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Bengal is known as a land of festivities, where religious ceremonies outnumber the months in the calendar. The festival Gajan is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly in the Indian state of West Bengal. Gajan is celebrated on the last day of the Bengali New Year. This is a pre-harvest season festival celebrated in order to please Lord ShivaThe traditions and rituals seemed out of this world. It was nothing that I had heard or seen in the past. After some research, I visited the Kalighat area in the city of joy Kolkata to attend the festival. Kalighat's Gajan Festival is one of the oldest and still follows the same rituals that have been around since ancient times. Also, people believe that the festival will provide them prosperity eliminating any sorrow and suffering which they suffered in the past year. Fire is a prominent feature of Hindu rituals. In Kalighat, Kolkata, Gajan is celebrated with pomp and show, here sanyasis play with fire to satisfy their belief in the wellness of their Family. These are the traditions that only takes place in Bengal & nowhere else in the world.
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