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Bhubaneswar ready to celebrate Saraswati Puja with religious zeal

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Bhubaneswar ready to celebrate Saraswati Puja with religious zeal

Bhubaneswar ready to celebrate Saraswati Puja with religious zeal

Sculptors in Odisha's Bhubaneswar are busy in giving final touches to sculpture of Goddess Saraswati before the grand puja on February 16.

COVID-19 pandemic already affecting the sculpture artists and now they are hoping for good business.

Saraswati Puja is a Hindu festival heralding the arrival of the spring season.

It is a day dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the deity of knowledge, language, music, and arts.

People worship the Goddess to get enlighten with knowledge.


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