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Meghalaya bids adieu to Goddess Durga

Shillong, Oct 21 (UNI) Four days of revelry and merriment came to an end on Wednesday as idols of Goddess Durga and her four children were immersed by teary-eyed devotees in rivers across Meghalaya on Bijoya Dashami.
The banks of the Umkhrah river and other rivers wore a festive look, as puja organisers came in colourful processions to the accompaniment of drums to immerse idols of the goddess and her four children.
Hundreds of devotees, including the young, joined hands to gently lower the idols into the river.
“The immersion ceremony symbolises the end of the goddess' annual sojourn to her paternal home and she returns to her husband Lord Shiva at their heavenly abode in Mount Kailash,”said JL Das, a devotee.
Tight security arrangements were made at the river banks and launches were kept ready to rescue people in case of emergencies, police said
The immersion ceremony and rituals were conducted in a peaceful and solemn manner across the state, said a police official.
The Puja days and evenings were marked by cultural programmes in most pandals across the city and other places in the state, including Tura, Baghmara and other places in the Garo Hills, which was battered by heavy rainfall just a few days back.
Governor CH Vijayashankar and Chief Minister Conrad Sangma have greeted the public on the occasion of Durga Puja.
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