Krishnagar Chasapara ‘BURIMAA’ Jagaddhatri Puja - 2014
'BURIMAA' , Chasapara , Krishnagar City , West Bengal , India The idol of Jagaddhatri of Chasapara Barowari is the oldest one in Krishnagar and is well-known as ‘ BURIMAA ’. It is said that , in the year 1763 Raja (King) Krishna Chandra Ray started worshiping goddess Jagaddhatri in Krishnagar for the first time in his own Royal Palace (Rajbari) . The Jagaddhatri Puja at Chasapara Barowari was started in 1772 followed by its beginning at The Royal family of Krishnagar Rajbari the Jagaddhatri Puja in Krishnagar takes place on the ‘ Sukla Nabam ’ day of Bengali month ‘ Kartik ’ and is one day’s celebration. The idol of ‘ BURIMAA ’ is being adorned with huge amount of gold and silver ornaments in the previous (whole night) night of the Puja . Ornaments of ‘i BURIMAA ’ are kept inside the locker of a local bank and as ritual those are brought back to ‘ Chasapara Barowari ’ from the bank by the devotees with Police protection and a long procession of 101