The Durga Puja celebrations in Darrang, as well as other parts of the country, came to a conclusion on Friday with devotees saying a sorrowful farewell to Goddess Durga. The Darrang district administration has made preparations for the seamless immersion of Goddess Durga’s statues.

As a result, the administration issued notifications along numerous rivers in the district, including the river Mangaldai in Mangaldai town, the river Tongani in Dhula, the Bornadi in Dumunichowki, the Nanoi in Dolongghat, and a section of the river Brahmaputra in Melaghat, Kharupetia, among others.

The immersion ceremony is limited to a maximum of 10 people, including the driver and handyman, with no immersion procession allowed. The five-day Durga Puja celebrations began on Monday with religious fervour and traditional merriment, but in accordance with Covid19 SOP.

In comparison to 83 in Covid-hit 2020 and 188 in the regular pre-Covid period, the district government granted permission to roughly 170 community puja committees until the day of Maha Shasthi this time. Mangaldai police station had the most community pujas with 73, followed by Kharupetia police station with over 50.

The possibility of a few further pujas being held without the appropriate approval from the administration cannot be ruled out, according to sources.

Because the puja days were hot and sunny, a huge number of puja revellers flocked to the puja mandaps in the later hours, and due to the steady stream of visitors, several puja mandaps remained open past the SOP’s deadline.

The roadside dhabas and eateries did good business these days, with people queuing until late into the night, well past the SOP cutoff.

Because the Covid19 SOP was still in effect, imposing many restrictions, the puja celebration was a low-key affair, as most committees limited their budgets for décor and other artificial measures to attract guests, instead relying on the idol makers’ or sculptors’ creative labour.

The statues of the goddesses of Maa Lakshmi Society along the LNB road, sculptured adoring a classic look of the rich Assamese culture, drew the puja revellers among the puja pandals here.

Apart from the deities’ idols, the entrance, which featured a large traditional Assamese japi created by internationally famous young artist Ajit Bania and put over a set of ‘Bor Dhol’ and ‘Bor Kkah,’ was another point of interest during the puja ceremony.

The goddess’s permanent white granite idol attracted worshippers and guests from all over the world to the 29th edition of Bamunpara Ancholik Sarvajanin puja.

With more than 400 years of tradition and culture, the Koch Royal Durga Puja has been held in three different royal sites: Gakhir-Khowa Raja Howli, Mohanpur Howli, and Dangar Raja Howli.

The goddess’s idol in the royal puja had her face splattered with scarlet to represent the divinity in its warrior form. Only the Gakhir-Khowa Raja Howli puja sacrifices animals among these three royal pujas.

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