Dhaka: Sri Sri Shyama Puja, a festival of the Hindu community, will be celebrated on Tuesday. Usually, Shyama Puja or Kali Puja, worshipping the Goddess of strength, wisdom and enlightenment, is celebrated on the night of New Moon of the Bangla month of Kartik.

On the night of Shyama Puja or Kali Puja, members of the Hindu community light earthen lamps (Pradeep) at their houses and at the crematoriums in memory of their departed elderly persons including parents. It is also called Deepabali, the festival of lights.

In the capital city, the Shyama Puja will be celebrated at Dhakeshwari National Temple, Siddheshwari Kali Temple, Sri Sri Baradeshwari Kalimata Temple under Sabujbag police station, Radha Gobinda Jeo's Thakur Temple at Banagram, Postogola Crematorium, Ramkrishna Mission, Biharilal Jeo's Temple at Sutrapur, Gautam Mandir, Ramseeta Mandir, Shibmandir at Shankharibazar, Tanti Bazar, Bagla Bazar and other temples and pandals.

Marking the festival, idols of the Goddess Kali has already been installed at different temples and pandals across the city. In some temples, animals will be sacrificed as one of the customs of the Kali Puja festival.

A religious discussion will be organised on the premises of Baradeshwari Kalimata Mandir at Sabujbag at 7:00pm tomorrow (Tuesday). Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal is expected to attend the discussion as the chief guest.

As part of the Deepabali festival, Hindu devotees will light candles at Dhakeshwari National Temple in the evening tomorrow.