This puja is still performed at Baikunthapur of Burdwan (Bardhaman district). 500 years ago, one Tantrik (তান্ত্রিক) dreamt deity of Ma Durga, sunk in a pond. He recovered the deity and started 'puja' under a shed of palm leaves (made by him). Before his death, he asked a brahmin Tinkari Bandyopadhyay (তিনকড়ি বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) to perform puja of Ma Durga regularly, after his death. Since then, the Bandyopadhyay family used to perform regular puja of Ma Durga. On the other hand, the then Maharaja of Bardhaman - Raja Kirtichand dreamt the deity at Tantrik's den. Raja reached there and seen the deity of Ma Durga. He gifted some of his mouzas including paddy fields. The expenses of regular puja use to meet by the income of cultivation. Since then, the Bandyopadhyay family use to perform 'sankalp' of Durga puja to the name of Raja Kirtichand. The puja is being performed here following Tantra - sour of fish (মাছের টক) is offered to devi Durga as 'anno bhog'. And the deity is never immersed, time to time painted by local painters.
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