Talandara Durgapuja
On the North bank of Kansai river
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| Talandara Durga 2014 |
Talandara Mahamaya Committee:
Talandara
village is situated on the north bank of Kansai river between Budhpur
Pairachali road under the P.S-Puncha.Village is old ,60-70 families reside here
among most of them are scheduled cast in Bauri category.
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| Campus view 2014 |
It is also strange,
the Bauri society follow the worship of Goddess Durga like upper cast of Hindu
society every year and is also known the yearly great festival of them.
There
is a colloquial fact to in vogue with this festival among them.
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| Nimtola pukur remote view |
On the
beginning time of Manbazar kingdom,
Golam Bauri predecessor of Kunjo Bauri who was the first generation Chandra
village came with king from Burdwan. The king settled to live at Manbazar
through Budhpur and near surrounding of Jamtoria village. Golam Bauri had get
the mouza Talandara from the king.
The king of Gor Patharmohra used to get ghee
and he-goat during the Durgapuja festival every year from Golam Bauri and their
inheritors.
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| Nimtola pukur |
Once, on the time of Durga festival, Kansai river was flooded with
water,they couldn’t reached to deliver their conditional worship gifts to the
king. So that,with these worship materials, they started to worship the deity
of the Goddess Durga by their selves getting permission from the king 5th
Harinarayan Dev. It is the history of inception of the deity of the Goddess
Durga at Talandara mouza. This worship has been performing every year in the same way by their successors till now.
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| Tmple back view attach pond |
It is
the great festival among them. At present 60 families follow this worship by
providing their donations. They have no immovable property For the purpose of
festival and in the name of Goddess Durga.
On
the beginning time of worship ,it had been performed on the west bank of
‘Nimtola Pukur pard’ .
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| Talandara Durga Temple |
The inheritor Kunjobihari Bauri had donated three decimal
land to make the deity of the Goddess Durga temple more than hundred years ago.
So the worship is being done at this new
place from then.
Worship Rituals:
They
follow the worship rituals of Manbazar Gor Patharmohra King’s schedule. On the
day of Mahasthami they raise ‘Nabapatrika’ by ‘Bari’ earlier time and start
their worship from that time instead of Mahasaptami like other Hindu upper cast
social rituals.
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| Goddess left view 2014 |
The ‘Nabapatrika’ immersion is done on the day of ‘Dashami
immersion time’ like others. Mahasthami worship and immolation is occurred following
the sound of Gar Patharmohra ‘Topdhoni’.
On
the day of Mahasthami a he-goat is sacrificed with three sugarcane and a
cucumber by committee. There are average 25-30 he-goats immolated on the day of
Nabami by the people for there pledge and promises in the name of Goddess Durga
every year.
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| Goddess right view 2014 |
The
worship cost is near about Rupees 15000/- to 20000/- at present rate. Icon of
the deity of Durga might be arranged by
any one for their devotion to the Durga. Pandel is free ritually from the
neighbours.
The
main priest of this worship is Gunadhar Das and their family ,village
Pairachali,P.O-Puncha.
Every
year they arranged Harinam on the day of Asthami.
