Umerkote,28th Aug 2025: A Durga Puja Committee was formed at Santoshinagar under Umerkote Municipality. The meeting was held under the leadership of Advocate Shantanu Bahinipati and Saroj Kumar Mahanti. Like every year, preparations for the Dussehra festival have begun this year as well.
First, the financial statement of the 2014 Dussehra Puja was read out. Later, a new Puja Committee was formed to celebrate this year’s festival with grandeur. In this committee, Babu Dalei was chosen as the President, Debashis Bala and Subrat Debnath as Vice Presidents, Lalit Sethi as Secretary, Shibu Swain and Nagesh Pattnaik as Joint Secretaries, while Nihala Das and Abhijat Mandal were selected as Treasurers.
The Umerkote Dussehra festival is a unique celebration for the district. Here, the rituals are performed in the Bengali tradition. Women of the Bengali community play Sindoor Khela with Goddess Durga.
In the meeting, it was unanimously decided to conduct this year’s Durga Puja with more grandeur than ever, while ensuring peace and discipline. On Maha Ashtami, devotees will be offered Anna Prasad. On the day of Dussehra, Khichudi Bhog will be arranged for hundreds of devotees coming from rural areas and nearby villages. Detailed discussions were held to ensure that the celebrations take place peacefully and in an organized manner.
All members of Santoshinagar were present at the meeting.
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