Agartala, Oct 3 (IANS) After the five-day-long Durga Puja festival, which came to an end through the Vijaya Dashami as per religious schedule on Thursday, immersion of idols continued on Friday.

Since Thursday, as many as 2,140 Durga idols out of around 3,000 were immersed across Tripura till 10 p.m. on Friday, a senior police official said. Devotees, including men, women and children, bade farewell to Goddess Durga and her children with a heavy heart as the state’s biggest festival came to an end.

As per the traditions, the idols of Durgabari temple in Agartala lead the Dashami procession on Thursday and are the first to be immersed at Dashamighat in the state capital with full state honours, with the state police band playing the national song.

The 149-year-old Durga Puja at the Durga

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