Durga Puja 2025: Bhasani procession in Odisha’s Cuttack arranged for October 3

RELEASED: 17 Aug 2025, 05:00 PM IST
LAST UPDATE: 17 Aug 2025, 11:03 PM IST

Cuttack city will start its Sharadiya Durga Puja events from September 28, culminating in an immersion procession on October 3. Cuttack Mahanagar Purbanchal Shanti Committee settled these strategies in a preparatory conference hung on Sunday, prompting homeowners to preserve peace and discipline throughout the celebrations.

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According to the committee sources, preparations for this year’s Durga Puja events in Cuttack are formally underway. The city peace committee held a crucial conference to collaborate efforts and settle strategies. Based on the committee’s choice, the Puja celebrations will start on September 28, with a grand immersion procession (Bhasani Sobhayatra) arranged to happen on October 3.

The conference, kept in the facilities of Bidyadharpur Puja Committee, concentrated on guaranteeing a smooth and serene event. Essential subjects gone over consisted of fixing the problems connected to roadways, street lighting, and the accessibility of drinking water throughout Puja days, consisting of enhancing access to Puja pandals.

A significant need raised in the conference was for the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) to waive taxes associated with pandal decors and lighting, to alleviate the monetary problem on Puja committees.

The conference saw active involvement from regional politicians, MLAs, and administrative officers, showing the significance of Durga Puja in the cultural and civic life of Cuttack.

Citizens have actually been asked for to commemorate properly and support the city’s custom of Bhaichara (spiritual consistency), serene and lively celebrations.

“Basic problems exist with the CMC (Cuttack civic body), such as roadways, lighting, cutting of trees, trash management, and cable-related matters. We have actually currently begun dealing with it. CMC is collaborating with the R&B (Roads and Buildings) and Works departments for the repair work of significant roadways in the city location,” CMC Mayor Subhash Singh mentioned.

“A preparatory conference was held today by the Purbanchal Shanti Committee. Mati Utha (a common soil collection routine) has actually currently begun 2 days earlier. In a sense, the Durga Puja celebrations in Cuttack city have actually started,” the Mayor included.