With otherEastern states gearing up for Durga Puja, Bangladesh will also celebrate thefestival with much enthusiasm and fervor saying that it will be the largestever puja in the world.

It is claimedthat the puja mandap with 801 God and Goddesses' in Sikder House at Bagerhat inBangladesh will be the largest puja mandap in the world.

The organizer of the puja, renowned businessman of Bangladesh Liton Sikder said that this year the puja mandap with 801 idols will be the largest ever puja mandap. Unlike every year, the puja mandap which is prepared with 701 spectacular idols gets greatest Durga Puja recognition will also get recognition this year as well as it will be prepared with 801 idols.

Liton Sikder,a businessman from Hakimpur village of Khanpur union, has been holding thebiggest Durga Puja, not only of Bagerhat but also of South Asia for the pasteight years.

Every yearthe number of idols increases and this year the tally stands at 801.

A localsculptor named Bijoy Krishna Bachar said: "15 sculptors have been working forthe last five months to make the idols of the deities of four ages depicted inthe pantheons of Ramayana and Mahabharata."

"They arealmost done with their final paint work on the idols", he added. He said thatvisitors from across the world come to witness this puja and this year also itwill not be different.

Locals arehappy that their village has earned fame for "Sikder Barir Puja."