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NETROKONA-DURGA PUJA
Preparations for smooth holding of Durga Puja in Netrakona
Netrakona Sep 21, 2019 (BSS)-All preparations for smooth holding of Sharodia Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bengali Hindus, is progressing fast.
District Puja Udjapan Parishad (DPUP) office sources here said, the Durga Puja festival will begin on October- 4 and conclude on October -8.
Meanwhile, the idol -makers and artists are passing a busy time making idols of Goddess Durga and painting images of the deities.
Vice president of the DPUP and member of the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad central committee Keshob Ranjan Sarker told BSS that a total of 510 puja mandaps would be erected in ten upazilas of the district while 54 puja mandaps would be set up in and around the Netrakona district town this year.
Netrakona district administration and district police authorities have already taken all preparations for ensuring fool- proof security measures to celebrate the Durga Puja smoothly and peacefully.
Superintendent of Police (SP) of the district Akber Ali Munshi told BSS here that Netrakona police administration has already taken all round preparations to ensure tight security measures in and around all the puja mandaps of the district for celebrating the festival peacefully.
“All Puja mandaps would be brought under special security arrangements to ensure fool-proof security to the devotees and visitors,” the SP added.
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