Shakta Rash
shakto raas śākta rāsa shaakta raash shaakta raasa shaakto raas bengali শাক্তরাস celebrated festival nabadwip shantipur krishnanagar nadia district west bengal india festival celebrated thirtyfive day autumnal durga puja celebration fifteen day kali puja week jagaddhatri puja kartik purnima people nabadwip rash festival everything entire hindu community eagerly wait festival year round main feature shakta ra make large clay idol murtis worship shakti every idol artistic design variety imagination religious discourse deep understanding scholar help entertain innumerable people cartoonist chandi lahiri said large scale clay idol differs festival idol nabadwip dainhat shapely symmetric despite light weight enormous proportion ra festival mainly part vaishnavism time chaitanya mahaprabhu rash yatra started nabadwip vaishnava festival shakta rash totally different sakta ra festival may older vaishnava ra beginning idol worshipped patachitra time krishnachandra mainly girishchandra nabadwip rash yatra became popular krishna chandra girishchandra spent much money popularise festival since worshipping started clay idol girish chandra basu highlighted first glimpse nabadwip ra – daroga nabadwipshantipur krishnanagar book sekaler daroga kahini published ad wrote various sociocultural report along geographical location nabadwip time nabadwip sanctum tantra many shakta tantra philosopher worshipped devi kali even shakta ra festival began later kali idol worshipped ra festival since twelfth fourteenth century tantra enriched tendance tantra philosopher throughout bengal early th century vaishnavite scholar started vaishnavic movement obvious conflict shakta follower worshipping tantra documentation early day shakta ra rare flood earthquake hit several time although girish chandra basu kanti chandra rari gave glimpse shakta ra early day girish chandra basu daroga nabadwipshantipurkrishnagar wrote sekaler daroga kahini described sociocultural view nadia wrote ra utsav people gathered shantipur similarly nabadwip lot people came see potpuja various cultural programme held potpuja famous nabadwip though name potpuja actually worshiping done making clay idol various deity among durga bindhyabasini kali jagadhatri annapurna famous idol light weighted five six people easily bear shoulder even easily dance girish babu description give idea th century ra utsav bindhyobasini worshiped purangunge place ruined saw purangunge right place purangunge ruined ganga due erosion bindhyabasini deity transferred sribasangan due internal problem puja committee split two organising committee one committee worshiped bindhyabasini sribasangan one started gourangini puja near jognathtala historian kanti chandra rari also wrote nabadwip ra book nabadwip mahima confirmed shakta ra jatra celebrated since long year back wrote superpower hindu mythology devi bhagabati worshipped different form nabadwip ra purnima next day puja people nearest place came watch idol also maharaja nadia came see encouraged festival giving award making outstanding idol purpose organising committee brought idol porama tala maharaj judge structure idol ornament called bengali saj সাজ etc decided award best one cartoonist chandi lahiri said glory mūrtis worshiped nabadwip rash jatra নবদ্বীপের মূর্তির বিশালৎবের মধ্যেও প্রতিটি অংশের সুষমা অক্ষুন্ন রাখা বিভিন্ন দেবতার শাস্ত্রীয় কল্পনাকে মাটির সাহায্যে বাস্তবে রূপায়িত করা বিশ্বের যে কোন দেশের পক্ষে যুগপৎ বিস্ময় ও গৌরবের বস্তু। nôbôdbīpēr mūrtir biśālôtbēr môdhyēō prôtiṭi ônśēr suṣômā ôkṣunnô rākhā bibhinnô dēbôtār śāstrīẏô kôlpônākē māṭir sāhājyē bāstôbē rūpāẏitô kôrā biśbēr jē kōnô dēśēr pôkṣē jugôpôt bismôẏ ō gôurôbēr bôstu translation matter simultaneous wonder pride country world keep balance part mūrti intact even amidst enormity mūrtis navadwip make śāstraconforming imagination different divine entity reality help clay