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Puja festivity grips Golaghat

Sounds of dhakis seem to have gripped the people of Golaghat as the entire district is preparing for the Durga puja from Wednesday. The idols of the goddess Durga are getting finishing touch before being installed in the various pendals. 

Puja pendals are joining an undeclared race for decoration with colourful electric lights to pull huge crowd. These include Golaghat Puja Samity, Sarwajanin Taruni Vallabh Dev Goswami Station Road Puja Samity, Golaghat Sanatan Dharma Samaj, Kalibari Puja Samity, G.F Road Puja Committee, Sri Sri Ramkrishna Sewa Samity,Golaghat Town Puja Committy , Hindi School Road Puja Commity, Junakinagar Sarwajanik Puja Samity, Junakinagar Tiniyali Sarwajanin Puja Samity,Golaghat Harizan Puja Commity, Municipality Puja Samity,Sri Sri Shivalay Navagrah Mandir.

 

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