Rain dampens puja in Tripura

Agartala, Oct 1 (UNI) The festive mood during the first two days of Durga puja was dampened by rains in Tripura yesterday but it picked up today.

The capital city in the state and other parts have experienced incessant rains last evening hampering the joyous mood of the people.

Thousands of people were seen waiting in front of puja pandals here and other district towns to get a glimpse of Goddess Durga.

On Asthami, all the roads in ths capital city was overcrowded from the evening till early morning today.

A police official in the headquarters here said that there was no reports of any untoward incident except some road accidents.

Security forces maintained a close watch to keep the festival days trouble free.

On Maha Navami today, pilgrims thronged to puja pandals from the morning. However, weather also played foul and the sky was full of clouds.

Braving the weather conditions, a large number of people qued up to offer 'puspanjali' today.

Met officials said rains might occur in many parts of the city.

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