More idols of goddess Durga and her children are propped on adjacent country boats at Taki. Each pair of boats carry each idol to the middle of the river before immersing it. The unique spectacle is extremely popular among tourists on both the Indian and Bangladesh sides. But this year, a drastic drop was witnessed in the number of Durga idols being brought to the river from the Bangladesh side. The Indian side, though, maintained good footfall of tourists and hotels, lodges and resorts on the riverbank reporting massive bookings for accommodation
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Immersion in the Mathabhanga, which is further upstream of the Ichamati river, at Bongaon was different. As seen on the ghats of the Hooghly in Kolkata, puja materials had to dumped at designated spots, while a mechanical crane was used to lift idols of goddesses immersed in the river to save it from pollution
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