WEST BENGAL, INDIA, October 2, 2025 (The Hindu): After the culmination of a week-long Durga Puja festival, the immersion of statues began on Bijaya Dashami/ Dasara in West Bengal on Thursday (October 2, 2025). Amid overcast skies, statues made it to the ghats of Kolkata and were immersed in the river Hooghly. During the day, statues of mostly Bonedi Bari Pujas (traditional home-based pujas) were immersed in rivers and waterbodies. Immersion of statues started in the afternoon, with various Barwari Pujas, including the Shobhabazar Rajbari in Kolkata and the Kasimbazar Rajbari in Baharampur, carrying out the rituals with traditional pomp and grandeur as devotees bid farewell to Goddess Durga.The immersion will continue over the next few days till Sunday, when State government has organized Durga Puja carnival when over 100 big ticket Pujas of Kolkata will participate in the mega event

Elaborate arrangements were made at the ghats in Kolkata for the immersion of statues. According to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), five ghats in the city have been brought under special surveillance for the immersion of statues. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK), formerly known as Kolkata Port Trust, has been assisting in the removal of statues after immersion from the various immersion river ghats in Kolkata during Durga Puja and Kali Puja over the past 15 years.

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