Phagun Madai Dantewada Chhattisgarh Indian Festival

A significant adivasi festival of Chhattisgarh, Madai is celebrated across the state with gaiety and fervour. Tribal communities venerate Goddess Danteshwari and unite her with local deities from various surrounding villages – about 500 approximately – in the month of March. Devotees bring the idols of the gods to the Danteshwari Temple in Dantewada and honour them for 10 days. They perform the Relo, Cheetal and masked dances and conclude the festivities with a grand feast of fruits and local specialties, along with brews made from the flowers of mahua trees.

The goddess’ reunion with her family is an occasion for people to get together with their loved ones and indulge in revelries. Residents of remote villages throng the markets that are set up during the festival to purchase a year’s supply of salt, spices, cooking oil and other house-hold supplies.

History

Madai was started by Purushottam Dev, the king of of Bastar in the late 13th century CE. It is said he began the tradition of worshipping Danteshwari and indulging in festivities to give the people a respite from the mundaneness of their daily lives. According to the Puranas, present-day Dantewada was the place where the teeth of goddess Sati were found. Hence, the name Dantewada (daant means teeth in Hindi). Danteshwari Temple is one of the 52 sacred Shaktipeeths in the country.

Orientation

The town of Dantewada is the headquarters of the eponymously-named district. It lies 345km south of Raipur, the state capital. More than 60 per cent of the population of the district is adivasi. While there are some accommodation options in the city, Jagdalpur, 84km away, has more hotels. The most convenient way to reach Dantewada is by taking a train or bus from Raipur. Buses are also available from Durg and Bilaspur.

The Festival

The festival of Madai begins in Bastar in the month of December, when the Gond tribes worship their local deity, Cheri-Chher-Kin. The neighbouring villages of Kanker, Narayanpur, Antragrah, Bhanupra-tappur, Keshkal, Bhopalpattnam and Kondagaon worship their respective deities in the following months.

The 10-day festival begins in Dantewada on the day of Shivaratri. It is called Phagun Madai as it falls in the Hindu calendar month of Phagun (February–March). Grand processions from Bastar, Narayanpur and other villages gather at the Danteshwari Temple on the day of Shivaratri. Tribal men and women dressed up in dhotis and saris respectively carry prayer flags and dance on the streets to the beats of dhols and nagadas. They observe a day-long fast and break it after the evening prayers.

Over the next nine days, the tribals worship goddess Danteshwari in nine different forms – Brahma-charini, Chandraghanta, Kumanda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kalratri, Bhadragauri and Siddhidatri. On the ninth day, the ritual of holika dahan is observed. This is, however, different from the one celebrated during the Hindu festival of Holi. Folklore has it that a local princess had immolated herself to escape from rapists. The bonfire is held to honour her. After this, devotees smear abeer (coloured powder) on each other and end the festivities with an ela-borate feast.

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Pola Festival # 9 september 2018# intripin#Chhattisgarh

Pola Festival  # 9 september 2018# intripin#

Pola follows Hareli. It is celebrated by worshipping bullocks. Children play with idols of Nandi bull (the vehicle of Lord Shiva) made of clay and fitted with clay wheels, it comes under Terracotta art of Chhattisgarh. A bull race is a major event of the festival. It shows the religion and cultures of Chhattisgarh, India.

Pola is mainly a farmer's festival, wherein farmers worship their bulls, to thank them for their support in farming. It occurs after the monsoon sowing and field work, typically in late August or early September. On the day of Pola, the bulls are first given a bath, and then decorated with ornaments and shawls. Their horns are painted, and their necks are adorned with garlands of flowers. The bulls do not work that day, and they are part of procession where farmers celebrate the crop season.

The work of decorated bulls, accompanied by the music and dancing, are carried out in the evenings. The first bullock to go out is an old bullock with a wooden frame (called makhar) tied on its horns. This bullock is made to break a rope of mango leaves stretched between two posts, and is followed by all the other cattle in the village.

!!! Archaeological Tourism !!! Discover the hidden gem of India: Sirpur, Chhattisgarh !!!

Discover the hidden gem of India: Sirpur, Chhattisgarh !!!

!!! Archaeological Tourism !!!

This quaint town is one of India's most sought after archaeological wonder and is often described as a museum under the open sky, this peaceful town is situated on the banks of Mahanadi river. Unmatched stone carvings, along with 22 Shiva temples, four Vishnu temples, 10 Buddha Viharas, three Jain Viharas, an Ayurveda treatment centre, underground granary market and a sixth century 'Ayurvedic Snaan Kund' (an ancient spa), puts Sirpur in the list of the richest archaeological sites in India.

The modern Sirpur, which contains the remains of the ancient and medieval Buddhist era, is one of the most treasured places for Buddhists. Among the numerous temples and Buddhist monasteries (viharas), the most notable are the Lakshman Temple (one of the finest brick temples), Gandheshwar Temple, Anandprabhu Kutir Vihara and Swastika Vihara. The recently excavated Tivaradeva Mahavihara is, however, the most stunning of all. The sanctum of the vihara houses a sculpture of the Lord Buddha in the "Bhumisparsh mudra". The Buddhist monasteries at Sirpur are said to be largest and most important Buddhist monasteries in India.

Once you've had your historic fill, make your way to the highly acclaimed Sirpur National Dance and Music Festival, organised every year in the month of January by Chhattisgarh Tourism Board in order to promote the Buddhist sites of Sirpur. It is a rare confluence of art and culture aimed at creating international cultural amity and brotherhood and showcases the best proponents of Chhattisgarh's traditional music and dance forms including the Pandvani, the Panthi, the Raut Nacha, the Karma, the Saila and the Gedi dance (in which wooden sticks and poles are used as props).

At a glance

Getting there: Sirpur is 80 km from Raipur (1 hour 30 minutes by road.) Raipur is well connected via rail, road and air with major cities in the country.

The Marriage Festival of Shiva Parvati by Tribal Community !!!

The Marriage Festival of Shiva Parvati by Tribal Community !!!

The name of the ceremony is "GAURA-GAURI POOJA" means marriage between lord SHIVA and Goddess PARVATI". Gond tribes celebrate this festival during famous Diwali festival of hindu's but Gaura-Gauri is their festival, on that day they first go to river bank to collect clay in the afternoon and then same night they make Gaura (lord shiva) in one house and Gauri (parvati) in other house. They take whole night to make it. They do lot of rituals during preparation of Gaura-Gauri Then the family who makes Gaura go to the family who makes Gauri very earlyin the morning (first photo's), where gauri family welcome them. Then marriage between Gaura-Gauri take place with lot of ritual. People give present to Gaura-Gauri to be blessed. Then gaura family take Gauri to gaura family on the way people come and give worship to get blessing. So its marriage between lord Shiva and Parvati and this is how their marriage season starts.

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