AGARTALA, Jan 28 (TIWN): Decked up in their best, residents of Tripura have plunged into festivities and merriment, ahead of Saraswati Puja – the biggest festival for school and college students.Students of various schools participated in the “Murti Aana” programme, which means to carry the idol in the school premise.

This year Saraswati Puja will be held on Jan 29 and artisans are busy in decorating idols.

On the day of Saraswati puja, girls and boys wear traditional dresses.

Already maximum schools have taken the Devi idol at their schools amidst cheers and enthusiasms.

Chants of Bag Devi Saraswati to reverberate across the state with every city, small town and village joining in the fervor as the five-day festival got off to an electrifying start.

Saraswati puja is the biggest celebration for the students. State Tripura has already geared up to celebrate this auspicious occasion.

Regardless town and village all over the state  school students are decoration their schools for the upcoming occasion.