Guptipara, hooghly
Sen Bati –Old zamindar house of THE Sen’s.The zamindars of Guptipara . Sribatsa Sen established their zamindari at Guptipara. Descendants of Kirti Chandra Sen organized the Durga Puja for years. The present day Durgadalan holds the 400 years old Durga Puja,the first community or Barowari Durga Puja of Bengal. The word Barowari can be split into two halves, the first half “Baro” means 12 and the second half “Yari” means friendship. According to history 12 brahmin friends inducted the first Barowari or first community Durga Puja of Bengal. It was started in the year 1790.The concept of community Durga Puja was later brought to Kolkata in the year 1832. As added by one of the present day descendants of The Sen’s. “Our age-old customs have remained unalloyed except for the inevitable changes. Goddess Durga’s advent is not seen as a brief sojourn. We treat Her as our ‘Maa’ — a real life mother, who needs to cook for her family. Therefore, all our offerings are washed, chopped and produced uncooked, the bhog is prepared only when the puja is over. Moreover, our founders were also concerned about natural habitats. We, therefore, have a permanent room atop called pyancha ghar (a room for owl) which has become a habitat of owls for years,”
Sen Bati –Old zamindar house of THE Sen’s.The zamindars of Guptipara . Sribatsa Sen established their zamindari at Guptipara. Descendants of Kirti Chandra Sen organized the Durga Puja for years. The present day Durgadalan holds the 400 years old Durga Puja,the first community or Barowari Durga Puja of Bengal. The word Barowari can be split into two halves, the first half “Baro” means 12 and the second half “Yari” means friendship. According to history 12 brahmin friends inducted the first Barowari or first community Durga Puja of Bengal. It was started in the year 1790.The concept of community Durga Puja was later brought to Kolkata in the year 1832. As added by one of the present day descendants of The Sen’s. “Our age-old customs have remained unalloyed except for the inevitable changes. Goddess Durga’s advent is not seen as a brief sojourn. We treat Her as our ‘Maa’ — a real life mother, who needs to cook for her family. Therefore, all our offerings are washed, chopped and produced uncooked, the bhog is prepared only when the puja is over. Moreover, our founders were also concerned about natural habitats. We, therefore, have a permanent room atop called pyancha ghar (a room for owl) which has become a habitat of owls for years,”
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