Festival in Tripura

The Tripura Festivals comprise of both religious and cultural festivals. The cosmopolitan culture of Tripura has resulted in the celebration of numerous festivals in the state. Since the major part of the population of Tripura is Hindus, the festivals that are celebrated here are the common festivals celebrated all over India. Apart from this there are many festivals that are unique to the state of Tripura.

All throughout the year there are a number of festivals celebrated in Tripura with great pomp and gaeity. Some of the popular religious festivals that are rejoiced by the people of Tripura are Ashokastami Festival Unakoti in the month of April, Kharchi Festival in July, Manasa Mangal in August, Diwali Festival in November, Pous Sankranti Mela in January, Rasha Festival in November, Durga Puja in October and many more. While among the cultural festivals Rabindra and Nazrul Jayanti in May, Orange and Tourism Festival at Jampui Hill Range in November, Book Fair at Agartala in January are few of the names. These festivals attract large number of pilgrims and tourists from all over India.

Durga Puja in Tripura is celebrated with lot of pomp and gaiety. The festival is a time of jubilation mainly for the Bengali community living in Tripura. Apart from Bengalis, people of other communities also actively participate in the Pujas. Durga Puja is celebrated continuously for four days with great exuberance in between September and October.

Durga Puja is celebrated in Tripura on a mass scale with puja pandals constructed at a number of places. The idol of Goddess Durga, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Ganesha, Kartik and Shiva are worshiped. The actual festivities start from the day of in from maha shashthi, which is the sixth day after mahalaya. On this day the priest unveils the deity and offers a puja known as bodhan. On the next morning the puja of maha saptami is initiated with the worship of the deity by offerings like flowers, sweets etc.

The maha ashtami is a significant day of Durga Puja. On this day sandhi puja (worship in the evening) and Kumari puja (worship of young girls) is performed. On the day of Mahah Navami, Goddess is worshippped and people offer pushpanjali. The last day of the Durga Puja is the Maha Dashami when the mother is immersed in water and the festival ends.

Durga Puja in Tripura is a community festival celebrated in most parts of the state. The legend associated with the festival is that Mahisasur, a tyrannous asura was killed by the mother and the festival symbolizes the victory of good over evil.

Kharchi Puja

The Goddess are worshiped every year in the month of July for seven days which is popularly known as Kharchi Puja Large number of pilgrims both tribal and non tribal from different parts assemble there to pay their offers. The place is 6 km. Away from the Capital.