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Last updated: June 26, 2023, 22:55 IST
The festival includes the worship of the fourteen deities who make up the deities of the dynasty of the Tripuri people. Pic/News18
The current head of the Tripuri royal family and titular king visited Chaturdash Devta temple in Khayarpur district of Agartala to inaugurate the annual festival and pay his obeisance to the deity of the dynasty.
“Very few people know that I was born during the Kharchi Puja. However, today I came for the puja of the deity of the dynasty of the Tripuri people. I did not come here for politics or to speak as a politician. I am not saying what I prayed,” said Pradyot Manikya Deb Parma. Or the blessing you sought for the media.”
The current head of the Tripuri royal family and titular king visited the Chaturdash Devta temple in Khayarpur district of Agartala to inaugurate the annual festival and pay his obeisance to the deity of the dynasty.
The festival includes the worship of the fourteen deities who make up the deities of the dynasty of the Tripuri people. Kharchi puja is one of the most popular festivals in Tripura. It is a week-long royal puja, which falls in the month of July on the eighth day of the new moon and attracts thousands of people. This feast is celebrated in the temple premises of fourteen deities. There are many legends associated with it.
“The festival was celebrated 5,000 years ago and lasts for seven days. It is related to Ambubashi which is celebrated at the famous Kamakhya temple and Rata Yatra. Interestingly, the festival gets gun salutes and state honors even in modern times today,” said Dilip Deep Parma, a member of the temple organizing committee. The festival is blessed by followers of Islam and Christianity.
The word “Kharshi” is derived from the word “Khia” which means “earth”. Kharshi Puja is mainly done to worship the earth. All rituals are of tribal origin, including the worship of fourteen deities and Mother Earth. To wash away the sins and post-menstrual cleansing of Mother Earth. Thus the puja is performed for seven consecutive days. During this, the fourteen deities are taken to the river Sidra (Hawra) by the Chantay priests. holy water and are taken back to the temple. They are placed back into the temple by performing the puja, with offerings of flowers and vermilions. Animal sacrifice is also an important part of this holiday, including goats and pigeons. People offer sweets and sacrificial meat to the gods.
“I have been coming to this puja for the last 15 years. This puja is for the welfare of mankind. This puja was primarily observed by tribal people, but now people from all communities participate,” said one enthusiastic woman.
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