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Four days long Durga Puja ends today : No gathering, no music system was allowed in Agartala Dasami Ghat
- AGARTALA, Oct 26 (TIWN): No gathering, no music systems were allowed in Agartala Dasamighat on the occasion of Vijaya Dasami. Four days of festivities, four days of glittering Agartala, and suddenly it’s over. Sentiments apart, Dashami is the day when the immersion of Durga Idols start, and the administration takes up a tiresome yet essential process of maintaining peace and order.The local police stations will call on the organizations in their respective jurisdiction and inform all the necessary procedures, routes and dates regarding the immersion process. The local administratione also suggested that the Puja Committees should decide the timing of the immersion processions and inform the administration of their plan well in advance. Thus, a particular puja committee need not wait for a long time at the ghats.
  
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Bijoya Dasami, a Happy Day for Bengali Foodies ! Celebration of 'Bhuribhoj' with delicious food items : Rushes across Sweet, Non-Veg markets across Tripura
- AGARTALA, Oct 26 (TIWN): After 3 days of strictly maintained vegetable meals on Saptami, Astami, Navami, today is the day dedicated for non-veg items on Dasami. Marking a much awaited day for food lovers in Bengali families, Dasami celebration has been started across Tripura with ‘BHURIBHOJ’, means various delicious items eating filling the stomach. However, due to COVID-19 although business remained at slow but still crowd were not less amid pandemic in various markets.
  
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Subho Bijoya : Mutton Price shoots up to Rs. 1,200 per kilo, Chicken Rs. 600, Hilsa Fish Rs. 1,400 in Tripura markets
- AGARTALA, Oct 26 (TIWN): On the occasion of Bijoya Dasami, like every year, this year also prices of various items have gone on peak since the early morning. Whereas muttons are available at Rs. 1,200, Chicken Rs. 600. Hilsa fish items are at Rs. 1,400. The businessmen however alleged that they are facing tremendous losses this year and sales are totally at down. But, there is no relief from high prices for the consumers although rushes of people were less this year due to COVID-19 and also fall of economy. Bijoya Dasami is the last day of Durga puja which marked the Day-4 of the festival.
  
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Immersion begins at Dasami-Ghat : Vijaya Dashami marks ending of Durga Puja 2020
AGARTALA, Oct 26 (TIWN): Amid tight security arrangements, marking the formal conclusion of biggest festival- Durga Puja, the immersion worship (Vijaya Dashami) to Goddess Durga has been started in Tripura. To mark this occasion, teary eyed devotees bade an emotional farewell to the idols of goddess Durga. People from different community thronged Durga puja pandals to offer their tributes to the goddess on the last day of the five-day long festivity. Married women decked in the ritualistic red-and-white sarees marked the event with the customary "Sindoor Khela" or smearing each other and the idols with red vermilion to prepare the goddess and her clan for their long journey to home, as dhaaks (traditional drums) played on in the background.The unique part about this year's Durga Puja is that the ninth and 10th day – Maha Navami and Vijaya Dashami – fall on the same day. Devotees offered sweets to the goddess and prayed for peace and prosperity of their families.