Dj Venkatesh
Diglipur, April 12: A mammoth gathering of over 1500 devotees celebrated Baba Taarakeshwar puja at Diglipur on the 9th of this month. The puja is performed every year to invoke the blessing of Lord Shiva during the month of Chaitra and devotees begin fast and perform other rituals a week in advance. Adequate police bandabast was put in place for the celebrations to prevent any untoward incident. Two Ambulances, Police personnel and Home Guards were deployed round the clock for the smooth conduct of the event.
According to reports, devotees including women and children fetched the holy water from remote areas like Lamiya Bay Waterfalls, Ramnagar and Radhanagar to pour it on the holy Shivling A day before devotees perform puja rituals at the river sangam and sea and later proceed to Ravindra Pally, Diglipur with four Kalash containing Bhang decorated with fruits and flowers. The 24 km long journey is performed barefoot by all devotees including women and children.
In the midnight, devotes begin their journey to Ravindra Pally and performed pujas at Kalipur, Durgapur, Aerial Bay, VS Pally, Dakshineshwar Temple, Crematorium, Shiv Mandir, Subhash Gram on the way. Early morning at about 5 am, devotees reach Ravindra Pally chanting the mantra Lord Shiva. Cooked Prasad was served to the devotees and general public at the culmination of all puja rituals.
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