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KALAIGAON: Saraswati Puja was celebrated across the State today with great traditional fervour and enthusiasm. In the Kalaigaon area too, a number of schools, colleges, and institutions celebrated the puja with great traditional fervour and fanfare. As Goddess Saraswati is believed to be the goddess of education and knowledge, most of the educational institutions observed the day in keeping up with the traditions.
The puja was organized in major colleges and academic institutions of Kalaigaon like Kalaigaon Junior College, Kalaigaon HS School, Balipara Krisak Mukti High School, Swahid Mukut Das Girls ME School, along with all the educational institutions. The day which coincides with Basant Panchami, the first day of Spring, is observed as the day of birth of the goddess of learning and wisdom. The educational institutions celebrated Saraswati Puja with great pomp and religious fervour. In the morning, students donning their best traditional clothes gathered at the respective institutions and celebrated the puja. Small pandals were also put up in some areas, where the people of locality paid obeisance to the Goddess of Learning. The puja concluded with the distribution of Prasad.
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