250 YEARS OLD BEGUNBARI KALI PUJA, PANSKURA, WB, INDIA

------250 YEARS OLD BEGUNBARI KALI PUJA, PANSKURA, WB------

Rupesh Samanta/ 16.05.2018

Rattanti Kali Puja of Tintauri Begunbari is about 250 years old. Tintauri Begunbari is in the south side of Panskura and Kshirai station. Begunbari Kali is worshiped every year on the Bengali month ‘Jaistha’. Thousands of pilgrims gather from different parts of West Bengal. They offer sacrifices for fulfilling their desires. Thousands of goats are sacrificed.

It is said that there were two brothers, Hinu and Dinu. They were of a poor family. During that time, there happened cholera diseases. Hinu and Dinu were also affected by the disease. There was no treatment at that time. They prayed to the Mother that if the disease got healed, they would worship the Mother. After that, two brothers became cured. But there was no affordability to pay for worship. Then they did the job of robbing. In this way they saved ‘Manat’. Because of this, there are formal robbery practices now also before the worship. As the first worship was held in the field of ‘Begunbari’ [brinjle garden], it is called the Kali Puja of ‘Begunbari’.

      At present, a gorgeous temple has been set up after destroying the old temple. Here, the fair is held around one month. There are lots of cosmetic items, toys, food items, household items. Here's a lot of fabulous mats of Sabang. A huge crowd gather in the fair to make it big success.

[Authors - Rupesh Samantha / 03.06.18 / Photo- Panchanan Pramanik / Source- Field survey.]