By IANS,
Shillong : Four days of revelry and merriment ended Thursday as idols of goddess Durga and her four children were immersed in rivers across Meghalaya.
The banks of the Umkhrah and other rivers wore a festive look as organisers came in colourful processions to the accompaniment of drums to immerse the idols.
Hundreds of devotees gently lowered the idols into the rivers.
“The immersion ceremony symbolises the end of the goddess’ annual sojourn to her paternal home and she returns to her husband Lord Shiva in Mount Kailash,” said a devotee.