Durga Puja festival celebrated in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Source: Xinhua| 2019-10-07 13:48:34|Editor: huaxia
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A girl dressed as the Hindu goddess is seen during the Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 6, 2019. (Str/Xinhua)

DHAKA, Oct. 7, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Hindu community people in Bangladesh capital Dhaka Sunday gathered at a temple to have blessings from a girl adorned as the living embodiment of their goddess Durga.

During the five-day Durga Puja festival, the Hindu Goddess Durga is worshiped in her different forms and one of those is Kumari, the virgin form of the deity.

Hindu community people gather at a temple to have blessings from a girl adorned as the living embodiment of their goddess Durga during the Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh Oct. 6, 2019. (Str/Xinhua)

Hindu community people gather at a temple to have blessings from a girl adorned as the living embodiment of their goddess Durga during the Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh Oct. 6, 2019. (Str/Xinhua)

A girl dressed as the Hindu goddess is seen during the Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 6, 2019. (Str/Xinhua)

A girl dressed as the Hindu goddess is seen during the Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 6, 2019. (Str/Xinhua)

A girl dressed as the Hindu goddess is seen during the Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 6, 2019. (Str/Xinhua)


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