Muslim SDO at Durga Puja helm

irector of Government Chhau Dance Centre (Seraikela) Tapan Kumar Patnaik, who is one of the members of the Seraikela Puja, said the SDO had convened a meeting four days ago to finalise the Puja programme. In the meeting, it was decided that a requisition for a 10 per cent increase in the Puja budget would be made this year. The last year's budget was Rs 1.6 lakh."The first ritual known as bela barana will be performed on Panchami on October 3. Last year, Qayyum had come to the Durga temple, the Puja venue, for three days from Saptami. He sat on a special asana (matress) and spent over an hour on the rituals each day," Patnaik said.Patnaik said Qayyum, while performing the rituals during last year's Puja, had said the Almighty was one. Only the ways of worship are different. "One's intentions should always be good and pious," Qayyum was quoted as saying. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://www.tabletopperslinen.com/ActivityFeed/MyProfile/tabid/61/UserId/42245/Default.aspx