The Dhaka Times Desk How are they celebrating by cutting the child's head? It is called as 'Gajan or Chadak' or folk culture.
In the world now, even in this era, all the terrifying events happen. Stories that are hard to believe. One such story was published recently. Shantanu Ganguly, a writer from that country, has given a heart-rending description of the worship of Lord Shiva in a village in Burdwan, West Bengal. That article was published.
Actually 'Gajan or Chadak' is a folk culture. The main thing is that if you want to enjoy the world, you have to taste it through sacrifice. Therefore, since ancient times, Bengalis worshiped Shiva in Chaitra month by composing Falguni on Phagun day with Radhakrishna as witness. Depending on the time and place, some people used to say Shiva's song, while others said blue song.
Amidst the light and fragrant washing smoke, a man was seen bringing down a sack of dirty chaat from a tree. A lot of people are crowding there. A strong stench to approach. Out of the sack came the rotting body and body parts of the 'man' who had died a few days ago; Especially the severed head. A child's body was also recovered; The flesh is melting.
Some people will tie the body and body parts to the rope and cheer in the whole village! They are virtuous people. Again they are called 'monks'. It is actually a Hindu religious practice. Chaitra Sankranti, ie the last day of the month of Chaitra, is the festival of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva is worshiped in many places. But the Gajan of Burdwan Kurmun village is celebrated a little differently. The same is the case in several other villages including Palashi, Nasigram, Bhandardihi. But in terms of horror Kurmun surpasses them all. And so Kurmun's Ghajan is the most famous (better to say infamous). It is actually demonic gajan or thrilling experience.
It is known that the practice of gajan is a very old practice in Hindu folklore. According to the conventional doctrine, the Sannyas of Gajan (they mostly take 'sannyas' only for the month of Chaitra) become disciples of Bhuta or Shiva on Chaitra Sankranti. They believe that the dead body or body part is then whose body; His soul returns. Hence the demonic rampage that follows the example of Shiva's disciple Nandi-Bhringi. However, there is wide disagreement on this issue.
It is known that the police arrested 8 people in Shaktigarh of Burdwan district a couple of years ago. It was alleged that these monks were stealing dead bodies for consumption. They suspected the stench in the street and informed the police. That year, Gajan's Anand festival was a little less. The festival will never stop due to the supply of corpses.
It is known that earlier there were more dead bodies. This is because at that time many people died of spring fever. It is heard that a child dies. His family quietly buried the dead body in a distant village in the dead of night (according to Hinduism, burial is customary for children under five years old instead of cremation). The puja entrepreneurs somehow got to know about it. Then the child was taken from the grave. But one cannot help but be surprised to hear about such incidents. Even in this civilized society, barbaric acts are done in the name of religion. No one can say when these injustices will be removed.
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