regardless of heavy rains.
Of the 170 pandals arrange within the metropolis, Goddess Durga was worshipped at 110. The clay idols of different deities together with Hara-Parbati had been worshipped in the remainder of the pandals. The ‘sahi parikrama’, a practice as per which puja organisers transfer the idols in and round native sahis or localities was delayed on account of rains within the morning. The idols had been wrapped in polythene sheets earlier than being taken out for immersion on the route from Ranihat to Devi Gada through Buxi Bazar and Choudhury Bazar.
This time, owing to restrictions on sound restrict, many of the puja committees opted for conventional people dances like ‘ghoda nacha’, ‘kela-keluni’ and ‘sabara-sabaruni’. This aside, musical devices like ‘jhanja’, ‘mrudanga’ and cymbals had been extensively used through the ceremony. Dance troupes from totally different components of the State participated within the processions. As many as 50 platoons of police had been deployed and 14 police support posts arrange for clean conduct of the immersion ceremony within the metropolis, mentioned DCP Pinak Mishra.
CUTTACK: The five-day Durga Puja drew to a detailed as braving rains, hundreds of devotees bid farewell to the goddess in Cuttack metropolis on Thursday. Around 30 idols of Goddess Durga and Hara-Parbati had been immersed in three synthetic ponds arrange on Kathajodi river banks close to Devi Gada by 7.30 pm. Crowds thronged the immersion factors at Devi Gada and adjoining Purighat the place it was a carnival like environment regardless of heavy rains.
Of the 170 pandals arrange within the metropolis, Goddess Durga was worshipped at 110. The clay idols of different deities together with Hara-Parbati had been worshipped in the remainder of the pandals. The ‘sahi parikrama’, a practice as per which puja organisers transfer the idols in and round native sahis or localities was delayed on account of rains within the morning. The idols had been wrapped in polythene sheets earlier than being taken out for immersion on the route from Ranihat to Devi Gada through Buxi Bazar and Choudhury Bazar.
This time, owing to restrictions on sound restrict, many of the puja committees opted for conventional people dances like ‘ghoda nacha’, ‘kela-keluni’ and ‘sabara-sabaruni’. This aside, musical devices like ‘jhanja’, ‘mrudanga’ and cymbals had been extensively used through the ceremony. Dance troupes from totally different components of the State participated within the processions. As many as 50 platoons of police had been deployed and 14 police support posts arrange for clean conduct of the immersion ceremony within the metropolis, mentioned DCP Pinak Mishra.
