DJ Venkatesh
Diglipur, Apr 16: Charak Puja celebrated at Sitanagar village Diglipur on 13 April. It is a special folk festival, celebrated on the last day of Chaitra month in the Bengali calendar, for bidding good-bye to the passing year.
A tree trunk of the divine ritualistic Charak tree pole is carefully and religiously erected.
The festival ends by immersing the Charak tree trunk in pond water till the next year. Prayers are offered that the festival will continue for each and every year to come. Thousands of devotees gathered on 14 April evening at Sitanagar to offer prayers to the deity and witness the rituals.
