Durga Puja: A Pledge of Harmony, a Question of Security
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese extends warm wishes to everyone celebrating Durga Puja 2026. Image: Office of the Prime Minister
OTN Bangla Desk: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has extended his warmest wishes to everyone celebrating Durga Puja, highlighting the festival’s spiritual significance and the Hindu community’s place in modern Australia.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s official Durga Puja message, October 2026, recognising the festival’s spiritual significance and the Hindu community’s place in modern Australia. Office of the Prime Minister
In his October 2026 message, Albanese acknowledged that honouring Goddess Durga preserves a deeply meaningful tradition, nurtured and passed down through generations in the community’s ancestral homelands and now continued in Australia.
He described Durga Puja as a beautiful and powerful reminder of the Hindu community’s place in Australia’s story. The festival, he said, also reflects the nation’s deepening understanding of its own identity—something worthy of celebration.
The Prime Minister concluded by wishing everyone a wonderful and uplifting Durga Puja filled with energy, colour and joy.
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