Dhaka, April 6 -- Religious ceremonies held in various regions of Bangladesh on the occasion of Maha Ashtami, Basanti Puja, and Punyasnan are being celebrated peacefully, with the spontaneous participation of thousands of devotees.

Bangladesh Army personnel are actively performing their duties to ensure security at puja mandaps, bathing ghats, and important religious places in different parts of the country, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement late Saturday.

As the festival season begins on the banks of the Brahmaputra River in Langalband in Narayanganj, millions of pilgrims from across the country and abroad join in the festivities.

This Maha Ashtami Punyasnan festival of the Hindu community began at midnight la...