The great and colourful immersion carnival festival “Mayer Goman” has been kicked off by the Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha in presence of a host of dignitaries from Agartala city centre on Friday evening.

The great and colourful immersion carnival festival “Mayer Goman” has been kicked off by the Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha in presence of a host of dignitaries from Agartala city centre on Friday evening.

The inauguration of the great carnival festival begins with spectacular cultural programmes performed by different groups of artists and after formal inauguration of the event, the immersion ceremony by different clubs and community Durga Puja organizers of the state capital started in the long HGB Road of Agartala city towards their destination to Dashamighat at the bank of river Howrah.

While, in his inaugural address in the gathering, Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha said that due to Covid pandemic, the carnival festival was not organized in the city, but after a two years gap, the Information and Cultural Affairs (ICA) department organized the great and spectacular festival.

Amidst thousands of gatherings on both sides of the main road, Dr Saha said that the government is always promoting the cultural heritage of the state's people and has also appealed to people to cooperate with the government for developing the cultural traditions of the state.

Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma said that irrespective of caste, creed and religion, the people of Tripura unitedly observed the festival of Durga Puja and sought blessings for prosperous society.

ICA Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said that to strengthen the festivities of the state's people, the great immersion carnival ‘Mayer Goman’ has been organized by the state government.

In order to commemorate the festival of immersion, the ‘Mayer Goman’ ceremony is being organized with health competition among the organizers and in coming days such a kind of cultural festival will also be organized in district and subdivision levels.

Giving details on the preparation for the great immersion carnival festival of Goddess Durga, Chowdhury said that the department has also taken measures that people from outside Agartala can witness the festival and the department will give prizes to clubs, who are participating in the “Mayer Goman” carnival. Among the participating clubs, first prize will be awarded with Rs. 50,000, second prize with Rs. 30,000 and third prize winner club will get Rs. 20,000.

Meanwhile, during the carnival ceremony, irrespective of castes and creeds, a huge number of people thronged the entire stretch of HGB Road during immersion of the Goddess, which is still going on till last report.

In the carnival festival, Agriculture Minister Pranajit Sigha Roy, Mayor of Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) Dipak Majumder, DGP Amitabh Ranjan, ADGP Sourav Tripathi, ONGC’s Tripura asset manager Tarn Malik, Justice Arindam Lodh of High Court of Tripura, secretary of ICA department P K Chakraborty, director Ratan Biswas, eminent social worker Rajib Bhattacharjee were also present along with other dignitaries