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Over 300-year-old Bardasundari Puja in Birbhum shuns outsiders for family devotion
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News18•15-10-2026, 08:20
Over 300-year-old Bardasundari Puja in Birbhum shuns outsiders for family devotion
- •The Das family in Barabagan, Suri, Birbhum has been worshipping Goddess Bardasundari for over 300 years with deep traditional devotion
- •Initiated in 1742 by Mohan Das, the puja was later named after Baikunthanath Das's wife, Bardasundari
- •The puja is completely self-reliant, requiring no outside artisans for idol-making or decorators
- •Samiran Das, along with his wife and son, handles everything from making the structure and clay modeling to chanting mantras
- •Rituals such as ghat tola, bathing the navapatrika, and immersion are conducted peacefully within the family's premises without grand processions
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The Bardasundari Durga Puja is more than three hundred years old, with its origins tracing back to around 1742 when merchant Mohan Das first started the worship in Nadia before it was later moved to Suri.
The puja is completely self-reliant, with Samiran Das handling all the idol-making tasks—including building the structure, kneading clay, and painting—while he, his wife Prashmita Devi, and their son manage all the ritualistic ceremonies and mantra chanting.
The goddess was named after Bardasundari, the daughter-in-law of Mohan Das, who organized the puja with renewed enthusiasm alongside her husband Baikunthanath Das in a garden house in Navadwip.
