Gajan (festival)
gajan shiva gajon hindu festival celebrated mostly indian state west bengal bangladesh associated deity shiva neel dharmaraj gajan span around week starting last week choitro continuing till end bengali year end charak puja last day chaitra last month bengali hindu calendar next day poila baishakhthe first day bengali new year participant festival known sannyasi bhakta person gender participant complete history festival known central theme festival deriving satisfaction nonsexual pain devotion sacrifice gajan festival one ancient festival west bengal festival seen part malda murshidabad part nadia large part burdwan gajan shrikhand village burdwan famous gajan bhootanathar actually gajan baba dugdha kumar shiva gajan launched shri chiranjeev sulochan anad among vaishnava parshad gajans word gajan bengali come word garjan roar sannyasi hermit emit festivity alternatively word gajan considered combination part two word ga word gram meaning village jan word janasadharan meaning folk sense gajan festival village folk gajan festival bringing fertility back spring ritual performed person performs austerity gain eligibility make offering deity gajan shiva take place chaitra aprilmay last month bengali year shiva gajan shiva married harakali day sannyasi form barjatri bridegroom party dharma gajan dharmathakur married kaminikamakhya bankura distor mukti recent study gajan festival nicholas r rite spring gājan village bengal new delhi chronicle book ferrari fm guilty male proud female negotiating gender bengali festival calcutta london seagull gajan dharma take place baisakha mayjune first month bengali year shiva dharma gajan three common aspect renouncing worldly life ritual undertaking physical ordeal making offering surya fair often associated celebration gajan sur b dutch east india company local lens exploring dynamic indodutch relation seventeenth century bengal indian historical review – doi pmc pmid – via researchgate satpati lakshminarayan gajan cultural heritage marginalized people kulpi cd block west bengal habitat ecology ekistics advance asian humanenvironmental research pp – doi isbn scid becoming shiva gajan sanyasi celebrate blue god marriage harkali firstpost april retrieved extreme piercing festival selfinflicted pain bbc news retrieved