the little boy came along and started shouting "jai bholenath".I was standing there and watching that boy. He was dancing and peoples are enjoying the fair of gajan utsav.That boy was covered with lord shiva's costume,then i thought "achaa bhole ab hum samjhe tum kya bole".Nowdays people go for movies,sports but none of them want to know about the culture,tradition.But like other culture there is a festival called gajan.People heard lot of things about gajan festival but the gajan festival is a hindu festival celebrated mostly in west bengal,also all over in india,but mostly famous in west bengal.The term gajan comes from the Sanskrit word “Garjan” which signifies the roaring sounds of the lion but here roaring signifies sanyasis while performing the rituals.Gajan celebrated during the period of 'Chaitra Sankranti' which begins with 14th March every year and ends with the traditional ritual of 'Charak Puja'.During this period, lord shiva is worshipped not only by the sannyasis but also by the people of the State. Many people have given it the name ‘Neel Pujo’ because Neelkanth is one of the many names of Lord shiva.People worshiped another god called "Dharmathakur".Dharmathkur is a hindu god worshiped by villagers.The word gajan in bengali comes from the word garjan or roar that sannyasis emit during the festivities.Alternatively, the word gajan is considered a combination of parts of two words - ga is from the word gram meaning village and jan is from the word janasadharan. In this sense gajan is a festival of village folk.
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