Manbazar Durgapuja: Ganguly Durgapuja

Manbazar Gangulymela Durgapuja 2012

The deity of the Goddess Durga 2012

Manbazar Ganguly Durgamela : Manbazar Ganguly Durgamela is more than 220 years old,less than Gor Patharmohra and Manbazar Moira Durgamela. The beginner of this Durgamela was Ram Gangopadhaya, resident of Manbazar Majhpara. Next inheritors of this Ganguly family were following ,Brindaban Gangopadhaya, Gangaprasad Gangopadhaya, Prabhas Chandra Gangopadhaya, Gyanprasad Gangopadhaya and Santosh Kumar Gangopadhaya.Beginning time the temple of the Goddess of Durga was straw shed muddy building instead of present day pucca building. The worship is actually done in the inner portion of the temple encompasses by their family buildings

Activities: On the day of ‘Sasthi’ before ‘Saptami’(6^th day of new moon) they arrange ‘Hom’ (pouring ghee into fire) for the sanctity of the temple and very next day they go to ‘Maity’ pond along with ‘Nabapatrika’ after passing Rajbari ‘Nabaparika’. During worship days, they make only vegetable worship gifts (Prasads) by their home (from four family) and bring these to the temple, after worship return home, follow it each family and all neighbor. Puja (worship) is continued every day, during these days all are invited to each other sweet and meal as their relatives, friends etc. All days puja (worship) is performed by sharing four families.

Worship : They follow worship rituals and time schedule of Patharmohra Durgamela. Astami and Nabami (8^th and 9^th full moon days) are fully depends on the sound of Patharmohra king’s place (by blowing ‘Gethya bomb made of explosive materials) along with other worship temple. It is remember that they don’t perform their ‘coming’ and ‘immersion’ journey of ‘Nabapatrika’ of the Goddess Durga with Patharmohra king’s family and other ‘dolas’ on the respective days ‘Saptami’ and ‘Dashami’.

The worship of Chamunda is done there, after Astami puja on the day of Astam and 4 he-goats are immolated by four families in addition to their immolation of offering promises to the deity of the Goddess. Not only goat pumpkin,sugarcane sweets are also sacrificed there and followed it similarly on the day Nabami.

Main priest of this temple is Kartik Chakraborty and his assistant is Naran Thakur.