Bhubaneswar bids farewell to Durga Puja with grand immersion processions

BHUBANESWAR : Durga Puja festivities came to an end in the city on Monday with thousands of devotees bidding farewell to the Mother Goddess amid grand immersion processions carried out at multiple locations.

The immersion ceremony began from noon and continued till late in the night. The procession was carried out in groups by three organisations – Bhubaneswar Bhasani Utsav Committee, Saheed Nagar; Rajdhani Mandir Suraksha Bhasani Samiti, Nayapalli and Uttar Bhubaneswar Vasani Committee, Chandrasekharpur – on Janpath, Nayapalli road and Nalco-KIIT square road respectively.

At least 26 major puja committees joined the immersion procession organised by the Bhubaneswar Bhasani Utsav Committee on Janpath road. In view of the large gathering on these roads, traffic was diverted at multiple places between 3 pm and 1 am. Security and crowd control measures were also put in place to ensure the safety of puja committee members and onlookers.