Saraswati Puja celebrated amid festivity
The Hindu community yesterday celebrated Saraswati Puja amid festivity and traditional gaiety across the country.
Puja mandaps, temples and many educational institutions were colorfully decorated as thousands of devotees sought blessings from the goddess of knowledge, wisdom and culture.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The celebrations also included offerings of Devi Aradhona, puspanjoli, archanas, anjolis, aratis, distribution of prashad, arati competitions, cultural functions and staging of dramas at temples and educational institutions.
The Hindu community of the country visted the puja mandaps and prayed to the goddess since early morning.
In most places including the Dakeshwari National Temple, the prayer began at 8:00am with the offering of "anjali", which was followed by "hatey khori" (initiation to learning) and distribution of prashad.
Saraswati, a mythological companion of Lord Brahma, is the personification of knowledge, arts, science and crafts.
According to the Hindu faith, she represents power, creativity and inspiration.
Students of University of Dhaka arranged the puja at 65 mandaps on the Jagannath Hall playground this year.
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