{"id":1679,"date":"2022-07-07T10:28:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T10:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2022-07-07T10:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T10:29:57","slug":"kharchi-puja-started-from-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aguli.in\/index.php\/2022\/07\/07\/kharchi-puja-started-from-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Kharchi Puja started from today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A festive spirit is in the air as Tripura\u2019s century-old Kharchi Puja begins at Chaturdash Devata Temple amid hundreds of devotees offering puja to 14 deities on Thursday, the first day of the week-long festival.<br><br>Traditional Snan Yatra, animal sacrifice and worships marked the formal beginning of the Kharchi Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FB_IMG_1657189336050-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1677\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FB_IMG_1657189336050-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FB_IMG_1657189336050-760x570.avif 760w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FB_IMG_1657189336050-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FB_IMG_1657189336050-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FB_IMG_1657189336050-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FB_IMG_1657189336050-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FB_IMG_1657189336050-545x409.jpg 545w, https:\/\/aguli.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FB_IMG_1657189336050.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>The festival features 14 deities&#8211; Shiva, Durga, Vishnu, Laxmi, Saraswati, Kartik, Ganesha, Brahma, Abadhi (god of water), Chandra, Ganga, Agni, Kamdev and Himadri (Himalaya).<br><br>The history says<br><br>According to Tripura royal family&#8217;s chronicle &#8216;Rajmala&#8217;, Queen Hirabati once went to take a bath in the river Maharani and noticed a wild buffalo chasing the 14 gods. With the help of the queen&#8217;s cloth the gods managed to kill the beast. Happy with Hirabati&#8217;s help, the gods visited the palace and the royal family offered puja by sacrificing wild buffaloes. Since then it&#8217;s been an annual affair in the region&#8217;s calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source &#8211; Tripura Tribune <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A festive spirit is in the air as Tripura\u2019s century-old Kharchi Puja begins at Chaturdash Devata Temple amid hundreds of devotees offering puja to 14 deities on Thursday, the first day of the week-long festival. Traditional Snan Yatra, animal sacrifice and worships marked the formal beginning of the Kharchi Festival. 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