Fish and Puja, a deal with for devotees in Cuttack

Express News Service

CUTTACK: Apart from vibrant pandals and crowds of revellers, Durga Puja in Cuttack metropolis can be well-known for choices (bhoga or prasad) to the goddess on the 5 days of the pageant. Most puja committees put aside a funds of Rs 2-Rs 4 lakh for the mouth-watering delicacies the preferred of which is the ‘fish bhoga’.

The non-vegetarian providing is in big demand through the pageant and the Chandni Chowk and Alisha Bazaar puja committees supply quintals of it to the goddess on Navami. The custom of providing ‘fish bhoga’ as a part of Navami on the two pandals is greater than 200 years previous. However, devotees had been disadvantaged of the delicacy for the final two years. This 12 months, persons are as soon as once more trying ahead to the bhoga on Navami. 

“Offering fish to Devi Durga during Navami rituals and distribution of the bhoga among the locals has been a tradition of our puja committee,” stated secretary of Chandni Chowk Puja Committee Sushant Kumar Pani. The committee took over the duty of organising Durga Puja within the locality from the Darpani royal household within the Forties. The custom of providing fish as bhoga is believed to have began with the inception of Durga Puja within the locality in 1817. 

“This year we are hoping to offer fish curry made of 5 quintal of fish and vegetable as bhoga,” stated Pani including the providing can be distributed freed from value amongst  locals, who had donated to organise the puja on Tuesday night. 

Similarly, the custom of fish bhoga has been in vogue at Alisha Bazaar pandal because the native ‘sahi murabis’ took over the duty of organising Durga Puja from the native zamindar household in 1885.
Going by the custom, the puja committee sends the Goddess’ vermilion and bhoga used within the Astami rituals to some fishermen in and across the metropolis who use the objects to mark the holy starting of their fishing season and donate fish for the Navami rituals. The fish cooked with rice and greens by the puja committee known as ‘machha jantal’. 

This 12 months, the committee will make ‘machha jantal’ by utilizing 4 quintal fish which shall be distributed at 4 factors in Alisha Bazaar to keep away from rush, knowledgeable committee advisor Badri Naryan Singh. The committee will even promote ‘machha jantal’ to individuals. While the price of an earthen pot crammed jantal handi is Rs 200, the identical prices Rs 100 in an earthen ‘sara’, he added.

CUTTACK: Apart from vibrant pandals and crowds of revellers, Durga Puja in Cuttack metropolis can be well-known for choices (bhoga or prasad) to the goddess on the 5 days of the pageant. Most puja committees put aside a funds of Rs 2-Rs 4 lakh for the mouth-watering delicacies the preferred of which is the ‘fish bhoga’.

The non-vegetarian providing is in big demand through the pageant and the Chandni Chowk and Alisha Bazaar puja committees supply quintals of it to the goddess on Navami. The custom of providing ‘fish bhoga’ as a part of Navami on the two pandals is greater than 200 years previous. However, devotees had been disadvantaged of the delicacy for the final two years. This 12 months, persons are as soon as once more trying ahead to the bhoga on Navami. 

“Offering fish to Devi Durga during Navami rituals and distribution of the bhoga among the locals has been a tradition of our puja committee,” stated secretary of Chandni Chowk Puja Committee Sushant Kumar Pani. The committee took over the duty of organising Durga Puja within the locality from the Darpani royal household within the Forties. The custom of providing fish as bhoga is believed to have began with the inception of Durga Puja within the locality in 1817. 

“This year we are hoping to offer fish curry made of 5 quintal of fish and vegetable as bhoga,” stated Pani including the providing can be distributed freed from value amongst  locals, who had donated to organise the puja on Tuesday night. 

Similarly, the custom of fish bhoga has been in vogue at Alisha Bazaar pandal because the native ‘sahi murabis’ took over the duty of organising Durga Puja from the native zamindar household in 1885.
Going by the custom, the puja committee sends the Goddess’ vermilion and bhoga used within the Astami rituals to some fishermen in and across the metropolis who use the objects to mark the holy starting of their fishing season and donate fish for the Navami rituals. The fish cooked with rice and greens by the puja committee known as ‘machha jantal’. 

This 12 months, the committee will make ‘machha jantal’ by utilizing 4 quintal fish which shall be distributed at 4 factors in Alisha Bazaar to keep away from rush, knowledgeable committee advisor Badri Naryan Singh. The committee will even promote ‘machha jantal’ to individuals. While the price of an earthen pot crammed jantal handi is Rs 200, the identical prices Rs 100 in an earthen ‘sara’, he added.