Mahalaya celebrated in Bagerhat

Bagerhat Correspondent :

The members of the Hindu community of Bagerhat district town and its 9 Upazilas celebrated Mahalaya, the auspicious occasion that heralds the advent of Goddess Durga on Saturday.

Considered as a ceremonial invocation of Goddess Durga, Mahalaya is observed a week prior to Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community.

Hindu community believes that the earth prepares itself and welcomes the coming of the Goddess and her children through the celebrations.

Durga Puja will begin on October 20 on the day of Maha Shashthi. On Mahalaya, Bagerhat district Sarbojanin Puja Committee arranged special programmes in the local Harishava temple from 6 am.

On the day, the members of the Hindu community remembered and paid homage to their deceased ancestors by performing a Puja and offering Brahmins clothes, food and sweets in their names.