Durga Puja begins on Monday and will end on October 19 through the immersion of idols in rivers or water bodies across the country.

Sculptors were seen giving the final touches on the idols of Durga and other deities on Sunday. All the puja mandaps have already been decorated with grandiose lightings.

The biggest puja mandap of the district was set up at Saiyerrpur Trinoyani Shibbari in the district town where around 30-foot Durga idol was installed which is 25 feet in height as well as a giant stage was set up in the guise of spectacular Shiva Linga to welcome the devotees.

Pradip Das, General Secretary of Trinoyani Shibbari Puja Mandap, said like every year, their mandap will come up with a different theme this time while idols depicting the pantheons of Ramayana and Mahabharata will be presented before the visitors.

There are 50 idols at Harijon Puja Mandap in the district.

Like previous occasions, district’s oldest temple Panchgaon Puja Mandap in Rajnagar upazila is set to attract visitors with fire-coloured (Agniborna) idols.

Hindu devotees in Kulaura upazila will throng different puja mandaps, including historical Kadipur Durgabari, during the holy occasion, Pradip added.

Sumesh Das Jishu, General Secretary of Sadar Upazila Puja Celebration Parishad, said the number of puja mandaps in the district has increased this year.

Besides, some 150 families are arranging puja in their individual homesteads, he said.

Police Super of the district Mohammad Shahjalal said a four-tier security arrangement will be in place across the district to ensure smooth celebrations of this year’s puja.