srikhanda in 2010

after a long absense we back in action.this time with huge bang.after huge success of srikhanda.blogspot.com and srikhanda.wordpress.com which accessible from mobile now we are on the biggest mobile site.its none other than on peperonity network.just go to the site srikhanda.peperonity.com or srikhanda1.peperonity.com from your mobile or pc.if you dont access two site then go to the peperonity site.this is also about srikhanda.this time on srikhanda.wordpress.comm we present to you all devotional picture of srikhanda.really excited.all our god on same page.thats true.from begining ma saraswati,ma manasa,ma durga,ma kali all our god here.not only that baba bhoothnath,kalitala tree,mahaprabhu is also here.so start from the begining of the year.the god of bidya ma saraswti.the puja held on end of january.then manasa puja which was held on mid august.then the biggest festival of  west bengal durgapuja was held and followed by kalipuja and annapurna puja.so starting from february the devi saraswati  came in this month.In hinduism saraswati is the godess of knowledge, music and the  arts.Saraswati Puja is celebrated in the Magha month (January–February). It coincides with Vasant Panchami or Shree Panchami i.e. the 5th day of the bright fortnight of the lunar month of Magha.People place books near the Goddess’ statue or picture and worship the Goddess. Book reading is not allowed on this day.

this day is one of our most important days in our life.in our village srikhanda there are six primary and secondary school where this puja organised.all students of these institutions get ready early by getting bath and wearing new dresses and goes to their school.they pray to ma saraswati to give us more power,intelligence and give worship to god.then we distributed prasad.then at noon every institute was organized picnic by cooking khicuri,alur dam,chatni.the student  was enjoyed it.in our club which was established by our godfather sri Brindaban Das , Nityananda Thakur on  1948 SRIKHANDA JANASWASTHA SAMITY there also we organised saraswati puja.this picture also taken from janaswastha samity.in the evening our club we organised luchi,alur dam,chatni,bode as a picnic.so we enjoyed a lot.

afer that in our village srikhanda the villager organized ma manasa puja

srikhanda janashastha samity saraswati puja

Manasa was accepted in the pantheon worshipped by Hindu lower caste groups.she saved Shiva after he drank the poison, and venerated her as the “remover of poison”.Manasa is depicted as a woman covered with snakes, sitting on a lotus or standing upon a snake. Manasa is ceremonially worshipped on Nag Panchami – a festival of snake worship in the Hindu month of Shravan (July-August). Bengali women observe a fast (vrata) on this day and offer milk at snake holes.this day the women of srikhanda keep vrata.this puja start on evening at 6-7 pm in everywhere but in bhairabnath tala the puja start on 10.30 pm an keep going till dawn.this the picture of manasa debi along with bhairab nath thakur(on the right).

at first some spiritual man sing old manasamangal song and explain chand saudagar story.every year about 150 to 200 goat and 100 hansa bird assassination in this puja.next day of that day become a village festival.relative comes in the village.in this picture you can see the bhairab nath thakur before puja.a banion tree situated in this area.neighbor people regularly give flower at this area.after this the biggest festival of bengal Ma Durga cames in between us.The four day long (Saptami to Dashami) durga puja is the biggest annual festival in Bengal.it is an annual Hindu festival in bengal that celebrates worship of the hindu goddess durga.this puja starts with an one hour radio program name nitially the Puja was organised by affluent families since they had the money to organize the festival. During the late 19th and early 20th century, a burgeoning middle class, primarily in Calcutta, wished to observe the Puja. They created the community or Sarbojanin Pujas.mahisasurmardini.in srikhanda our mitram sarbojanin puja committe was organized sarbojani durgapuja on past 10 year.

chandi mandap srikhanda

srikhanda chandi mandap

after that in early winter it is time for Annapurna puja.Annapurna is the hindu godess of nourishment.Anna means food and grains. Purna means full, complete anperfect.She who is full, complete and perfect with food and grains.She who takes away all fear.in srikhanda many people was organised Annapurna puja.there are a bhoothnath temple situated  on the north at Dule para at srikhanda.

srikhanda bhoothnath temple full view

srikhanda bhoothnath god on gajan festival

 

srikhanda bhoothnath

every day at 9 pm the pandit start puja.people specially women are givespuja on this temple.in special occation such as purnima,shibaratri there was a huge people in this temple.this temple is also very popular in local area. shiva  is a major hindu deity,and the god of destroyer and transformer of world.Followers of Hinduism who focus their worship upon Shiva are called Shaivites.Shiva is usually worshipped in the abstract form of Shiva linga.here you can also seen shivalinga.this picture was taken at evenng at the time before aarti.we will be back with more details.for downloading the very popular “gour elo re” please go to the peperonity site.till then god bye and happy new year.jai gora,jai nitai.
bhakta avik (Srikhanda,3/1/2010)