Saraswati Puja is one of the religious festivals of the Hindu community. The community is celebrating Saraswati Puja, worshiping the goddess of knowledge, music, art and culture, across the country today, Saturday (February 5), maintaining health safety guidelines. 

In separate statements, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the members of the Hindu community on the occasion of the Saraswati Puja.

Major Hindu temples, schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions arrange the festival with traditional joy and religious fervor.

In particular, the students seek blessings of goddess Saraswati in their pursuit of knowledge, art, music and culture.

The most decorative and gorgeous celebration of Saraswati Puja is usually arranged on the premises of Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University where a huge number of devotees and crowd gather to perform the religious rituals and visit the pandals circled on the playground of the university’s largest dormitory.

The rituals of Saraswati Puja began this morning at temples and educational institutions and residences followed by offering of ‘Anjali’, distribution of Prashad, cultural function, discussion and rendering of devotional songs.

According to Hindu faith, goddess Saraswati represents power, creativity and inspiration and presents herself when the weather is pleasant and nature is in its full grandeur.

Depicted as a graceful goddess with a crescent moon adorning her brow, she is shown riding a swan or a peacock or is seated on a lotus flower. The Puja will also be arranged at Dhakeswari National Temple, Jagannath Hall, Ram Krishna Mission, Siddheswari Temple, Farashganj, Shakhari Bazar, Tanti Bazar and different other places in old Dhaka, Banani, Ramna Kali Mandir and Maa Anandamayi Ashram and different educational institutions in the capital.