CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH, February 19, 2002: The Hindu community celebrated the Saraswati Puja in the port city of Chittagong on Sunday. Students especially paid homage to Saraswati, the Goddess of knowledge and learning, at the different puja mondops, temporary temples. Parents also honored the Goddess for the bright academic future of their sons and daughters. The devotees gathered at the pavilion for worship in the morning. In the evening they arranged a “priti sommilon” and cultural program and worshipped at the JM Sen Hall, Deyanji Pukur Lane, Jamal Khan, Pathargata, Agrabad, Nandankanan, Ghatforharbad, Chawkbazar, and Teribaza mondops in the city.
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