Bangladesh, Oct. 12 -- The Bangalee Hindus' greatest annual festival Durga Puja spanning over long five days came to an end on Tuesday last. It surely is a religious festival as puja (worship) is offered complying with various rites and rituals as enshrined in scriptures, but then indisputably it is more a social event than a religious function. It is notable that only the Bangalee Hindus celebrate the occasion in a festive mood. However, in JharKhand of Bihar, Odissa, Assam and Tripura Goddess Durga is worshipped in a befitting manner. The first Durga Puja was recorded in the late 1500's. Folklore has it that zamindars of Dinajpur and Malda were the ones to initiate the puja. Another version claims that Maharaja Krishna Chandra introduced ...