CENSUS OF INDIA 1961
VOLUME XXVI
TRIPURA
PART Vll-B
FAIRS AND FESTIVALS
C. R. PAUL M. A. (COM.)
Superintendent of Census Operations, Triplira 1961 CENSUS PUBLICATIONS, TRIPURA
(All the Census Publications "'ill hear Vollllne No. x-XVI)
Part I General Report (In two Sub-parts) Subsidiary Tab1es
Part II General Population Tables (In two Sub-parts) Economic Tables Cultural and Migration Tables
Part HI I-Iousehold Economic Tables
Part IV Report OIl T-Iousing and Establishment with Table,,;
Part V-A Special Table on Scheduled Castes and Schednlecl. Trihes with reprints. frOtH ()ld Censu<; Report
Part V-B Ethnographic note on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Part VI Village Survey Monograph~
Part VII-A Report on selected Handicrafts
Part VII-B Report on Fairs and Festivals
Part VIII-A Administration Report on Enumeration 1Not for Sale Part VTII-B Administration Report on Tabulation J
Part IX Maps CONTENTS
PAGES
FOREWORD iii-vi PREFACE vii
CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION . 1-2
CHAPTER II
SYNOPSIS OF FAJRS HELD IN TRIPURA 3
Anlarpur Sub-division 5
Belonia Sub-division 6
Dharmanagar Sub-division 7-9
Kailasahar :iub-uivision 10 Kamalpur Sub-division 11-12
Khowai Sub-divi:sion 13 Sabroonl Sub-division 14
Sadar Sub-division 15-19
SOlla1Tlura Sub-division 20
Udaipur Sub~divi:-.ion 21
CHAPTER III
Descriptive Notes on Selected Fair .... and Festivals 23 Kharl,;hi Fcstivai 25-27 Ker Festival 28 Unakuti Meta 29-30
Dun"lbaru Or Tirthanlukh Me1a 31-32 Banabihar Mela 33-34 Thakurn1.ura or Pir ]")argar Mela 35 Balangni Mutaircnai 36-37 Buddha Jayanti or Buddha Purnima 39--40 Bisucanli 41 Mamita 42--43 Shibchaturdaoshi Mela 44-45 BattaJa or Paush Sankrantir Mela 46-47
Exhibition and- Mela at Sonan"lura 49
(i) CHAP"IER IV
TABLES PAGES
Table I-List of Fairs held in Tripura 53-58 Table II-List of Festivals held in Tripura 59-109 Table III-Abstract of Fairs in Tripura by Sub-divisions, 1961 110
Table IV--Abstract of Festivals in Tripulu by Sub-divisions, 1961 111 Table V-Sub-division-wise list of irnportant Fairs by nUlnbcr of villages with estirn.ated congregation 112-113 Table VI-Sub-uivision-wi&e list of important festivals by number of villages with estimated congregation. 114-117
MAPS
Map showing different typcs of Fairs in each Sub-division with estiluated congregation of 2000 and over
Ilnportant festivals by religion in Sub-divisions 'with miniuH.. lnt congregation of 100
PHOTOGRAPHS
Animal Sacrifice-A Specia.l feature of Kharchi fe;jtivc.Ll
A pa.rtial view of the fa~r aS50;iated ".vith the festival KharGhi in front of the ten1.ple of 'Chaturdasdevata~
Teillporary bridge Inadc of batuboo for reaching the place cf festival 'Kharchi~ over the river 'J-Jowrah' View of 'Kharchi Mela'
Engravings of Lord Brahma-Bishnu-Shiva on a ston<:! in 'Unakuti~ Hill
Engravings of Lorti Shiva on the stone of Temple of Lord Buddha at 'Denuban Bihar'. Agartala Temple of Lord Shiva at Udaipur.. an ancient relic of the kings of Tripura TelTIple of Laxmi Narayan at Agartala Ten1.ple of Lord Buddha at Mahamuni Mag Parah at Belonia Sub-division 1I A Mosque at Agartala j (ii) FOREWORD Although since thc beginning of history, foreign travellers and historians have recorded the principal marts and ,entrepots of comrnerce in India and have even mentioned important festivals and' fairs and articles of special excellence ava ila ble in them, no systematic regional inventory was atternpted until the time of Dr. FranCIS Buchanan-Hamilton in the beginning of the nineteenth century, One of'the tasks set bef'ore him by a resolution 6f' the Governor-General-in-Council in 1807 was "to examine with as much accuracy as local circumstances will adluit": "an account of the various kinds and amount of goods ruanufactured in each district the ability of the country to produce the raw materials used in thelu ' ... , .. __ ...... how the necessary capital is procured, the situation of the artists and luanufacturers, the [node of' provi- ding their goods ...... , .... comlnerce: the quantity of goods exported and imported in each district; the manner of conducting sales, especially at fairs and n'1arkets." That he discharged his duty very thoroughly will appear from his statistical accounts of Mysore and the northern districts of Bengal and Bihar. The great Revenue Surveys of the middle of the nineteenth century made no attempt in this direction, and accounts of fairs and festivals in districts were neglected until W. W. Hunter took up the compilation of statistical accounts again in the last quarter of last century. For the purpose of notifying holidays in the East India Company's offices the Board in Calcutta had sincc 1799 been in the habit of "procuring an accurate Bengalee aln'1anac properly authenticated by brahlnanical astronomy" from the Nabadwip Court (letter from Secretary of Board to Collector of' Nadiya, 5th July 1799, No. 8217, W. W. Huntel-'s Unpublished Bengalee MSS Records). Satis Chandra Vidyabhusan in his, _.,., History o-f Tndian Logic wrote that "almanacs were prepared by the Pundit SaIuaj of Nabadwip which were supplied to the Nawab's Court of Murshidabad as well as to the East India Company, the Supreme Court, etc ... , .. the Nabadwip Panjika under the impriluatur of Nabadwi pateranugya was accepted by all the landlords of Bengal", ..... The Nabadwip Panjika which remained the standard almanac for Bengal continued in use throu ghout the first half of the nineteenth century and each issue contained a list 01 important lairs and lestivals In every district. A valuable almanac was that published by the Vernacular Literature Committee's Almanac published in 1855-6 (1262 B.S.). It gave an account 01309 lamous lairs of Bengal in its second part. The Gupta Press Panjika or almanac which virtually replaced Nabadwip Panjika made its first appearance in 1869 and continued to publish a uselul list 01 important lairs and lestivals in the country. But this list was by no lueans exhaustive nor were W. W. Hunter's which he published with each Statistical Account. Meanwhile native crans, industries and objects 01 artistry decayed rapidly and thoroughly as a result 01 the East India Company's policy 01 extinguishing them, and official interest in lairs and lestivals declined, although these occasions, divested (iii) (iv) of much of their glory, still continued to attract livestock, grain, n"1erchandise and handicrafts frOln far and near. The hnperial Gazetteers pubJished between 1880 and 191 0 gave a n"1inor place to these in"1portant seasonal luarkets or temporary inland ports. Even the District Gazetteers, which still are the fullest and most compact accounts of districts, make but casual mention of fairs and festivals in the country. and attach little economic importance to them. For, indeed the iluportance of fairs and festivals as the meeting ground or livestock and agricultural cOlnmodities or many religions and luany cultures, crafts and motirs rrOln far and near, of ideas and design, workmanship, excellence and finish, of tools and appliances, aT trends of the ruture and vanishing practices or the past, of adaptability and local variation, of skill and imagination-declined with the punitive export policy of the East India Company and the unn.:stricted ilnport of machine made goods, so much so that at the close of the last century rail'S and resti vals were reduced to a matter of concern only for the Public Health Departluent. They were no longer regarded as important centres of trade and cornmerce, but were now Trom the Government point of view nearly a collection of human beings among whom epidemics were to be prevented from breaking out. Fairs and restivals continued to be a matter of law and order and the Police Department and the District Board continued to maintain full lists or them in their local offices, a source which has so far remained unquarried. Following the census operations of West Bengal in 1951, a slim volume, con taining a list of fairs and festivals arrang;;:d according to districts and their Police Sta tions, was brought out as part oT the West Bengal scheme of Census Publications. This list was mainly made up of information supplied by District Boards and Superinten dents of Police of districts. The two lists were collated to make up a comprehensive list containing several columns: the name of the village arranged under its district and Police Station, with its Jurisdiction list number, the name of the restival or fair by which it is comluonly known in the locality, the English Inonth of the year in which it is held, the duration of the festival or fair, and finally then uluber of persons attend ing it. Although merely a list, and not quite complete at that, this voluine attracted attention and received the appreciation both of scholars and the general public. Its general value lay in its being a compendium and its particular value lay in present ing a distribution throughout the country of particular Testive occasions. The Superin tendent of Census Operations for West Bengal, who continued in an honorary capacity, was plied from time to time with requests to undertake an extensive survey of the subject which seemed to accord well with the Superintendent's own personal desire. For one thing, quite a few of the old and traditional fairs and festivals of West Bengal are on their way to extinction on account of various forces working against them and a record of these rapidly vanishing fairs and festivals could be n"1ade only now as never again in the future. In the next place, the Census Office considered it its duty to sustain by a luore searching survey the interest that the publication had aroused. A different approach suggested itself as the new task was viewed in terms of collection of extensive first-hand material on each fair and festival. It was necessary (v) therefore, in the first place, to approach as many individuals as possible In each loca lity, and not restrict the enquiry only to Government or semi-Governlnent sources, Departn'lents or Organisations. Tn the second place, a satisfactory questionnaire was considered n'lost essential. A nUlnber of aims were kept in view in framing the ques tionnaire. These were: (a) The questionnaire should' b~ very sin'lple and pl'ecise in language, designed primarily for the understanding of a person of pritnary education standard. r'\ct the sanIe tin-.e, the question should be suggestive enough to invite ancillary information. Were this objective achieved, it should be possible to obtain ex haustive information without irrelevant detail. (b) It should succeed in obtaining a ciear environll1ental, social and econon1ic background of the village or place in which a particular fair is held or a festival is observed. (c) It should elTIphasise those aspects of a festival or worship which would bring out the details of rituals and religIOUS practices peculiar to the locality. (d) It should obtain information not only on the more important and better known festivals or lairs, but also on the less known but otherwise significant lairs and festivals. It was decided to extend the scope of enquiry beyond those fairs and festivals that are approved and licensed by the District authorities, for the latter would be a stnall number compared to the total. (e) It should attempt sufficient information on economic activities and pat terns in respect of each fair, however big or SInal!. The inforn'lation so obtain ed should suggest the scope for studying the n10Ven'lent of local handiwork and local forms and raw l11aterials. The questionnaire should also give a list of local amusements favoured by the pUblic. The questionnaire which was several times pre-tested was finally mailed in 1957 to about 10,000 addresses in West Bengal on the Business Reply Scheme. One of the devices which seems to have evinced n-.uch responsible reporting was the assurance that each piece of information would be fully acknowledged to the correspondent whose address also would be published for the benefit of future investigators. The information thus collected was sorted district by district and further sub sorted by Police Stations. The work of compilation, once the prelin'linary verification and checking of the answers was over, was to be in three sections as follows:- (a) The first section was to contain systematic inforn-.ation on the village, the villagers, their occupations, communications and other special features, mainly based on Section A of the questionnaire. (b) The second section was to contain all available information on the festi val itself, the worship of deities, particularly rituals and forms of worship. This would be based n'lainly on Section B of the questionnaire. (c) Thc third section, to be based on Section C of the questionnaire, would contain information about the fair and economic activity and amusement connected with the fair. (vi) It will doubtless be a matter of great satisfaction to scholars that the scheme was very enthusiastically received by all Iny colleagues when its outline together with the West Bengal questionnaire was circulated in February 1960. My colleagues felt that the Census provided a unique opportunity for conducting such a comprehensive survey with the help of the network of staff placed by the State Government at theil' disposal. State Superintendents were quick to recognise that such a survey would be of great help to those who n"1ight care to investigate the religious centres and festivals, inland trade and commerce, art motifs and designs, circuits of trade, ancien't trade routes, and special manufactures. It would give the student of toponymy much valuable clue and the student of history n"1uch valuable insight into the organisation of lTIarkets. The proposal to conduct this survey was accepted in the Second Conference of Census Superintendents held in August 1960. Various aspects of the Survey, then in progress, were discussed again in the regional n"1eetings of Census Superintendents held in Trivandrum, Darjeeling and Srinagar in May and June 1961. My colleagues were able to report further progress at the Census Social Studies Camp held in De cember 1961, when several elaborations of the original questionnaire and in investiga tional rnethodology were also discussed. It was further proposed to undertake lTIOre intensive surveys of a small nurnber of very ilnportant fairs and festivals in each State. At the third Conference of Census Superintendents in February 1962 n"1y colleagues took the further decision to prepal'e tnaps of fair's and festivals on the basis of dis tricts and even of tehsil or taluks, soine States having already made much progress in this direction. The scholar will find in these lists n"1uch to excite his curiosity. First, they show 'what an extensive network of seasonal and perennial markets, village fairs still provide to native craftsmanship and industry, Secondly, they help to connect economic streams with social and religious moven-.ents, Thirdly, they suggest how a succession of small fairs in a time series culminate in a very big fair, ahnost always in the heart of a particular area, and how. this big event gradually subsides through another time series of sn-.all fairs, so that an endless cycle of trade, social and religious intercourse is kept in H"1otion. Fourthly, they insinuate a great deal about what Buchanan-Hamilton was charged to investigate a century and half ago: "the situation of the artists and manufacturers, the lTlode of pl'oviding their goods, the usual rate of their labour, and any particulal' advantages they ITIay enjoy: their cOlnparative affluence with respect to the cultivators of the land, their domestic usa ges, the nature of their sales, and the regulations respecting their nlarkets". Fifthly, they can very gr~atly help in reconstructing ancient and not so ancient trade routes in the country, and, again, what Buchanan-Han-.ilton was asked to investigate: "the nature of'the conveyance of goods by land and water', and the means by which this n"1ay be facilitated, especially by making or repairing roads." I~EW DELHI, ASOK MITRA September 5th, 1964. Registrar, General, India. PREFACE The Survey on Fairs and Festivals was taken up at the instance of Shri A. Mitra, Registrar General, India as a supplementary project of" 1961 Census. This report is an attempt at assessing different aspects of Fairs and Festivals in the Territory of Tripura with a view to give a broad idea about the cultural, social and dom estic life of people. The topics include a synopsis of" important Fairs and Festivals held in different parts of the Territory and tabular lists of" Fairs and Festivals held in village/ tehsil/sub-division, showing the time and place where held, local religious and other occasion or any other special attraction, and average total congregation. Efforts have been made to include information about all the Fairs and Festivals in Tripura. A questionnaire was framed with the advice of the Registrar General, India during the last part of 1960 and the investigators of" this office were asked to :fill up the questionnaire f"or each village, while they were sent out f"or craf"t survey. The information collected by the Investigators was verified and supplemented by the S.D.Os/Add!. S.D.Os. of the respective Sub-divisions. I am very grateful to Shri A. Mitra, I.C.S., Registrar General and ex-officio Census Commissioner, India f"or his constant encouragement and advice in this project. I am also gratef"ul to Dr. B. K. Roy Burman, Officer on Special Duty (Handicrafts and Social Studies), Office of" the Registrar General, India, New Delhi who had gone through this report and offered his suggestion for improvement and :finalisation of the report. In the conduct of this survey and the preparation of this report I was assisted by Shri A. K. Dutt, Special Officer and the Investigators of my office. AGARTALA, the 18th October, 1966. C. R. PAUL. (vii) 2-3RGI/ND/66 CHAPTER I INTRODUC£ION Tripura is popularly known as the land of by the additional information collected by the fourteen Gods or 'Chaturdas Devata'. It is not Special Officer by spot enquiry and by interview only ancient with long ridges of green hills, dense ing influential and experienced persons of the forest infested by wild animals, streams and locality. In the absence of any recorded informa brooklets but also is the abode of various people tion or any history. except one reference book of different origins. customs and faiths. As such "Rajmala', the write up in this regard has been there are numerous fairs and festivals in this part prepared wholly on the basis of information of the country. which provide glimpses of their furnished by the local people and stories current variegated life and faith and also remind us of among them. past heritage. Some of these socia-religious gatherings and observances are unique in charac In Tr:ipura-.approximately 167 different fairs ter and outstanding in cultural value. are held as against 2.098 festivals observed on the same soil which has a population of 11,42.000 2. Though efforts have been made to include in round figures and of the total population. esti information about all fairs and festivals observed rnated congregations in fairs and festivals are in this territory, only a few important of such 265.000 and 301.000 persons respectively. All fairs and festivals have been selected for descrip these are evident from Tables 3 and 4 titled as tive notes. Abstract of fairs and festivals by Sub-divisions in Chapter IV. The same Tables reveal further that 3. The most salient feature in connection with in the Sub-division of Sa dar, which has a popula these is that the territory can be stratified arbitra tion of 300,000, as many as 45 different fairs and rily into three zones namely, Central, Southern 575 festivals with estimated congregation of and Northern zones. Central zone presents main 137,000 and 109.000 persons respectively are concentration of fairs and festivals which are held. Sub-division of Khowai has a total popula influenced and guided by the Hindu religion, tion of 1,30,000 and 10 fairs and 349 festivals are whereas Buddhist and Christian festivals and held in this Sub-division. Estimated congregation fairs dominate Southern and Northern zones res for fairs is 16.000 and that of festivals is 53,000. pectively. It may, however, be pointed out here There are 18 fairs and 101 festivals in the Sub that there is no rigid line of demarcation between division of Kamalpur which has a population of these zones, because in all these three ZOnes fairs 62,000. Estimated congregation is 15.000 for and festivals of all religions and faiths arc fairs and 24.000 for festivals. observed and the difference. if any, is only a matter of intensity. Sub-divisions of Kailasahar. Dharmanagar and The tables on fairs and festivals have been Sonamura give an account of 432 and 17 fairs compiled on the basis of information obtained and 56,158 and 247 fe-stivals respectively. from the Sub-divisional Officers and Block Deve Approximate attendance for fairs and festivals in lopment Officers who were provided with the these Sub-divisions which have total population requisite proforma. The data relating to festivals of 104,000: 128.000 and 78,000 persons respec pertain to those performed at the family level tively is as follows :- and synopsis of fairs is based mainly on the 2,000 and 4,000 persons respectively attend village notes which were prepared in connection fairs and festivals in the Sub-division of Kaila with 1961 Census and additional information sup sahar; 27,000 and 15,000 respectively attend fairs plied by the Sub-divisional Officers and Block and festivals in Dharmanagar. while a congrega Development Officers. In the preparation of tion of 18.000 is recorded for fairs and 39,000 descriptive notes. however. trained Investigators for festivals in Sonamura Suh-division. were sent to different places to collect various information regarding important fairs and festi Sub-division of Udaipur records 10 fairs. vals with the help of a questionnairs supplied Amarpur on the other hand only 9 and the Sub to them. It was supplemented in the later stage divisions of Belonia and Sabroom 12 and 10 2 fairs respectively. In respect of different festi Sankranti and Rathajatra are the next three vals these four Sub-divisions recorded 118. 133. arranged in the order of attendances. but these 226 and 135 respectively. Udaipur which has a in term of occurrence require to be arranged population of 90.000 records a congregation of slightly in the reverSe way. Comparatively the 16.000 for fairs and 20.000 for festivals. while two less attended fairs are the Dewali Mela and 20.000 and 16,000 persons attend fairs and festi Rash Purnima Mela. which have been shown vals out of the total population of 56.000 in both in order of attendance as well as order of Amarpur Sub-division. Belonia and Sabroom have occurrence. population strength of 85.000 and 43.000 respec tively and record congregation in fairs 10.000 and In respect of festivals appearing in the Table 4.000 persons respectively. Belonia Sub-division 6 in Chapter V. Durga Puja. Saraswati Puja. records a congregation of 20.000 persons for Kali Puja. Dol Pumima. Rash1ila etc. are dis festivals and Sabroom 1.000 persons only. tinctly of the Hindus. Id-ul-fetor. Id-ud-zuha and Maharam are the festivals of the Mohammedans A glimpse of the commonest types and most while X-mas and Good Friday are truly Christian largely attended fairs and festivals can be had festivals. from Tables 5 and 6 in Chapter IV titled 'Sub Buddha Purnima. Kharchi. Ker. Mamita. Bisu division-wise lists of important fairs and festivals etc. are on the other hand distinctly tribal festi by number of villages with estimated congrega 9 vals of the territory. of which Buddha Purnima tions. is mainly prevalent in the southern Sub-divisions and observed by the tribals of Buddhist religion. Of the numerous fairs held in Tripura. the most important as well as largest attended fair while the rest by the tribals of Hindu religion and are found throughout the territory. Although. is the 'Kharchi Mela' which is held only at old the above mentioned festivals are characteristics Agartala under Sadar Sub-division. The approxi of the tribals these are however. attended to by mate congregation is estimated to be 50,000 people o[ all communities. including peoplt: of all castes, creeds. religions and sexes. Next in order of attendance is the Durga Puja. Kali Puja and Saraswati Puja are exhibition which is held at several centres of the three main festivals observed by the Hindu 14 villages of Sub-divisions of Kamalpur. inhabitants. Durga Puja is attended by approxi Dharmanagar and Sonamura. Taking all these mately 75.196 persons and is held at as many places together into account. the total attendance as 290 villages. while the Kali Puja is held at is approximately 35.000. 'Chaitra Sankranti' or 374 villages and is attended to by 45.337 persons. 'Charak Mela' ranks third in order of attendance, but this is first in respect of places of occurrence. The approximate congregation for the Saraswati It is observed in as many as 30 villages of the Puja is 24.784 and is held at 194 villages which territory and the total congregation [or all these are distributed in all the Sub-divisions of the places is estimated to be 30,425. Fourth in order territory. of attendance is the fair locally known as 'Baruni Id-ud-Zuha. Mahacam and Id-ul-fetor--the Snaner Mela'; it is held at ten different villages three main festivals of the Mohammedans are of the Sub-divisions except the Sub-divisions held at 77. 73 and 29 villages and are attended of Sonamura. Belonia. Sabroom and Amarpur. by 14.151; 10.220 and 5.271 persons respectively. In fact. this fair is mainly restricted to the northern Sub-divisions only. 'Shiba Chaturdashir Me1a' Important tribal festivals in order of congrega comes next and is followed closely by the fair tion are the Kharchi. Ker and Buddha Pumima. locally known as 'Nababarsher or Baishakhir hut these. in respect of occurrence are as Me1a'. Approximate congregation of 17.150 per follows :- sons are recorded in the former case and 15.000 Ker is held at 221 villages and Kharchi and for the latter. The former fair is held at 16 vil Buddha Purnima are held at 40 and 47 villages lages distributed Over almost all the Sub-divisions respectively. except two southern Sub-divisions namely Sab room and Amarpur. while the latter is held at 18 X-mas day is the only important festival of villages spread over in the Sub-divisions of Sadar. the Christians of this territory. It is restricted Dharmanagar. Sonamura and Sabroom. Fairs mainly to the north em S1.lb-divisions and is held held on the occasion of Buddha Purnima. Paush at 12 villages only. CHAPTER II SYNOPSIS OF FAIRS HELD IN TRIPURA " E TRIPURA MAP SHOWING DIFFERENT TYPES OF FAIRS IN EACH ~0' BOUNDARY _._._ ~0' INTERNATIONAL STATE BOUNDARY SU ....DIVISIONAl BOUNOARY _._. _.- UNOKOTI AMARPUR SUB-DIVISION AMPI TEHSIL Baji Raj Barf-is situated at a distance of Tirtha Mukha Barf-is at a distance of 6 miles 4 miles and 26 miles from tehsil and sub-divi from tehsil headquarters and 16 miles from sional headquartel"s respectively. It contains a Amarpur town. It contains a population of 97; population of 21l. The Scheduled Caste Scheduled Caste is 1 and Scheduled Tribe 96. and Scheduled Tribe population of the village On the occasion of 'Poush Sankranti', a Mela is is 2 and 179 respectively. On the occasion of held here for 3 days with an average attendance Saraswati Puja (January-February) 'Sripanchami of 2,000 persons_ Mela' is held here for 7 days. It is attended by 800 people in average. Garjan Khola Bari--is at a distance of 7 miles from tehsil headquarters and- 21 miles from sub Agunlal Para-is situated at a distance of divisional headquarters. It contains a population 6 miles and 27 miles from tehsil and sub-divi of 174 including 173 Scheduled Tribe. There is sional headquarters respectively. It contains a no Scheduled Caste in this village. A fair known population of 197. as Dumbur fair on the occasion of "Chaitra Sankranti" (April) is held here for 2 days with Lakti Kaipaog Para-is at a distance of 6 miles an attendance of 8,000 persons. from tehsil headquarters and 27 miles from sub divisional headquarters and contains a population BIRGANJ TEHSIL of 72. This is a tribal village. Burbaria-is situated at a distance of 5 miles Taichakma Bari-is at a distance of 4 miles from Amarpur Town under Birganj Tehsil. The from tehsil headquarters and 26 miles from sub population of this village is 478 of which Sche divisional headquarters_ It contains trihal popu duled Tribe is 476. There is no Scheduled Caste lation of 225. in this village. On the occasion of Chaitra Sankranti (April), 'Chaitra Sankranti Mela' is In the above three villages, on the occasion of held here. It continues for 7 days and is attended Saraswati Puja (January-February), 'Sripanchami by 5,000 persons in average. Mela' is held and it continues for 7 days and is attended by 800 persons in average_ DUMBURNAGAR TEHSIL Lodbai Bangshi P_is 2 miles away from Arany. Kaoti Dewan Para-It is under Dum tehsil headquarters and 22 miles away from sub burnagar Tehsil and situated at a distance of 20 divisional headquarters. It contains a population miles from tehsil headquarters and 38 miles from of 15_ This is a tribal village. On the occasion sub-divisional headquarters. On the occasion of of Saraswati Puja (January-February), a fair Buddha Pumima in the month of May, 'Buddha known as 'Ampinagar Mela' is held here for 5 Mela' is held here with an attendance of 600 days with an attendance of 2,000 persons of persons and it continues for a day. This is a neighbouring villages. tribal village having a population of 50 only. 5 IIELONIA. SUB-DIVISION BELONI A TEHSIL Bharatclaandr...... l!:ar-is at a distance of one Uttar lticbacbent--is situated at a distance of mile from Belonia town. It contains a population 7 miles and 32 miles from tehsil and sub-divi of 497 including 36 Scheduled Caste and 19 sional headquarters respectively. It contains a Scheduled Tribe. Two fairs. one on the occasion population of 838 of whom Scheduled Caste is of Barunisnan (March) and another on the occa 18 and Scheduled Tribe 510. On the occasion of sion of Charak Puja (April). are held here for a Falgooni Purnima (Buddha Purnima) in the day and with an average attendance of 300 month of March-April. 'Buddha Mela' is held persons. here with an attendance of about 300 persons which continues for 3 days. Mabwnarl Para~s at a distance of 12 miles Dulacherra-is situated at a distance of 7 miles from Belonia and contains a population of 141. and 25 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional head Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe population quarters respectively. It contains a population of of this village is 30 and 59 respectively. In the 1. t 61 including 15 Scheduled Caste and 637 Sche month of Chaitra (April-May) on the occasion d uled Tribe. On the occasion of Falgooni Purnima of Chaitra Sankranti. a fair is held here with an (March-April), 'Buddha Mela' is held here with attendance of 1.500 persons. an attendance of 1.000 persons. It continues for 2 days. MUHURIPUR TEHSIL Baikora-is at a distance of 7 miles from Muburipur--the headquarters of Muhuripur tehsil headquarters and 12 miles from sub-divi tehsil is situated at a distance of 26 miles from sional headquarters and contains a population of Belonia town. the sub-divisional headquarters. It 871 of which Scheduled Caste is 100 and Sche contains a population of 914. including 14 Sche duled Tribe 287. On the occasion of Falgooni duled Caste and 11 Scheduled Tribe. On the Purnima (March-April) 'Buddha Mela' is held occasion of Chaitra Sankranti (April-May) here with an attendance of 600 persons and con 'Chaitra Sankrantir Mela' is held here during the tinues for 3 days. day with an attendance of 2.000 persons. With same attendance and duration another fair is held Laxmicherra-is at a distance of 8 miles from here on the occasion of 'Ratha Jatra' (June-July). Muharipur and 20 miles from Belonia. The popu lation of this village is 61 only of which Sche Madhya Pilak-is situated at a distance of 1 duled Tribe is 40. On the occasion of the birth mile and 24 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional day of Lord Buddha, in the month of January headquarters respectively. It contains a population February. 'Buddha Mela' is held here with an of 2,125 inclUding Scheduled Caste 343 and attendance of 1.000 persons and continues for Scheduled Tribe 233. On the occasion of Bengali 2 days. New Year's Day (April). a fair is held here for a day with an attendance of 1.000 persons. RAJN AGAR TEHSIL Prakashnagar-is under Rajnagar tehsil. It is MaiDraln Par_is situated at a distance of 2 furlongs away from Rajnagar and 12 miles 6 miles and 31 miles from tehsi1 and sub-division from Belonia. It contains a population of 566 al headquarters respectively containing a popula including Scheduled Caste 57 and Scheduled tion of 193 Scheduled Tribe persons. On the Tribe I. On the occasion of Bengali New Year's occasion of 'Shiba Chaturdasi' (February-March). Day (April-May). 'Baisakhi Mela' is held here 'Mahadev Mela' is held here for one day with with an attendance of 150--200 persons and an attendance of 500 persons. continue!'! for a day only. 6 DHARMANAGAR SUB-DIVISION DHARMANAGAR TEHSIL Rajoagar---is situated at a distance of '6 miles in the month of January-February a fair is held from Dharmanagar the sub-divisional head for a day with an attendance of about 150 quarters. It contains a population of 756 includ persons. ing Scheduled Caste 8 and Scheduled Tribe 264. On the occasion of Rath Jatra (June-July) a fair Ranuaagar--is situated at a distance of 12 lDiles with an attendance of about 400 is held here from Dharmanagar. the sub-divisional head and continues for a day only. quarters. It contains a population of 794 (Sche duled Castes 167 and Scheduled Tribes 7) persons. Pratak Roy Village--is situated at a distance Starting from 26th January an exhibition con of 11 miles from Dharmanagar town. the sub tinues for 7 days with an attendance of about divisional headquarters and 4 miles from the J .000 persons. Assam-Agartala road. It contains a population of 809 of which Scheduled Castes are 449. On Dalukandi--is at a distance of 3 miles from the occasion of Paush Sankranti (December Dharmanagar, the Sub-divisional headquarters. It January) a fair with an attendance of about 500 contains a population of 321 persons including 57 people is held here and continues for one day. Scheduled Castes. On the occasion of "Hari Radhapur-is situated at a distance of 2 miles Kirtan", the exact date of which was not avail from Dharmanagar. the sub-divisional head able, a fair is held here for 3 days. quarters and contains a population of 762. On Radhanagar-is situated at a distance of the occasion of Charak Puja in the Bengali month 3 miles from Dharmanagar. the sub-divisional of Chaitra (April) "Charakmela" is held here. headquarters. It contains a population 223 out of It is attended by about 250 persons and continues which Scheduled Caste is 6. On the occasion of for a day. "Ratha Jatra" (June-July) a fair for three days is Kutar Pasha-is at a distance of 31 miles from held here with an attendance of 400 persons. Dharmanagar. the sub-divisional headquarters. It contains a population of 231 Scheduled Castes. Baghapur-is situated at a distance of 7 miles On the occasion of Charakpuja in the month of from Dharmanagar. It contains a population of Chaitra (April). "Charakmela" is held here with 729 of which Scheduled Caste is 197. On the occasion of Jhulan )atra (July-August). 'Jhulan an- attendance of 300 persons and continues for a day. Mela' is held here for 5 days with an attendance of 300 persons. PanisagJU'-is situated at a distance of 16 miles from Dharmanagar. the sub-divisional head Madhya and Dakshin Purba Panisagar-is at quarters. Assam-Agartala road passes through this a distance of 16 miles from Dharmanagar town. village. This is a business centre and contains a the sub-divisional headquarters. containing a population of 780 of which Scheduled Caste is 2. population of 1.079 of which Scheduled Caste is Starting on 26th January an exhibition continues II and Scheduled Tribe 5. Starting on 26th here for 7 days with an average attendance of January an exhibition continues here for 7 days 1.000 persons. In January another fair called with an attendance of about 5.000 persons. Two 'Maghi Mela' is held here for a day only with an other fairs. one on the occasion of Shiba Chatur attendance of 200 persons. 2 other fairs. one on dasi (February-March) and another on the occa the occasion of "Ratha Jatra" in the month of sion of "Ratha Jatra" (June-July) are held here June-July and another on the occasion of "Jhulan with an attendance of average 2000--2500 per Jatra" in the month of July-August are held here sons. The former has a duration of two days and with an average attendance of 350 persons. Both the latter lasts for one day only. continue for one day only. KANCHANPUR TEHSIL BiJthai--is situated at a distance of about 16! miles from Dharmanagar town with a population Sukna Cllerra---is at a distance of 12 miles of 757 persons. On the occasion of "Barunisnan" from tehsil headquarters and about 37 miles from 3-3RGIND/66 7 8 sub-divisional headquarters. It contains a popu stationery articles and sweetmeats are sold as in lation of 778 out of which Scheduled Caste is other fairs. 48 and Scheduled Tribe 185. In the month of Chaitra (March-April) on the occasion of Baru Bbati Macbmara-is 21 miles from Kanchan nisnan, a fair for a day is held here which is pur and 36 miles from Dharmanagar, the tehsil attended by 300 persons. and sub-divisional headquarters respectively. It contains a Scheduled Tribe population of 36. Kancbanpur-the tehsil headquarters is at a On the occasion of Buddha Purnima in the month distance of 30 miles from Assam-Agartala road of Falgun (April) a fair for a day is held and and about 54 miles from Dharmanagar, the sub is attended by 300 persons. divisional headquarters. It contains a population of 169 of which Scheduled Caste is I and Sche Nihnani Karbari Para---containing the Sche duled Tribe 82. In the month of May on the duled Tribe population of 127 persons is situated occasion of Buddha Pumima a fair is held here at a distance of 25 miles from tehsiI headquarters for one day which is attended by approximately and 20 miles from sub-divisional headquarters. 500 persons in all. On the occasion of Buddha Purnima (February March) a fair is held here for five days in which Patchartbal-is at a distance of 14 miles from about 1,000 persons attend. Kanchanpur the tehsil headquarters and 30 miles from sub-divisional headquarters and contains a KURTI TEHSIL population of 198 including 8 Scheduled Castes Kadandala-is situated at a distance of 3 miles and 167 Scheduled Tribes. Assam-Agartala read and 15 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional head passes through this village. A fair, known as quarters. It contains a population of 554 includ 'Buddha Mela' or 'Phalguni Mela', is held here ing Scheduled Castes 5. On the occasion of for three days in the month of March (Falgoon) Ratha Jatra (June-July) a fair with an attendance which is attended by nearly 600 persons. of 500 persons is held here for a day. Radha'Dladhab Para-is at a distance of 10 Mohan Taki-is at a distance of 21 miles and miles and 35 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional 22 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional head headquarters respectively. It contains a population quarters. It contains a population of 267 of of 881 of whom Scheduled Caste is 255. Two which Scheduled Caste is 136. Two fairs, one cn fairs, one on the occasion of Rathajatra (June the occasion of Bhairab Puja (January) and the July) and another on the occasion of Paush other on the occasion of Paush Sankranti (Janu Sankranti (December-January) are held here. Both ,;lry) are held here for a day with an average the fairs are held for one day and each is attended attendance of 250 persons. by approximately 7,000 persons. Purao Garad-is situated at a distance of 2 Satnala Bazar--is situated at a distance of miles and 22 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional 7 miles and 60 miles from tehsil and sub-divi headquarters respectively. It contains a population sional headquarters respectively. It has a popula of 202 including 62 Scheduled Castes. There is tion of 9 only. On the occasion of Paush San no Scheduled Tribe in this village. On the occa kranti (January) a fair is held here for a day sion of Barunisnan (January-February), Baruni where about 1,000 persons from different villages Me1a is held here for one day with an attendance assemble. of 600 persons. Maldaaacherra-is at a distance of 3 miles Madhya A_tila-is at a distance of 6 miles frOID tehsil headquarters and 30 miles from Dhar from Brajendranagar, the tehsil headquarters and managar, the sub-divisional headquarters. ]t has 16 n{iles from Dharmanagar. the SUb-divisional a population of 100 persons including 68 Sche headquarters, containing a population of 664 duled Castes. There is not a single member of including Scheduled Castes 157. On the occasion Scheduled Tribe in this village. On the occasion of Chaitra Sankranti (last day of Bengali month of Durga Puja (October-November) a fair, for Chaitra) (March-April), Chaitra Sankranti Mela. three days, is held here anci is attended by 500 is held here for a day with an attendance of 600 persons. Earthenwares, cIaymodels, toys, clothes, persons. Lalchera-is situated at a distance of 7 miles Ranibari Tea Estate--is at a distance of <$ from tehsil headquarters and 4 miles from Dhar miles and 24 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional managar. the sub-divisional headquarters. It headquarters respectively. It contains a popula contains a population of 730. of which Scheduled tion of 564. The Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Caste is 240. On the occasion of Chaitra Sank Tribe population of this village is 97 and 44 ranti i.e., the last day of Bengali month Chaitra respectively. On the occasion of Barunisnan (March-April) Chaitra Sankranti Mela is held here (July) a fair is held here for one day with an for a day. It is attended by about 2,000 persons. attendance of 400 persons. 'KAILASAHAR SUB-DIVISION KAILASAHAR TEHSIL Bbagaban Nagar-is situated at a distance of the village. Two fairs, one on the occasion of 3 miles from Kailasahar tehsil as well as sub Chaitra Sankranti (March-April) and another on divisional headquarters. It contains a population the occasion of Barunisnan (March-April) are of 484. Kailasahar-Dharmanagar road passes held here and each of the fairs continues for through the village. In the month of Chaitra one day. Both the fairs are attended by about (March-April) on the 8th day (Astami) of moon 500 persons. lit period during 10 KAMALPUR SUB-DIVISION KAMALPUR TEHSIL Moban~ur--is situated at a distance of 1 mile a fair is held here with an attendance of 100 from tehsIl as well as sub-divisional headquarters. persons and it continues for a day. It contains a population of 639 of which Sche duled Tribe is 4 and Scheduled Caste nil. On Katnalnagar--is situated at a distance of about the occasion of 'Basanti Puja' in the Bengali 8 miles from Kamalpur. the tehsil as well as month of Chaitra (April-May) a fair is held there sub-divisional headquarters. It contains a popu with an attendance of about 150 people. It con lation of 249 of which Scheduled Caste is 9. tinues for one day. An exhibition-cum-fair is held here for 15 days onCe in a year with daily attendance of 1.000 Ganganagar-is at a distance of 1 miles from t persons. Businessmen from different parts Kamalpur. the tehsil as well as sub-divisional assemble here with their articles and several stalls headquarters with a population of 906. The are installed during the fair. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe popula tion of this village is 230 and 27 respectively. Kamalpur-the tehsil and sub-divisional head On the occasion of Raspurnima (October-Novem quarters contains a population of 979 of which ber) a fair is held there which is attended by more Sched uled Caste is 26 and Scheduled Tribe 11. or less J .000 persons. It continues for one day. On the 16th January an exhibition starts there In Rupashpur and Barasurma. a fair is held which continues for 7 days. It is attended by on the occasion of Rashpurnima (October-Nov 5.000 persons. Besides Government stalls. many ember). The former is attended by nearly 125 other stalls are opened there by private enter persons and the latter by 200 persons. It continues prises where business transactions are done mainly for a day only. on stationery goods. cloths. agri-implements. earth em wares and various metal utensils etc. Doricberra-is situated at a distance of 7 miles from Kamalpur. the tehsil as well as sub-divi sional headquarters. It contains a population of Manikbbandar-is situated at a distance of 3! 188 persons including Scheduled Castes 26 and miles from Kamalpur. It contains a population Scheduled Tribes 30. Four fairs on the occasions of 611 persons including Scheduled Castes 19. of Sibratri (February-March). Basanti Puja From 16th to 30th January i.e .• for 15 days an (March-April). Barunisnan (March-April) and agri-industrial exhibition followed by a fair is held Chaitra Sankranti (March-April) are held here there with an attendance of 5.000 people. with an average attendance of 350 persons on each occasion. Each lasts for one day only. Dharicherra Shib Dati-is situated at a distance of 5t miles from Kamalpur, the tehsil as well as Pascbhn Debicherra-is situated at a distance sub-divisional headquarters. It contains a popu of 6! miles from Kamalpur. the tehsil as well as lation of 217. On the occasion of Shibaratri sub-divisional headquarters. It contains a popu (February-March) a fair known as Shibaratri lation of 574 of which Scheduled Caste is 95. Mela is held here. It is attended by 1.000 per Two fairs one on the occasion of Ratha Jatra sons and continues for a day. (June-July) and the another on the occasion of Charak Puja (March-April) are held here with an KULATHOUR TEHSIL average attendance of 250-300 persons and it continues for a day. Singinala-is at a distance of 9 miles from Mara Cherra-is situated at a distance of 3 Kamalpur and contains a population of 660 of miles from Kamalpur, the tehsil as well as sub which Scheduled Caste is 130 and Scheduled divisional headquarters. It contains a population Tribe 31. In the month of Chaitra (March of 1.088 including 253 Scheduled Castes and 88 April) on the occasion of Charakpuja a fair is Scheduled Tribes. In the month of Chaitra held here which lasts for a day. It is attended by (March-April) on the occasion of Charak Puja about 300 people. 11 12 Daksbin Nalicberra-is situated at a distance Purba DaIucberra-is situated at a distance ot of 11 miles from Kamalpur. It contains a popu 9 miles from Kamalpur. It contains a popula lation of 296. In the month of Falgoon tion of 314 of "Which Scheduled Caste is 21 and (March-April) on the occasion of Buddha Pur Scheduled Tribe 22. In the month of Chaitra nima a fair known as Buddha Mela is held here (March-April) on the occasion of Charak puja. with an attendance of 200 persons and it con Charak Mela which lasts for three days is held tinues for a day only. there with an attendance of 775 persons. KHOWAI SUB-DIVISION ASHARAMBARI TEHSIL ..ToyralD B~is at a distance of 1 mile fr~'m ance of more or less 500 persons. It continues tehsil headquarters and 14 miles from Khowai for a day. town. It contains a population of only 17. On the occasion of Shibaratri (March). Shibaratri Mahadev Tilla-is at a distance of 3 miles from Mela is held here with an attendance of 400 Khowai town and containing population of 348. persons and it continues for one day. On the occasion of Charak Puja, in the month of April, 'Charak Mela' is held here for 2 days ..Titen Akhra-is under Asharambari tehsil and where about 2.000 people attend. is at a distance of Ii miles from tehsil head quarters and 12 miles from Khowai town. It Charganki-is a village adjacent to Khowai contains a population of 512 of which Scheduled town. The population of this village is 1,119 in Caste is 216 and Scheduled Tribe 188. On the cluding Scheduled Caste 243. On the occasion occasion of Ratha Jatra (June-July), 'Rathajatra of the birthday of Lord Krishna, in the month of Mela' is held with an attendance of 300 people August-September, 'Janmastami Mela' is held here and the fair continues for a day only. for a day in which 1,000 persons assemble. KALY ANPUR TEHSIL Purba Souatala--is situated at a distance of Dwarikapur-is under Kalyanpur tehsil and is 31 miles from Khowai town. The population at a distance of 2 miles from Kalyanpur towards of this village is 1.230 with 264 Scheduled Caste west and 10 miles from Khowai town towards and 1 Scheduled Tribe. On the occasion of east. It contains a population of t .676 of which Barunisanan (January-February), 'Barnn; Mela' Scheduled Caste is 426. On the occasion of Saras is held here where 5,000 persons attend and the wati Puja (February) 'Shripanchami Me1a' is held fair continues for a day. here. About 1,000 persons attend and the fair continues for a day. Babhitt Chebri-is at a distance of 6 miles from Khowai town. Khowai-Teliamura road GopaJuagar-is under Kalyanpur tehsil and is 3 passes through it. It contains a population of miles away from Kalyanpur and 15 miles from 903 including 61 Scheduled Caste and 40 Sche Khowai town. On the occasion of Charak PIJja duled Tribe. On the occasion of Charak Puja (April), Charak Mela is held here with an atten (April). Charak Mela is held with an attendance dance of 500 people and it continues r"r one day. of 700 persons and the fair continues for a day. KHOW AI TEHSIL Khowai Tea Estate-is at a distance of 2 miles SiDgicherra-is situated at a distance of 5 miles from Khowai town. containing population of from Khowai town. It contains a population of 739. On the occasion of Barunisnan (January 1,198 of which Scheduled Caste is 215 and Sche February), 'Baruni Mela' is held with an atten duled Tribe 66. On the occasion of Shiba Chatur dance of 5,000 persons and the fair continues for dasi (March), a fair is held herc with an attend- one day. 13 SABROOM SUB-DIVISION AMLIGHAT TEHSIL Krishnanagar-is situated at a distance of 4 Gordhang Satchand~~-·is the border of the two miles and 25 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional sub-divisions. Sabroom and Belonia and situated headquarters respectively and is 13 miles a"vay at a distance of 16 miles from Sabroom and 80 from the main road~Agartala-Sabroom Road. miles from Agartala. Agartala-Sabroom road It contains a population of 812. On the occa passes through this village. It contairis a popu: sion of Chaitra Sankranti (March-April), a fair lation of t',192 of whom Scheduled Caste is 367 is held here with an attendance of 300 persons and Scheduled Tribe 83. On the occasion of Chai for a day. tra Sankranti (March-April), a fair is held here with an attendance of 500 people which continues' AlDligh.a.t~the tehsil headquarters of Amlighat for a day. tehsil is situated at a distance of 16 miles irem Sabroom and contains a popUlation of 103 includ SABROOM TEHSIL ing Scheduled Caste 20 and Scheduled Trihe 4. SabroolD-is the sub-divisional headquarters of At the time of Chaitra Sankranti. (March-April), Sabroom sub-division. It is situated in the ex a fair is held here for a day with an attendance treme south of Tripura and at a distance of 98 of more or less 350 persons. miles from Agartala. The river Feni demarcating the border of East Pakistan and Tripura is flowing GHORAKAPPA TEHSIL by the southern side of Sabroom. It contains a Silacltari-is situated at a distance of 39 miles population of 2,038 including Scheduled Caste from Sabroom. The journey to the village from 213 and Scheduled Tribe 34. On the occasion Sabroom is a tedious one either through hilly of Chaitra Sankranti in the Bengali month of path or by boat through the river Feni. It Chaitra (March-April), 'Chaitra Sankranti 1vfela' is held here for 2 days with a eongregation of contains a population of 300 mostly of tribals. Silachari and the surrounding areas are inhabited about 500 people. by tribals like Chakma, Mag etc .• most of whom Chatakhil-is situated at a distance of 3 miles are Buddhist by religion. On the occasion of from Sabroom. It contains a population of Buddha Purnima (May). a fair is held for one only 8. There is no Scheduled Caste or Sche day only and ;s attended by 200 people. duled Tribe in this village. On the occasion of Chaitra SankTanti a fair is held for 2 days and MANU TEHSIL about 600 people attend. Manu-is situated at a distance of 9 miles from Bijoynagar-is situated at a distance of 6 miles Sabroom and 89 miles from Agartala. It contains from Sabroom. containing a population of 1.432 a population of 1,204 including 543 Scheduled of whom Scheduled Caste is 343 and Scheduled Caste and 11 Scheduled Tribe. At the time of Tribe 21. At the time of Bengali New Year's Day Bengali New Year's Day (March-April), a fair (April) a fair is held here for a day and it is at with an attendance of 400 persons is held here for tended by 300 persons. a day. SAMPENDRAGANJA TEHSIL Doang Mag Para-is situated at a distance of 15 miles from Sabroom and about 90 miles from Madbabnagar----is situated at a distance of 3 Agartala. It contains a population of 404. This is miles and 22 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional a tribal village. At the time of Chaitra Sankranti headquarters respectively. It contains a popula in the Bengali month of Chaitra (March-Aprin, a tion of 493. On the occasion of Chaitra Sankranti fair with a congregation of 550 persons is held (March-April). a fair is held here for one day here for a day. with an attendance of 500 persons. 14 SADAR SUB-DIVISION BAMUTTA TEHSIL Cucha Mura-is situated at a distance of 4 and continues for 3 days. About 10 thousand miles fron1 tehsil headquarters and 16 n~iles 'from people of different castes and creeds from different Agartala. the Sub-divisional Headquarters. It con places attend the fair. Business transaction are tains a population of 474 of whom Scheduled mainly done on brass metal, agri-implements. Caste is 63 and Scheduled Tribe 3. On the occa clothes. stationery goods etc. sion of Shiba Chaturdasi (February-March) a fair known as 'Shiba Chaturdasi Mela' is held here CHARILAM TEHSIL with an attendance of 500 persons and it continues <;anga SardaT Pa'ra-·is at a distance of 6 miles for one day. and 24 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional head Kalkalia-is at a distance of 4 miles from tehsil quarters respectively. The population of this vil headquarters and at a distance of 22 miles frem lage is 248 of whom Scheduled Tribe is 222. Agartala, the sub-divisional headquarters. It There is no Scheduled Caste in this village, It is contains a population of 657 out of which at a distance of 10 n1iles from Agartala-Sabroom Scheduled Caste is 214 and Scheduled Tribe 90. road. In the last day of Bengali month Chaitra On 1st Baisakh (April-May) a fair, known as (April-May) a fair is held which is attended by a 'Sitaran1 Kunda Mela' is held here and continues very small gathering. for a day. It is attended by nearly 1,000 persons. Chandi Thakur Para-is at a distance of 2! Noagoan-is situated at a distance of 2 miles miles from tehsil headquarters and 18 miles from from tehsil headquarters and 12 miles from sub-divisional headquarters. It has a population sub-divisional headquarters. The population of of 389 including 374 Scheduled Tribe and there this village is 623 of which Scheduled Caste is 79 is no Scheduled Caste in this village. Here also and Scheduled Tribe 2. On the occasion of Shiba in the last day of Bengali month Chaitra (April Chaturdasi in the month of Falgoona (February May), a fair is held. March) a fair is held there which is known as Brindaban Thakur Para-is at a distance of 5 'Shiba Chaturdasir Mela' and it continues for miles and 21 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional a day only. It is attended by 400-500 people. headquarters respectively. It contains a popu Harendranagar T. E.-is situated at a distance lation of 153. On the occasion of Chaitra San of 10 miles from tehsil headquarters and its krant; i.e .. last day of Bengali n10nth Chaitra distance from main road is 2t miles. The popu (April) a fair is held which is attended by app lation of this village is 528 including Scheduled roximately 4,000 persons. Caste 76 and Scheduled Tribe 54. Here also in .Jagai Barl-is situated at a distance of 4 miles the month of Falgoona (February-March) on from tehsil headquarters and 23 miles from sub the occasion of Siba Chaturdasi a fair is held divisional headquarters and it has a population which has a duration of one day only and is of 232 of whom Scheduled Caste is 10 and Sche attended by ['000 people of both sexes of different duled Tribe 222. On the occasion of Chaitra communities. Sankranti in the month of April, a fair is held which is attended by 5.000 persons. BTSHALGARH TEHSTL Bisramgang COlony-· -is at a distance of 4 Isanganj Bazar-is under Bisalgarh Tehsil of miles from tehsil headquarters and 22 miles from Sadar Sub-division. It is situated at a distance suh-divisional headquarters and lts population is of about 18 miles from suh-divisional head 262 (Scheduled Tribe 247 and Scheduled Caste quarters and is connected by a pucca road. It nil). On the occasion of Chaitra Sankranti i.e .. contains a total population of 800. The Scheduled in the month of April. a fair is held which is Caste and Scheduled Tribe population of this attended by 5,000 persons. village is 105 and 9 respectively. On the occasion of Bengali New Ycar"s day a fair known as ~Bai Mohan Kobra Para-is at a distance of 9 sakhi-melu' is held here. It starts on 10th Baisakh miles from tehsil headquarters and 23 miles 4·-:\ RGIND/66 15 1(i from sub-divisional headquarters. It contains a >Vladhavpur-is situated at a distance of 1 mIle population of 69 of whom Scheduled Tribe is 59 and 8 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional head and Scheduled Casle nil. On the occasion of quarters respectively. It contains a population of Chaitra Sankranti in the month of April. a fair i~ 414. A 3t miles kutcha road connects the village held ",rhich is attended by 5.000 persons. with th<.; Agartala-Sabroom road. On first Baisakha (April-May) on the occasion of Bengali New Year's Day a fair (Mela) is held here with Debcitdra Choudhury Para-is at a distan.:e of a duration of one day only. It is attended appro 8} Hliles from tehsi! headquarters and nearly 25 xirriately by 500 persons. The articles sold here miles from sub-diyisional headquarters. The popu are clothes, stationery goods and sweets etc. lation of this village is 62 including Scheduled Trihe 50 and there is no Scheduled Caste people in this village. On the occasion of Chaitra San KAMALASAGAR TEHSll, kranti (last day of Bengali month Chaitra) in the month of April, a fair is held for a day. It is Kamalasagar Kalibari-is situated at a distance attended by 4.000 persons. of about 18 miles from sub-divisional head quarters_ 11 is under Kamalasagar Tehsil of Sadar Nidan Choudhury Para-is at a distance of sub-diyision. A kutcha road connects it with the 7 nliles from tehsil headquarters and 23 miles IIlotorable road running fron1 the sub-diyisional from sub-djvisional headquarters. It conta ins a headquarters. Every year in the month of Kartika pnpulntion of 42 of \vhich Scheduled Tr~hL': is 26. Dukli-(Purba and PascbiUl)-is situated at a SADAR TEHSIL distance of 3!- miles from Agartala and has a Nabagrant-is situated at a distance of 5 llliles population of 1.855. of whom Scheduled Caste is from tehsil and sub-divisional headquarters. It 616 and Scheduled Tribe niL On the occasiun has a strength of 62 persons of whon) Scheduled of Chaitra Sankranti in the Bengali month of Caste is 21 and Scheduled Tribe niL On the Chaitra (April) a fair ;s held here and continues occasion of Chaitra Sankranli, a fair known as for a day. It is attended by 500 persons approxi 'Chaitra Sankrant:r Mela' is held here with an mately. attendance of nearly 500 persons. Narayanpur (Purba and PaschiIn)-is situated at a distance of about 8 miles from Agartala Uttar Ra_nagar-is at a distance of 4 miles the DIstrict Headquarters. On the occasion of from sub-divisional headquarters. It contains a Paush Sankranti i.e., last day of Bengali month population of 719 of which Scheduled Caste is 'Pausha' (January), a fair of the same name is 293 and Scheduled Tribe nil. On the occasion held here. which lasts for a day and is attended of Bengali New Year's Day, a fair known as by 500--600 persons. The total population of 'Nababarsa Mela' is held here with an attendance this village is 2.658, out of which Scheduled of nearly 325 persons. Caste is L 164 and Scheduled Tribe 14. Tebaria-is at a distance of 3 nliles from Bardwali (Uttar and Dakshin)--is at a distance Agartala, the tehsil and Sub-divisional .Head of 3 tniles fron1 Agartala and it contains a popu quarters. The population of this village is 594. lation of 3,552 including Scheduled Caste 450 Here also a fair is held with an attendance of and Scheduled Tribe 53. Two fairs, one on the 300 persons On the occasion of Bengali New occasion of Paush Sankranti (December-January) Year's Day i.e .. 1st Baisakha (April-May). and the other on the occasion of l3engali New Year's Day i.e .. the first day of Baisakh (April DamdaDIia Colony-is at a distance of 6i miles May) are held here and each draws on an from sub-divisional headquarters. It contains a average 300-350 people of both sexes of diffe population of 677 including 593 Scheduled Caste rent communities on this occasion. persons. There is no Scheduled Tribe in this village. On the occasion of Bengali New ·Year-s Badharghat-is situated at a distance of 2! Day in the month of Baisakha (April-1'vfay) a fililes from Agartala. It contains a population of fair known as 'Nababarser Mela' is held here 3,399 of whom Scheduled Caste is 834 and Sche with an attendance of 300 persons. duled Tribe 51. On the occasion of Raspurnima Gazaria-which is situated at a distance of TAKARJALA TEHSIL 5 miles fronl Agartala, the suh-divisional head Takarjala-the village Takarjala is situated at quarters, contains a population of 949 of which a distance of 25 miles fronl suh-divisional head Scheduled Casle is 550. On the occasion of quarters and is the tehsil headquarters. It is con Paush Sankranti (December-January) a fuir. nected by a kutcha road with the Agartala-Sab known as 'Dargarmela' is held which is attended roonl Road. It has a population of 166 with by approximately 300 persons and lasts for one Scheduled Caste 12 and Scheduled Tribe 17. On day only. the first day of Baisakha (April-l'v1ay) of Bengali year, a fair called 'Raisakhi Mela' is held here SIMNA TEHSIL which has a day's duration and is attended by SonaralD Master Palli-is situated at a distance nearly 500 persons of hoth sexes. Generally of 6 miles and 25 miles from tehsil and sub-divi stationery articles~ clothes. s"v~ets~ toys etc." are sional headquarters respectivdy. it has a popu- ~old in this fair. SONAMURA SUB-DIVISION BOXANAGAR TEHSIL Ka.... nchera-is situated at a distance of I mile Bardwal-is situated at a distance of 3 nliles from tehsil headquarters and 23 miles from Sona from Sonamura with a population of 2,013 of mura, the sub-divisional headquarters. It contains which S"heduled Caste is 869. On the occasion a population of J ,053. On the occasion of Ben of Paush Sankranti i.c .. the last day of Bengali gali New Year's Day (April) Baisakhi ~fda is month Poush (December-January) a fair, known held here with an attcndance of about 300 '" 'Battala ~lela' is held here with an attendance persons. It continues for one day. of j _000 persons for 2 day". l\-Jaheshpur-is situated at a distance oC 16 Dllrgapur-is situated at a distance of I mile miles from Sonamura. It contains a population of from Sonamura with a population of 504. 1n 716 including 8 Scheduled Caste and 1 Scheduled the month of February an Industrial Exhibition Tribe. On the occasion of Bengali Ncw Year's (,ltln-fair is held here. It continue~ for 15 days Day tApril) Baisakhi Mela, is held here with an and it is attended by 2.000 persons. attendance of about 300 persons and continues for one day. Sonantura Town-is situated at a distance of 36 miles from Agartala and contains a pop:..tation Monaipatbar-is situated at a distance of 5 of 2.248. In the month of February an Agri miles from Kathalia and 24 miles from Sonamura. Industrial Exhihition-clinl-fair is held here. It It contains a population of 37 out of whom 10 continues for 15 days and is attended by 2.000 are Scheduled Tribe. On the occasion of Bengali persons. New Year's Day (April), Baisakhi Mela is held here with a congregation-'of 300 persons. It con Sbrimantapur-is at a distance of I mile fronl tinues for a day. Sonanlura and its population is 1.032, out of which Scheduled Caste is I I. ChiwIDahani-is at a distance of 10 miles frum Sonamura. It contains a population of 2.230 of Rabindranagar-is at a distance of I llliIe from which Scheduled Caste is 664 and Scheduled Sonaolura and contains 1~032 persons ill.eluding Tribe L On the occasion of Chaitra Sankranti. 242 Scheduled Caste and 48 Scheduled Tribes. Chaitra Sankrantir Mela is held here. It con tinues for a day and is attended by nearly 500 Subhapur-is at a distance of Ie], miles from persons_ Sonamura and contains 476 persons. Melaghar---is situated at a distano.:e of 5 miles Sonapur (Chakbasta)-is at a distance ot 3 towards north fron) Sonanlura and 31 miles south miles from Sonamura and contains] .347 persons. from Agartala. Agartala--Sonamura road passes through this village. It is a business centre. Bejhnara-is situated at a distance of I mile There is also a road which connects this pk.ce from Sonamura containing 1.045 persons. with Udaipur Sub-division. The pala<:e 'Nirmahal' is situated here in a big lake called 'Rudra Garur Bund-is at a distance of 4 miles from sagar"'_ Three fairs. one on the occasion of Sonamura and contains 420 persons of ,""hom Bengali New Year's Dav which is known as Scheduled Caste is 44 and Scheduled Tribe nil. 'Baisakhi l\1ela' one on the occasion of Charak Puja in the month of Chaitra (April) which is In all the above villages, an Agri-Industrial known as Charak-mela and the other on the Exhibition,clIlll-fair is held in the month or Feb occasion of Ratha Jatra (June-July) are held here ruary. It continues for 15 days in all the villages. with an average attendance of 2.000 persons. All These fairs are attended daily by 1.500- -2.000 the fairs continue for a day. persons on average. 20 UDAIPUR SUB-DIVISION RADHAKISHOREPUR TEHSIL Jne day with an attendance of more or less 500 '_:lersons_ Mata and TaJuk Colony-is situated lJ.1 a dis tance of 2~ miles from Radhakishorep";r town. Tulamurah-is at a distance of 14 miles and the headquarters of Radhakishorepur tehsil ,vhlch 19 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional head falls under the jurisdiction of Udaipur Sub-Divi quarters respectively. It contains a population sion of Tripura. Rikshaws are always a"[,ilable of 375 out of which Scheduled Caste is 21 and from Radhakishorepur to the village. Agartala Scheduled Tribe 14. Sabroom road passes through the village. It contains" population of 1.202 of whom Scheduled Ka.Jnalasagar--is situated at a distance of 3 Caste is 272. There is an ancient temple of miles from tehsil headquarters and 5 miles from Goddess Kali in the village by the side of Agar suh-divisional headquarters. It contains a popu tala-Sabroonl road. It ·is said that the t('u'ple lation of 59 only. No Scheduled Caste and was constructed by the Raj Dhany Manikya. of Scheduled Tribe people live in this village. Tripura. (i) Sibachaturdasir J'Vleia in .the month of ]'!eb In both the above villages. on the occasion of ruary is held here. duration of which is 15 d:..tys Poush Sankranti (December-January) a fair is and more or less 5.000 people attend the fair. held for a day with an average attendance of 550 persons. (ii) In the month of Chaitra (April-!>--Jay) on the occasion of Chaitra Sankranti a fair is held Kishoregouj-is situated at a distance of 6 here and continues for one day and it is attended miles and 10 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional hy 3.000 people. headquarters respectively. It contains a population of 1.471 out of which Scheduled Caste is 25 and (iii) In the nlonth of Karlik (Octobcr-Novcm Scheduled Tribe is 6. On the occasion of Shiba her) on the occasion of Kalipuja (Dewali festival). chaturdasi (February-March) a fair is held for Dewali Mela is held here and continues for one 15 days with an average attendance of 500 people day. It is attended by 2.000 people. per day. Mog Phus Karini-is situated at a distance of 6 miles from Radhakishorepur town. the tehsil Bipinnagar Colony-is situated at a distance of as well as sub-divisional headquarters. It con 6 miles and 9 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional tains a population of 2.319 of which Scheduled headquarters respectively. It contains a popula Caste is 75 and Scheduled Tribe 61 L In the tion of 366 of which Scheduled Caste is 37. In month of December on the occasion of X-mas the nlonth "I' Baisakh (April-May) on the occa day, a fair is held here with an attendance of sion of Bengali New Year's Day a fair is held 2.000 persons for one day. here with an attendance of mOre or less 300 persons for a day. SALGARA TEHSIL Basantanagar-is situated at a distance of 7 Mirja Math-is situated at a distance of 3 miles miles and 9 miles from tehsil and suh-divisional and t 3 miles from tehsil and sub-divisional head headquarters respectively. It contains a population quarters respectively. It contains a population of of 2.418 of ""hich Scheduled Caste is 406. On the 2.431 including Scheduled Castc 130 and Sche occasion of Ratha Jatra (June-July) a fair is duled Tribe 24. On the occasion of Poush San held here for a day with an attendance of 600 kranti (Decemher-January) a fair is held here for persons. 21 " ( TRIPURA _~i 2.· , ..... '0' IMPORTANT FESTIVAL BY RELIGION IN SUB .ood. DIVISIONS WITH MINIMUM CONGREGATION OF 100 \Oo~ ~ ro-ggood. ·,.,...-._·0000001 ""Il E~S;.8"1I!!!~~Oiiiiiiiii"F~89M l S ,.. 10000000Oi • ..; )0000000· , 6KMS e eeeet 00-61 KllOMET"EC3 16 \e e-2 \. l 00000"" ...... OoCl-~ j~~~~~00"". $-1 " , i $_' I NOTE:- (i) EACH DOT REPRESENTS '00 CON'REQATIOII (i i) F'GURES AGA'NST THE DOTS REPRESENT No. OF VILLAGES LEGEND DURG A PUJ' tH'NDU) o IO-UZ-ZUl-fA (MUSLIM) e 2,0 2'· BUDDHA PURN,,,. (BUODH,ST) <:) 0' Q' INTERfrlATlONAL BOUJr,lI)AA.¥ _._.- SlATE BOUNDARY CHAPTER III DESCRIPTIVE NOTES ON SELECTED FAIRS AND FESTIVALS 5-3 RC.INDj66 Tcrnporary bridge made of bamboo for reaching the place of festival 'KHARCffr over the river ' Howrah' View of 'KHARCHI MELA·. KHARCHI FESTIVAl_ 'Kharchi' Puja of this territory is performed Tripur. who used to TulD 'a'n:s.'.1and and after whom with great joy and devotion. No other festival the place was named as Trip~ra. It is said that in Tripura is held with so much pomp and show he was very cruel and oppressive towards the as this. It is also called 'Chaturdash' or 'Chaudda subjects. The tyranny and oppression of the king Devata Puja'. became so intolerable that his subjects lodged protest against him to Lord Siva. who being The place where the festival fair is held is pleased with their prayers and worship. killed known as 'Chaturdash Devata' or 'Chaudda the king Tripur. Though the king was killed. Devatar Bari', Old Agartala, the second capital the sufferings and miseries of the people instead of His Highness Krishna-manikya. The place is of abating aggravated. as they were left without at present under the jurisdiction of Old Agartala a King. They once again prayed to Lord Siva tehsil of Sadar Sub-division and is situated at a for a King. Lord Siva was pleased and said distance of 4! miles east from Agartala. the Dis that soon the widow queen of Tripur. 'Hirabati' trkt Headquarters and about two furlongs from would be blessed with a son. who would rule the the Assam-Agartala Road. Buses. Rickshaws and kingdom to the satisfaction of all. He. however. Jeeps are always plying on the road and are, directed the queen and others to worship daily therefore, available upto Ferryghat, from where the following Gods :- one has to cross the river Hoogly which is flowing in the direction of East to West. During 1. Hara (Lord Siva). 2. Uma (wife of Lord Siva), 3. Hari (Lord Bishnu), 4. Ma (Lakshmi). Kharchi Puja two one-way ten"porary bamboo bridge (Sanko) are constructed over the river, 5. Bani (Saraswati). 6. Kumar (Kartikaya). 7. Ganesh (Siddhidata). 8. Brahma (Creator of Uni one of which is used for going to the place of verse), 9. Prithi (Goddess of Earth). 10. Samudra festival while the other is used for the return (God of Ocean), 11. Ganga (Goddess of Ganges), journey. These bridges are constructed by a 12. Agni (God of Fire). 13. Kamdev (God of private party, which charges toll of three paise Love and Romance). 14. Himalaya (God of all per head each way. People go to the place of worship bare footed. Numerous stalls are built Hills). which are managed by the local boys who take care of shoes of people and charge three paise The other story is. however. different. Accord per pair. ing to this story the fourteen gods in bygone days were in possession of the king of Burma. It is Old Agartala "Was the capital of the former said that in a dream a king of Tripura was rulers of Tripura and 'Chaturdash Devata' were directed by Lord Siva to bring these Fourteen their family deities. When the capital was shift Gods and Goddess in the soil of Tripura. as they ed to Agartala from Old Agartala. the family were not worshipped regularly and properly by deities were. however, left over there for reasons the king of Burma. It was also revealed that not known to us. The then ruler of Tripura, the possession of fourteen gods would make the however, appointed a group of tribal priests for king of Tripura invincible. As desired by Him. the worship of these fourteen Gods. From that the king of Tripura sent an army against the time onward the Gods are being daily worship king of Burma and defeated him. in the battle ped. But in the month of Ashar (June-July) on that ensued. Since the fourteen gods were very the 8th day of the moonlit period (Suklastami), massive and heavy. the king of Tripura brought a special worship known as Kharchi Puja begins only the fourteen heads in his Kingdom. which which continues for 7 days. have now been kept in the temple of 'Chaturdash Devata' at Old Agartala. As regards genesis of the deities there are two legends in vogue. According to one it transpires (There is.. however. no evidence in support of that in the hoary past there was a king named this story). 26 The deities are made of stone with covering of priest Chanta; Maharaj. The chief priest utters gold. with the exception of one which has silver a strange but monotonus sound of Ku Ku ..... ,.,' covering. It is said that once at the time of all the way to the river. It is responded by Kharchi Puja when all the deities were taken to other priests in turn. This sound is said to be the river for bath. one of the fourteen gods fell in vogue· from the time when one of Lhe fourteen into it and was lost. The loss was. however. gods was lost in the river. The significance of made up by a new image with a silver covering the sound is that the chief priest makes enquiry at the ins:ance of the chief priest Chantai. all the time whether all the deities are in tact " or not. After the bath the deities are taken to a These deities are ordinarily kept in an iron special hut. four sides of which are open. This safe. Every day three of these are taken out hut is constructed temporarily in front of the and worshipped by rotation and only during the temple. The heads of the deities are then fitted t'me of Kharchi Puja all are taken out and wor on the tops of fourteen pieces of bamboo. each shipped together. The worship· of these deities of which is about one and half feet in height. is entrusted to a group of priest. who are all The chief pl'iest then begins the worship of tribals (Tripuri). There is one chief priest known fourteen gods one by one. Various commodi as Chantai Maharaja. he is assisted by four ties such as plantains. rice. pulses and other others known as Narayan. Narayans in tum fruits are offered. After worship. the deities are are assisted by eight other priests called Barifang. taken to another room which is also constructed It is customary that after the death of 'Chantai' temporarily. Here the deities are kept up to the the senior most Narayan should succeed him. time of worship of the next day. when these Priesthood though theoretically is not hereditary. are taken back to the previous room and fitted in practice it is so. What happens really is. that as before on those bamboo sticks. the Narayans are usually,. the sons of the The most redeeming feature of the Kharchi ChantaL So with the death of the Chantal Puja is the sacrifice of thousands of he-goats offer one of his son succeeds him. In addition to ed by religious minded people of all castes and above mentioned priests there are 80 more priests creeds at the altar. It is estimated that on the known as GaUm. These peop:e are entrusted first day of worship as many as two thousand with the duty of slaughtering of animals offered he-goats are sacrified. while on subsequent days, by devotees at the altar of fourteen Gods. on an average 5 hundred to 6 hundred' he-goats are sacrified. This act of sacrifice is. as already The festival is held in an area of nearly 1.5 mentioned. performed by a special group of acres of land which' is adjacent to the old palace priests known as Galim. Body of the animal of the King of Tripura. At present. it is the after being sacrified. is given back to the person dwelling of the chief priest. The land where who brings it. while the head is retained by the A partial view of fair associated with the festival Kharchi in front or the temple of ·CHATURDASDEVATA'_ Animal sacrifice- a special feature of Kharchi festivaL 27 and females attend the festival freely without years the Secretary of the Club is being elected any restriction or taboo. The main attraction as the Secretary of the Fair Committee. The of the festival is no doubt CIl£llldda Devata, but source of income of this Committee is from the it becomes more attractive due to a big fair. loll and subscriptions realised from the business which is held on the site of the festival; the men and local inhabitants respectively. Fair is held on two acres of Klias land. Bu'siness The nlCmbers of the 'Bani Sangha' per(orm men mainly from Agartala and other nearby sub the duties of volunteers with collaboration of divisions corne here with stationery articles. the members of other clubs under Jirania Block. hard wares. sweetmeats, earthen wares, etc. Total number of these businessmen is estimated to be On the eve of 'Kharchi Mela' the Secretary of 600. Series of temporary stalls numbering 70-80- 'Bani Sangha' appeals to all the clubs under are seen arranged on four sides of the rectangular Jirania Block and High Schools at Agartala for land also on either side of the Kutcha road, volunteers. The number of volunteers requisi which leads to the site of the festival from the tioned is about 100-150. For their management Ferry Ghat. Many of the stalls are erected by and control another Sub-committee with 3-4 different Departments of Government viz., Edu members is formed. Apart from this a number 'cational, Industry and Publicity. Panchayat and of Constables are requisitioned from Kotwali CAgriculture Department. These stalls are meant (Police Station). Agartala. They are during the for displaying exhibits and activities of the above period of 7 days of the fair and festival stationed named Departments of the Govemment. They in a temporary camp at Old Agartala M.E. are seen squattered on the grounds being divided School. The Superintendent of Police and Deputy mto several blocks and deal with stationery arti Superintendent or Police and Sub-divisional 'cles. earthenwares, hardwares etc. It is estimated Officer etc. communicate with 'Bani Sangha' for that on an average 8.000 people attend the fair the proper management and control of the fair. 'and festival daily. Total business transaction Puppet shows, documentary films and some during the period of 7 days is estimated to be times full length pictures are screened by the worth Rs. 35.000. Each stall holder has to Department of Publicity. There is no special -deposit Rs. 5 as caution lnoney. which is. how arrangement for recreation excepting those ,ever, refundable. But in case of violation of already mentioned, although there are some rules and regulations of the fair committee,. this Kirtan parties here and there singing devotional deposit is liable to be forfeited. Besides, every songs. stall-holder has to pay Rs. 1.75 P. per day as toll to the managing committee, while each of Transport facilities are provided by Bus those who squat on the grounds with stationery Owners" A ssociation and 'Taxi Owners' Associa articles. earthenwares, etc. pays only 0.25 P. tion of Tripura. During the period of festival a and those with sweetmeat and tea, pay Rs. 1.40 P. number of vehicles is added to the existing fleet. per day as toll. and trips of vehicles are also increased from Agartala to Ferryghat. There is no special The fair is organised by the Block Office now-a arrangement for sanitation. A few labourers en days. For the management of the fair and the gaged by the Fair Committee on daily wage-basis. festival committee is formed. the members of who clear out every moming, the refuge and gar which are drawn from local inhabitants and bage of the fair. There is no arrangement of shel Government employees. The Block Officer of ter for people coming from far off places. Those Jirania Block is invariably elected as the Presi who stay for onc or two nights take their shelter dent of the Committee. Besides, there are two under the varandha of the Old Palace. Of course. Vice-Presidents, one Secretary, and 7-8 members. temporary restaurants and hotels catering for Tn Old Agartala market there is a youth club food meet their need to some extent in this known as 'Bani Sangha', and for the last four respect. KER I<'ESTIVAL Probably the most outstanding and at th~ same Galim montre sehi mudra chantai adhin time peculiar festival of Tripura is the Ker Puja. It is held just after a fortnight of Kharchi Puja. Shei adai dineyadi janma rnrityu hoe the biggest and most important of all festivals of Tobe jano ker mudra mule nastya hoe') the territory. The worship of .J Engravings of Lord Brahma-Bishnu-Shiva on a stone in Unakuti Hill. UNAKUTI MELA The Unakuti in Kailasahar Sub-division of of 'Unakuti Mela'. It is also known as Asthmnir the territory of Tripura is famous for its carvings Mcla as it is held on the eighth day (Asthami) of various images on the walls of hills. The of the bright fortnight of the Bengali month of images are numerous and depict various gods Choifra (April-May) while the other synonym and goddesses of Hindu religion. It is said that is ~Baruni.' the engravings are not the result of aesthetic pas sions of art loving ruler. or the painstaking com The place Unakuti is in Kailasahar Tehsil of plicated work of some eminent sculptures. nor Kailasahar Sub-division. It is situated at a dis are they emblems of some secret art. But the tance of 7 miles east of the sub-divisional head story current in connection with their genesis is quarters and I J 2 miles north-east of Agartala. as follows :- the capital of the territory. Bus service from Agartala running on the Agartala-Assam Road is "That. the Unakuti. was. the meeting place of available up to Kumarghat which is ninety miles gods and goddesses. where they assembled with from Agartala. Then one has to cross the river an intention to make the place another Manu and board on a jeep to reach Kailasahar 'Brindaban' like the original one situated near Sub-divisional Headquarters which is only Mathura in north-west India. In order to take seventeen miles from Kumarghat. From Kaila a final decision in the matter they fixed a day sahar the place of fair can be reached by two Astami-8th day of the bright fortnight of the roads; one is a pucca road. called Dharmanagar Bengali month Chaitra (April-May). when ten Kailasahar Road (still under construction). which millions crore of gods and goddesses would links the above-mentioned two sub-divisions and assemble and decide if the spot could be finally the other is a kutcha one. The former passes by adopted for making it another sacred place like the side of 'Unakuti hill' within a range of a mile. that of 'Brindaban' of north-west India. Since while the latter kutclu.l road ends in Devasthal gods and goddesses cannot appear during day Tea Estate which is at a distance of one mile time when human beings are awake. they decided from Unakuti Tirtha. to meet in the darkness of the night on the pro posed day. They were. however, cautioned by To reach the site of the fair from Kailasahar the supreme God that they should quit the place Sub-divisional Headquarters. one ·has to travel before dawn and they were further warned that all the way on foot or can take a rickshaw up to if they stayed there even after the first crow had Devasthal Tea Garden. Therefrom one has to cawed. they would all turn into stone images. But go one mile on foot through dense jungle along as ill-luck would have it. on the day of meeting narrow hill track and has to cross shallow stream all but one arrived in time. So the rest had to (cherra) seven times on the way and finally has wait for the last god to appear. But before he to climb a very stiff hillock. All the year round could arrive a crow had cawed. as a result of the track leading to Unakuti from Devasthal Tea which all of them were tumed into stones. as Garden remains covered with thick Changrass we see them now on the walls of Unakuti hills." and bushes of Hogla. Only on the eve of the fair people of the neighbouring areas and busi In Bengali language one crore is termed as nessmen try to clear out jungles as far as possible 'Kuti' and 'Una' means less. Since at the night for the convenience of the people who go to the of ill-fated meeting a crore (Kuti) of deities less fair. by one actually met at the spot. the place has come to be known as 'Unakuti Tirtha: The fair is held on approximately 2.5 acres of khas land on the top of a hillock. which is about From time immemorial the place attracts the 300 ft. above the level of Manu river. It is religious minded people and also art loving and bounded on all sides by hill ranges demarcatinp; pleasure seeking adventurous from far and near. the areas from Dharmanagar on the east. East In course of time the place gradually got linked Pakistan on the north and other areas of Kaila up with a famous fair which goes by the name sahar on the south and west. 30 The fair as already mentioned is held on the The main attraction of the fair is the Baruni eighth day of bright fortnight of the Bengali or Asthacni Snan or a bath in a spring water month of "Chaitra' (April-May) and continues for Kundo which is situated on the slopes of the two days. It starts at the night of first day and hillock (Unakuti) and its edges are made of ends at the evening of the next day. At night natural stones. From the bottom of the hillock the fair is held on the top of the hillock (Unakuti) a bamboo ladder is laid in a slanting position and next day in the day time it is shifted to which reached up to the entrance of the Kunda Battala situated at a distance of 2 miles from -Pilgrims reach the basin with its help and take Unakuti on the west by the side of the Dharma bath in it, which they consider as an act of purifi nagar-Kailasahar Road. People of all castes and cation (Punnya). It is also believed that its creeds except the Kukis and Lushais who are water is capable of curing all diseases. The sur mostly Christians participate in the fair. Both rounding walls of the Kunda are profusely males and females attend the fair without any engraved with the images of different deities such restriction or taboo. They come from all corners as 'Lakshmi', 'Mahadev', 'Vishnu' etc. There is of the territory. The tribals and the Hindus of also an image of an ox which is said to be the KailasahaJ;". Dharmanagar and Kamalpur Sub carrier (Bahan) of Lord Siva. divisions avail of the first opportunity to attend the fair and as such they constitute the main bulk Apart fran, the above-mcntioned kundo there of the gathering. which is approximately stated to is also a temple of Vishnu on the top of the be 10.000 in number. The gathering, it is said, same hillock. which also attracts a great number is now less than what it used to be before of religious minded people, specially those belong partition. ing to Vaishnaba sect of l-lindu religion.' The temp:c has a wall made of bamboo 'Tarja' erected Businessmen mainly from Kailasahar and on a cemented (Pucca) plinth and roofed over Dharmanagar come here with stationery articles. with fore sloped corrugated iron sheets. Inside sweetmeats earthen wares. hardwares" and Total the temple there is an idol of Vishnu and a few number of them are estimated to be 300----400. other deities. A tribal (Trip uri) priest. who re The Muslims and other non-Hindu businessmen sides permanently on the top of the hillock is join the fair and makc a good business at Battala, in charge of daily worship of these deities. but the entry of the Muslims and Christians businessmen or visitors, on the hill top (Unakuti) is forbidden. The fair is organised and controlled by a com mittee formed by the local inhabitants and busi On the hiltops. it is not convenient for the nessmen in collaboration with Government em businessmen to erect stall and as such they squat ployees and a group of policen,en is sent by on the ground with their commodities scattered the officer-in-charge of Kailasahar Police Station here and there. In the plain i.e., in Battala, to the fair for maintaining law and order. The however, series of temporary stalls numbering 60 source of finance of this committee is the sub to 80 are seen arranged on the four sides of the scriptions realised from local inhabitants, tolls rectangular land, which measures 1.5 acres and and taxes collected from the businessmen and also on either side of the Dharmanagar-Kaila stall holders. Every stall holder has to pay sahar Road and the road leading to Devasthal Rc. 1 for one yard of space. while those squatting Tea Garden. on the ground pay only Re. 0.25 p. for the same space. The boys of schools and the people of The inner ring of the business activitics in neighbouring areas work as volunteers. There is Battala on the other hand is formed by less no arrangement for sanitation or shelter for the fortunate businessmen. They are seen squatting visitors nor are there any special arrangements on the ground, in a systematic manner. They are for transport. On the occasion of the festival divided into several blocks. In one block only thc "Motor Owners' Association" of Kailasahar, hardwares are sold, while other blocks deal with of course. increases the number of trips from exclusively stationery articles or carthenwares. Kailasahar to Battala and Kumarghat to Battala No agricultural products of any kind arc brought and temporary restaurants and hotels catering for here for sale. The transactions carried on in food, meet to some extent the requirements, of two places during this period are to the tune of the pilgrims and visitors coming from far and Rs. 8.000-10,000. near. DUMBARU OR TIRTHAMUKH MELA The Dumbaru falls at the source of the Gumati corners of the territory come here on the auspi river in Amarpur Sub-division is famous for its cious occasion, while non-tribals come mainly natural beauty. It is acclaimed to be one of f.-om the Sub-division of Amarpu1<. The total the most beauty spots in Tripura. The place is gathering for three days in the fair is estimated not. however. easily accessible. It is surrounded to be to the tune of 8,000 people. by dense forests infested with wild animals. The prime attraction of the fair is the "Holy Dumbaru and its adjoining places are also bath' in "Tirthamukh". No God Or Goddess in known as Tirthamukh and are considered as the form of any idol is propitiated in this con sacred as the river Gumati. which is considered nection. Of course. the river Gumati which is to be very sacred by the tribals specially the believed to be a deity hy the tribal is worshipped Tripuras originates from here. It attracts pilgrims by their priest CAchai) at the source of the river. and visitors from far and near. Some come here In that worship sacrifice of animals such as goats activa.ted by religious belief. while others come and pigeons is said to be compulsory. just for pleasure and recreation. Businessmen from Nutanbazar, Amarpur and The Dumbaru falls descends from the top of also from Udaipur Sub-division assemble here the Hill (Devtamura) through a series of terraces. during this occasion. They corne with stationery In the vicinity of one of such terraces which is goods, earthenwares. sweetmeats. hard wares and the third from the top. the fair is held. It cannot tribal ornaments. They are found to be squatting be stated with certainty how and when the fair on the ground. There are also a few temporary started. But from the information collected from bamboo made gabled-roof huts which are used local people. it is presumed that it started 50 to as stalls by comparatively well-to-do businessmen. 60 years ago. The fair is held on a Khas land No rent or toll of any kind are imposed on the with an area of t.5 acres; it is under the jurisdic businessmen corning here. tion of Dumburnagar Tehsil of Amarpur Sub division. It is situated at a distance of 22 miles Stationery goods and tribal ornaments are the from sub-divisional headquarters and 76 miles main articles of business in this fair. It is said from Agartala. the District Headquarters. Jeeps that during the period of 3 days of the fair. are availahlc during the period of fair up to business of approximately Rs. 6,000 is transacted. Nutanbazar. which is a business centre situated at a distance of 6 miles from Dumbaru falls and Formerly there was no committee or any orga 16 miles from the Headquarters of Amarpur Sub nising body authorised to organise the fair. At division. From Nutanbazar, one has to reach present, however, with the growing popularity the spot tither on foot or by boat. As already and increasing gathering and also for compara mentioned the road leading to Dumbaru remains tively better transport facilities, the need of a covered with dense forests which are infested by mela committee is felt strongly, and every year wild animals like tigers, elephants. bears, etc.; a new committee is now formed, the members of pilgrims and visitors. therefore. usually travel in which are drawn from the local inhabitants and groups. local Government employees. The committee looks after the general welfare of the visitors. The fair slarts on the day of The name of the fair Banabihar Mela, is also onwards, the people started to look upon this called 'Panchnailyar Mela·. The namlt of the fountain with great respect and awe as they fair has special significance and is asociated with thought it to be endowed with some supernatural the p~ace where it is held. This place is famous power. As a consequence. this became a place for its natural beauty and excellent climate. In of importance and gradually resulted in the shift the past. people used to come here for pleasure ing of the fair from the old place to Fanch trip and this is why the place is caled Banabihar. nailya. 'Bana' means jungles and 'Bihar' means pleasure trip. But other name has its origin from the ~ Males and females of all communities except fountain flowing towards East Pakistan. having Muslims and Christians attend the fair. The its origin in the bottom of the adjacent hillock. Mahammedans are not allowed to enter here even The fountain is seen coming out through five in connection with business. It is estimated that outlets, separated at a distance of 1 ft. 6 ins. to about one thousand to one thousand five hundred 2 [,t. from each other at the origin and then con people attend the fair from far and near and verging at a distance to form a single flow of clear even people are found coming from East Pakistan but warm water. Because of this five outlets, on unauthorised route. this fountain is known as 'Panchnailya' and, there fore, the place is also known to other, by this Every year. during the fair the worship of name. 'Gaurango Mahaprobhu' is performed and the Fair Committee with the help of local villagers Panchlloilya is under the jurisdiction of Boxa arrange the worship. In connection with the nagar Tehsil of Sonamura Sub-division. It is worship no idol but a photograph of 'Gaurango' situated at a distance of 22 miles from Sub-divi is placed. The worship is performed by a sional headquarters and 54 miles from Agartala Brahmin priest whose appointment is not perma- via Sonamura. but only 25 miles from Agartala .'nent. The committee members engage the priest via Bishalgarh. Bus service is available up to every year according to their choice. There is Sonamura and Bishalgarh and then one has to no special arrangement for recreation in this fair. walk to reach the spot. The fair is held on though 'Kirtan Parties' are seen here and there. 5 acres of Khas land bounded on the west and singing devotional songs throughout the night of east by Kalsimura and Jharajhala village and on the fair and many others are seen telling stories north and south by the village Nizboxanagar and from 'The Ramayana·. 'The Mahabharata' and Ragber, respectively. The spot is just at a distance 'Puranas·. On the next day of the fak, after of half a mile from East Pakistan in the north the worship of Gauranga Mahaprobhu, 'Khichum' and west. is served by the Fair Committee to all the people who come to the fair. The fair is held on the full moon night of the moon lit fortnight of the month of 'Magha' In the fair. except a few sweetmeat shops and (January-February). It starts at the night of full tea stalls. no other stalls of any kind are seen. moon and ends the next day before dust. Pre The approximate business done in the fair is viously the fair, which is said to be started roughly to the tune of Rs. 600. The most striking seventy years ago, used to be held at Jharja/a feature of the fair is that no agricultural pro on the same date and it is only from 1957 the ducts are sold here; the main attraction of the spot has ~een shifted to Banabihar. In connec fair to layman is not the shops or staHs wi,th tion with the change of location. there is a story various commodities but the fountain 'Panch current that fifty years ago a man of the Tripura nailya.' community while walking along the waterfall. by sheer inquisitiveness filled up one of the out People from far and near come to the fair lets with heaps of mud. No sooner had he mainly to have a bath in the fountain and to finished the work than he began to feel tremend drink its water. They believe that its water is ous pain in his eyes and soon he became blind capable of curing any disease and a bath in the and ultimately died of pain. From this incident fountain means fulfilment of all desires. 34 The people of this village themselves take the ability and this money is used by the coDlmittee responsibility of organizing the fair. A committee to meet the expenses incurred in the way of is-formed by the influential persons of the village. cleaning jungles (almost all the year round. ex which consists of 6-8 members with a Chairman, cepting. the time of fair the place remains covered a Secretary and a Cashier. with jungles). worship and free distribution of 'Khichuri' to all who attend the fair. No facilities Every year, on the eve of the fair. a new com regarding transport. shelter or sanitation are P:t::o mittee is formed and expenditure of the com vided and if needed, vil:agers provide shelter mittee is financed by the local inhabitants. The voluntarily to the people coming from distant villagers subscribe money according to their places. THAKURMURA OR 'PIR DARGAR MELA' Since 1957 an important fair locally known as continues up to 3rd day of Bengali month of 'Thakurmura' or 'Pir Dargar Mela' came into Magha (January) every year. The duration of the limelight. It is held annually in the 'village fair is, however, only for 3 hours a day from 'Thakurmura' in commemoration of a Muslim 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. every year. In this fair both saint (Pir), so it is known as 'Thakurmura' or males and females of all communities of the adja 'Pir Dargar Mela'. This village is under Sona cent area participate freely. mura Tehsil of Sonamura Sub-division. The average attendance is estimated roughly Before partition it was mainly a Muslim village. about 200--300 per day. A few businessmen At present, however, the people of Kayastha and with stationery goods, clothes, earthenwares, Nath communities who are displaced persons, are metal utensils and sweetmeats attend the fair. No dominating. The inhabited area of this village is toll or rent of any kind is collected in the fair. mainly undulating with hillocks rising from the edge of the lake 'Rudrasagar·. A newly built It is estimated that in this fair business of kutoha road of two furlongs in length connects Rs. 550 to Rs. 900 on an average is transacted the village with Agartala-Sonamura road. The daily. fair is held in a place which is at a distance of This fair has no authorised committee or orga 2 miles from Sub-divisional Headquarters 01 nising body. The local influential people with Sonamura and 33 miles from Agartala the Dis the assistance of local police and volunteers orga trict Headquarters. nise and control the fair. Every year, however, The fair is held before a tomb, which is said they have to obtain fresh permission from the to be that of a Muslim Pir who died here while Sub-divisional Officer for holding the fair, he was on his way in quest of knowledge. In connection with the origin of this fair, there is a The people of adjacent area come here to light story current that 6 years ago a villager named a candle or a lamp on thc tomb or Darga of Purna Chandra Das who is now 70 years of age the Pir as they believe that if they fail to do so had a dream through which Pir asked him to the Pir would be annoyed and do them harm. arrange for a fair in his memory every year at this Other attractions of the fair are. however, pro place and threatened him and other villagers with vided by the bi.rsinessmen with their different com the dire consequences in case his wish was not modities. Regarding important and interesting fulfilled. The next morning Purna Chandra Das feature of the fair. mention may be made of a described his dream to other villagers and decided bamboo-made two-roofed hut thatched with to lead a deputation to the Sub-divisional Officer 'Sungrass' and open on the eastern side only. of Sonamura for the grant of necessary permis This hut is situated just at the centre of the fair sion for holding the fair. Their prayer was grant and is constructed by the villagers with the help ed and as a result, the fair came into existence of subscriptions realised from the inhabitants of for the first time in the year 1957, as already the area. It is said that the Pir had his dwelling mentioned. at the place where the hut is constructed. People coming from adjacent area to lit a candle on the The fair is held over an area of 0.25 acre of Durga of Pir offer a candle at the centre of the Khus Land. It commences on the first day and floor of this hut as well. 35 BALANGNI MUTAIRENAI Tripura is a hilly tract and the tribal people the priest. Priesthood is not hereditary and if living here used to lead a nomadic life formerly the opinion of the priest differs with the majority and as such they knew very little of ploughing, of the village members. they then bring another which need constant labour, care and a settled priest from elsewhere. life. They therefore. in general. practised JhuJn (shifting) culhvation. Through this process they Before the start of the worship. the priest used to produce their staple food. which in turn makes 'the God 'Bana' for which small bamboos was the main source to keep their body and soul known as Muli obtained from the hills are first together. Their feelings of happiness. joy and washed and then dressed carefully with the help disappointment of life and in fact. all activities of a sharp knife. The fibres thus obtained from were woven around the JhUl7l cultivation. When the epidermal layer are then made into small Jhutning was successful. they were all happy and flowers at the junction of two internode of these their joy knew no bound$. but it$ failure meant bamboos. Tops of these bamboos are further disaster to them. So in order to make this culti decorated with flowers and various creepers. Then vation a grand success, they started the worship in pairs such bamboos are inserted into the of God. 'Bana' or Jungle. as they believe it to be ground. the number of whicb varies in different the deity responsible for good or bad harvest. villages. It is said that it varies according They also attribute all other calamities such as to the importance attached by various villages accidents, attacks from the wild animals and bad to the worship. If it is performed in a small harvest to the dissatisfaction of the God. 'Bana'. scale. the number of such pairs are then a few and when it is performed on a large scale the In the Bengali month of Paush-Magh (January number increases. The arrangement of such February) just on the eve of Jhulrl cultivation. pairs always follows a constant square pattern. the Tripuris worship God 'Bana'. which in their The worship starts at dawn and ends at the language goes as "'Balangni Mutairenai". 'Ba dusk followed by a communal feast, consisting langni' refers to Bana and Mutairenai means wor mainly of the flesh of the animals sacrificed and ship. Not only Tripuris, but all other tribes of this indigenous wine. Like the Bengalees. they offer territory perform similar worship and it to some various ingredients such as rice. plantain. pulses. extent has similarity with the worship of 'Bana fruits, etc., but the offering of home made liquor durga Puja' of the Bengalees. The concept and and the sacrifice of fowl are compulsory. They the name of the deity varies from tribe to tribe. invariably offer indigenous liquor of their own The Tripuris and Reangs consider it to be a male (made from rice and molasses) locally known deity and it is named as '13elangni' by the Tripuris as 'LaNg;' and never offer wine obtained from and 'Burasa' by the Reangs. while the 13engalee other s~urces. After the worship is over the neighbours think it to be a female deity and call priest first takes the 'Prasad' followed by others. it 'Banadurga·. In all other respects there is. Until the worship is over every adult male or however. a close resemblance between the two female has to remain without food and drink. types of worship. In connection with this cere mony ultimately a festival is held by all the tribes of this territory. Both males and females of the community join the festival freely. though no female is allowed Among the Tripuri;s a.nd all other tribes. the to take any active part in the worship proper. deity is not worshipped in the fonn of an image; Except the tribals no other people are allowed it is worshipped in the fonn of a small bamboo generally on the spot of the festival. If. however. of a special variety locally nown as Muli Bansh. by chance anybody happens to intrude. he is Every village has its own priest who is called spared only after the payment of a fine in the Ojlzai. They are the religiOUS agents among shape of two bottles of wine. The fine can be paid the tribals and are honoured by the villagers and in cash as well, if it is difficult for the defaulter to feared. as they are believed to be capable of procure wine. Failing this also. he is rather causing harm to men. On religious occasion they persuaded to join their ceremonial feast and do every thing in accordance with the desire of eat and drink with theDl. 37 There is no arrangement of any recreation in This festival. is in vogue from time immemo connection with this festival, except, singing of rial. Previously, in their festival the main items devotional songs when the communal feast is of worship were wine and meat but. now-a-days. going. All these songs have a common theme other things such as plantains. pulses. rice etc.• i.e .. a prayer to "Balangni' to protect them from are used in plenty. Owing to cultural contact the natural calamities. the disturbances of ;Wild with the Bengalee neighbours. the tribal cults are animals and to bless them with bumper crops. now undergoing radical change and are assuming the form of the Hindu cults. As a consequence. On this festive occasion, they do not put on the ritual side of the worship is now given any special or new clothes. The clothes are, how greater importance than the recreational side as ever. perfectly cleaned and thoroughly washed. in the past. Temple of Lord Buddha at a 'Benuban Bihar' at Agartala Ternple of Lord Buddha at Mahamuni Mag Para at Belonia Sub-Division 40 young generations to follow wholeheartedly the white and clean clothes compulsorily and refrain path and principles of Lord Buddha. from amusement, drink etc. They are forbidden to sleep or sit on cotnfortable cushions. In short, As a token of regard, all slaughter-houses of strict austerity has to be observed shunning all Agartala rCDlained close during that per;od of comforts and luxuries of a TIlaterial life. festival suggesting thereby importance and at the same time characteristic of Buddha Jayanti festi The festival is open to all people without val of Tripura. slightest discrimination. Males and females attend freely without any restriction or taboo. It is esti The mnin features of the festival are occa mated that about 5,000 to 6,000 people daily sional Bandana and the observance of Astashil attend the festival at Agartala every year. Brata by the Buddhist followers. Bandalla is conducted by th" Vikshus. It i~ just an expres The festival at Agarlala is organised and con sion of devotion to the great and supreme being. trolled by an authorised committee known as "Astashil' on the other hand refers to eight prin "Buddha Jayanti Committee', the members of ciples n,entioned below:--· which are drawn from the local influential inha bitants and 'Buddha V'kshus'. The committee 1. Right belief - (Satyadristi) consists of a President, a Secretary. one Joint 2. Right thought - (Satchinta) Secretary and a Treasurer. in addition to a 3. Right speech - (Satyabadita) number of ordinary members. The Vikshu Arya Mitra of Benuban Bihar is always elected as 4. Right action - (Satya President. Karma) 5. Right n1.eans oflivelihood- (Satijiban The source of income of this committee is from Karma) the grant of the Government and from the sub 6. Right recollection - (Sadakagl'ata) scriptions obtained from different people. There 7. Right endeavour - (Satchesta) is no special arrangement for sanitation or shelter for visitors nor are there any special arrangement 8. Right mediation - (Samyak for transport. Samadhi) The following income and expenditure record One who ob~crves this Aslas"il Brqta during obtained from the Buddha Jayanti Bulletin, 1962. the period of festival must subject himself or will give an account of the activities of the com herself to certain disciplines and restrictions in mittee and at the same time the importance of da:ly life. Those who observe this Breda wear the festival 2506 Buddha ..Tayanti Festival Income Expenditure Rs. Rs. From different soun:t"~ 1.159 ·77 1. Postal 29·25 2. Stationery, Bulletin Booklets. publicity eh:. J 73·37 3. Conveyance and Transport 306·59 '" 4. Free distribution of sweets to different institution.;; at Agartala 218'47 5~ Decoration and Electrification of the temple 22'70 6. Worship etc~ 85'47 Total Expenditure 835'85 Balance 323'92 'TOYAL Rs. 1,159'77 TOTAL 1,159' 77 BISUCANI The most important and at the same time very calls back the departed souls of ancestors. They interesting and significant festival observFd in are offered with variety of food and drinks and Tripura among the tribals is 'Bisu'. This is fully with a prayer to look after their friends and rela known as 'Bisucani' and is mainly the festival tives in all activities or life and bless them with of the Reangs. This festival is now also found good harvest. to be observed by other tribes, such as the Tripuris, the Jamatias and those tribes who are After the day's prograrnmc. the festival starts, living side by side with the Reangs. In Bengali when men and women especially young folk come the festival may be termed as the festival of in their best dresses and ornanlents. In connec 'Chaitra Sankranti', as the festival is held in the tion with this festival there is, however. no special day of Mahabishu Le., on the last day of Bengali or new dresses nor have they any special songs month Chaitra (middle of April). or dances. J.Jowever. both nlen and women ·par This festival among the Reang, is remarkable ticipate, the latter displaying their native oma in many ways. The most conspicuous part of it ments and colourful costunles. They arrange for is that this festival provides young girls and boys a big feast for which materials are collected from an excellent opportunity to mix freely and to all the huts of aU the Paras participating in the all members of the community living in different festival. In this festival they bid the old year locality to meet, dance and eat together. During good-bye and welconle the ncw year. They form this period they renew their acquaintances and two parties, in one of which, only young men and establish new relation with new people and try women are included. while the other one is com to solve the common problems of the community posed of the aged and elderly persons. Both the by mutual discussions. During this period they parties then dance and sing accompanied by the get an opportunity to discuss about the welfare tune of typical bamboo-made flute (Sumu) and a of the society. This festival is also characterised particular drum known as In order to achieve the best results in cultiva (tribal priest) to fix the day for holding the tion the tribals depend more on some super festival. With Achai's consent and after the day natural powers than on their own diligence. They has been fixed, they proceed to invite friends, rela consider that without their help and goodwill no tives and other members of the Para (village). amount of hard labour and skill can bring them the desired success. So they propitiate various The deity is not worshipped in the form of an deities and spirits, not only at the time of crisis image or idol but in the form of bamboo pieces but also when they are prosperous and happy. of special variety known as 'Muli Bansh'. Bam Normally, their joy and happiness find expression boos grow in this territory in abundance and as in the form of some festivals. During such such in the daily life of tribals of this territory occasions of merriment they pray and worship their contribution and influence are immense. So deities, which they believe will protect them it is quite likely that they will conceive a God or against all calamities and misfortunes. Goddess in the form of bamboo, as among the advanced Hindus the cow is being considered as a One of such festivals observed mainly by the deity for its usefulness. Every village has its tribals like Jamatia, Tripuris and Noatia of this priest (Achai) while in some villages there may be territory, is known as Mamita. In Bengali it may a good number of such priests. These people are be termed as the festival of 'Nabanna' or in other the religious agents among them and, therefore, words 'new food', because 'Naba' means 'new' believe to be endowed with some extraordinary and 'Anna' means food. So the main significance power and skill which are lacking in a com.m.on of this festival is to take new food (i.e., the first nlan. Their status is not hereditary like that of food taken after harvesting of the main staple a Hindu Brahmin. So if there is any doubt in crop which is paddy). This new food is taken respect of the efficiency of an Achai, he is liable only after it has been offered to the Goddess of to be rejected and considered unfit for conducting prosperity and wealth namely. 'Lakshmi' (Nok any religious ceremony. shumatai). The festival is observed by all the Jamatias Before the beginning of the worship, the and other neighbouring tribes in their individual appointed 'Achai' makes Goddess 'Lakshmi' capacity, so there is nothing communal about it, (Nokshmutai) with the help of a bamboo piece. like other festivals tOf this territory. However, Some procedure is followed as we find in case of during this festival there is common rejoicing and other worship such as 'Balangni', 'Buracha'.. mutual friendliness. Since the festival is observed 'Tuia' etc. As in those cases, small pieces of by each family separately. it is held in individual bamboo of special variety (Muli Bansh) obtained household usually in front of the grannery in the from nearby jungles are first washed and then inner courtyard of each domicile. carefully dressed with help of a 'Takhal'. Then in pairs such bamboo pieces are inserted into the There is no fixed date for celebration of this ground in a systematic square pattern, the number festival, but it is held always just after the harvest of which may vary according to the discretion ing is over i.e., in the Bengali month of Aswina. of the priest. Kartika (October-November) every year. When grains are stored in the grannery. they start neces The duration of the festival is only for one day. sary preparations for the observance of this It starts at dawn and ends at the dusk. In the festival. for which they prepare 'Langi' (country worship they offer various commodities such as liquor) at horne from partified rice and molasses rice, plantains, pulses, fruits and also offer home and it is considered as the compulsory article to made liquor (Langi), blood of animals like goats be offered in the worship of the Goddess, Nok and pigeons which are said to be compulsory. sumatai. They also make provisions for rice and After the worship is over, the priest partakes the other food stuffs which is required for entertain 'Prasad' followed by others. As in 'Balangni' ing the invitees on the day of festival. When every adult male and female of the family con everything is set ready, the head of the family cerned has to remain without food and drink along with other senior members go to an Achai until the worship is over. 42 43 Males and females of the Jamatia community freely participate. During this festival, the join the festival freely, though no female is members of the whole family, usually wear new allowed to take an active part in the worship clothes and purchase new earthen utensils, reject proper. Participation of people other than the ing the old ones. The guests too come in new tribals, excepting the Mohammedans and Chris dresses although wearing of new clothings is not tians is allowed in this festival. compulsory. Since it is not a communal affair. there is no' common recreational arrangements. However, the The belief associated with the worship of the family celebrating this. invites friends. relatives Goddess 'Lakshmi' (Nokshumatai) and the festi and neighbours and entertains them with a feast, val of 'Mamita' > is that if the deity is properly the main items of which are rice and meat of worshipped and appeased, their grannery will animals sacrificed during the festivals. They also never run short and they will be blessed with arrange dance and music, in which the invitees bumper crops and good harvest. SUIBCUATURDASUI MELA Udaipur. which was <'nee the capital of the the people of this territory. People of all castes Kings of Tripura still continues to throng with and creeds attend the fair and both males and the memories and monuments of the ancient days. females participate freely. It has been observed There are many relics of the ancient monuments that females attend the fair mainly in the evening that glorify the tradition and customs of the then while males are found throughout the day. There rulers. Of all that deserves special mention is the is practically no speciality or difference among 'Mahadeb Bari.' It ;s the ternple of Lord Siva different communities in the treatment of the fair, (Mahadeb) ~nd was constructed in the year 1502 except in the offering of sacrifice. Tribal commu by the then ruler Dhanya Manikya and since nities invariably and compulsorily offer goats, then a fair is held on the day of Shichllturdashi whereas other communities do not consider it to i.e., on the dark fortnight of the Bengali rnonth be compulsory. of Faigoolla (February-March). There is now no ruler nor is Udaipur any longer the capital Businessmen from all sub-divisions of this terri of Tripura. but the fair that started a few cen tory. especially from Sadar go there with various turies ago still continues to be held with unabated conlnl0dities and stationery goods. The main enthusiasm. attraction of the fair is the selling of copper and brass wares and utensils brought by businessmen The fair is held in the eastern side of the town mainly from Sadar Sub-division. Radhakishorepur in a vacant space measuring 1.5 acres (approx.) lying in front of the temple of All kinds of agricultural products such as rice. Mahadeb. Adjacent to the land there is a big paddy. vegetables. fruits etc., are sold in plenty tank popularly known as 'Mahadeb Dighi'. as the customers can get these on a comparatively Radhakishorepur is sub-divisional headquarters cheaper rate. Dry fish and commodiites of daily of Udaipur and is situated at a distance of about requirements in addition to stationery and earthen 40 miles from Agartala. the district headquarters wares are also sold. It is estimated from the and is connected by Udaipur-Agartala road, on information gathered from the local shopkeepers which regular bus services and jeeps are avail and those participated in the last fair that business able. Udaipur is connected with the next Sub to the tune of Rs. 10.000 to Rs. 12,000 is trans division. Amarpur. through a road which passes acted daily. through the middle of the field. where the fair is The fair is held before two temples; one temple held. is of 1\1ahadeb and the other of 'Fourteen gods' The fair. as already mentioned. is held on the which are situated side by side. The temple of 14th day of dark fortnight of the Bengali month Fourteen gods is now lying vacant because the of FalgOOIlLl (February-March) but the duration Fourteen gods were removed to Old Agartala of this depends on the discretion of the fair com at the time of shifting the capital from Udaipur mittee. It usually continues for 2 to 3 weeks at to Old Agartala. The story is current that at the the most. In exceptional cases. the period is ex time of shifting, the king of Tripura wanted to tended by another week on pressing demands and take the images of gods and goddesses from enthusiasm of the public. It is said that 4,000- the above-mentioned temples to new capital at 5,000 people daily attend the fair. Old Agartala. But he could not bring the 'Stone' said to be Mahadeb from the temple of Before partition of Bengal the number of parti Lord Siva. The story further states that this god cipants was higher, because at that time people is of 'Udita' type. By 'Udita' one means. natu from East Bengal (now in Pakistan), Assam and rally raised god. There is another type known Manipur could easily come here by rail. At pre as 'Pratisthitha' or established god. Fourteen sent due to lack of Railway communications gods (Chaturdash Devatas) belong to the said through Pakistan and also due to the difficulties category. In the later case first a temple is made of Passport and Vis sa system. people of these and then in on auspicious day the image of parti places find it difficult to attend the fair. As such cular god or goddess or groups of gods or its popularity and demand is now restricted within goddesses are established. These images as such 44 45 can be removed from one place to another. But every year are opened by the different Depart in the former case the god is spotted in the form ments of the Government such as Industry. Co of stone through some dream by some saints or operative. Agriculture, Panchayat etc. The shop eminent persons. A temple in such case is usually keepers and stall holders are to erect their stalls constructed around the stone and as such the by their own efforts and resources and they will deity in that case is not removable. It ,is s:!id have to pay taxes depending upon the space they that the king Dhanyamanikya tried to remove occupy. The taxes thus COllected constitute an the stone (Mahadeb) with the help of elephants important and main source of income of the but could not succeed. So when the capital was committee. shifted from Udaipur to Old Agartala the deity (Mahadeb) was left there. The king. however. No special facility is provided by the fair com appointed a priest and a servant for the daily mittee to these shop keepers and businessmen worship of this deity. Even today there is one nor is there any arrangement for catering food. priest and a servant (Taloa), their occupation is The people attending the fair do not stay for the hereditary and are related to the original priest night, only those corning from far off places take and the servant. respectively. who have been shelter in the NatnlGlldir which is situated in traced to be the eight generation back. They front of the Mahadeh Barf. No special arrange have fixed salaries of Rs. 8 and Rs. 5 respectively ment is made by the fair committee in respect of which are paid by the Government. There is a transport and communications. The Bus and Government grant of Rs. 25 for meeting monthly Jeep Owners' Association. however, increases expenses which are incurred in conection with number of jeeps and buses and trips to vari,-~us the daily worship. Generally. the deity is wor sub-divisions. shipped OnCe daily but on Shivachaturdashi day i.c .. on the 14th day of the dark fortnight of For sanitary purpose the committee engages Fa/gooJ/a (February-March). the deity is wor one Sweeper and a Doctor on daEy wage basis. shipped in each 'Prahar' (in every fourth hour It also employs a few labourers on daily wage of the night). basis to clear out refuge and garbage of the fair. Volunteer service is rendered by the boys of local The fair is organised by an authorised com schools and N.C.C. in collaboration with Police. mittee, the members of which are drawn from the local inhabitants and Government enlployees. Unlike many other fairs of this territory, the The committee consists of a President. one Secre fair comnlittee of 'Sivachaturdashi mela' pays tary. two Joint Secretaries and 15 to 16 members special attention to the recreational side. Every of whieh only the Secretary and 2 Joint Secretaries year they arrange for performance of Circus. are functioning members. It is customary that Jatra. Theatre etc. Before partition it used to the Sub-divisional Officer of Udaipur Sub-divi draw popular and famous circus and jatra parties sion should be nominated as President of the from different places. but at present local parties Committee whereas the other menlbers are fill up their places. Puppet shows, documentary elected. The committee has a fund raised by films and sometimes full length social pictures local contributions. It is further augmented by are arranged to be exhibited by the Publicity the contributions from Government. Many stalls Department. BAT-TALA OR PAUSH SANKRANTIR MELA Bat-tala or 'Paush Sankrantir Mela' which is bulk of the participants is, however. Tripurls. held near the bank of Rudrasagar in Sonamura Both the Hindus and Muslims of the adjoining Sub-divis'on deserves special mention. It is called places also participate. Tripuris in large number 'Bat-tala Mela', because it is held in a place where a ttend the fair from almost all the sub-divisions there was a big banyan tree (Batabriksha) which of the territory. While the purpose of the tribals was uprooted only a few years back by a .:;yc1one. is mainly religious. the purpose of the non-tribal It is known also as 'Paush Sankrantir Mela' as participants is recreation and purchase of various it is held on the last day of the Bengali month of articles of clothes. stationery goods etc. Tripuris 'Pausha' (middle of January) known as also spend lavishly in the fair but their main 'Sankrantr. purpose is to perform the religious ceremony at the spot. The enormous transaction done oli. It started for the first time in the year 1953 this day ranging between Rs. 5.000 to Rs. "(000 and since then it is being held every year. In is the ample evidence of the extent of extrava connection with its origin, it may be said that gance to which the Tripuris indulge themselves on during 'Paush Sankranti'. people mainly tribals this occasion. used to come from far and near with the mortal remains of their ancestors for immersion into the There are few permanent stalls and two temples particular spot of the channel which joins the on the spot. Of the two temples. one is ~hat of river 'Gomt;' with the lake 'Rudrasagar'. This the goddess Kali. known as Kalimandir. It is a ceremonial gathering has ultimately developed two-sloped hut with walls made of Qamboo split into a fair. The' importance of this place has woven in twill-pattern. while the gabelled roof increased after partition. Before the partition is thatched with sungrass. This temple was well-to-do Tripuris used to go to Gaya for per constructed in the year when the fair was held forming 'Sraddha' ceremonies of their forefathers. for the first time. During 'Dewali' the worship but after that due to communication difficulties of goddess Kali is celebrated with some pomp. they were left with no other choice but to select The temple is repaired by the owners of the per this spot along with other less fortunate people. manent stall holders every year at the advent for this purpose. They now profess that the per of Dewali. The second temple is of recent origin. formance of 'Sraddha' ceremony here has the It was built by the Tripuris in 1960. At present same significance as that performed at Gaya. a picture of Radhamadhab is kept inside the temple. It is said that the picture will shortly The fair is held on a khas land with an area be replaced by a stone image. of ].5 acres. It is situated between the left side of the main road leading from Agartala to S'~na mura and the lake Rudrasagar, which is just a Origlnal1y~ there was no ~ommittee to organise mile and a quarter from the river 'Gomti' flowing the fair. Local people used to arrange the fair in the direction of east and west. This spot is in their own way. At present there are two com thus remarkably suited for the purpose. The mittees. one was formed by the tribal people place is about 3 miles north-east of Sonamura while the other is manage::! by the non-tribals. Town and 33 miles south-west of Agartala, the The former one is a permanent set up while the district headquarters. The fair lasts for 24 hours. latter is of temporary nature. The members of beginning at mid-day of Paush Sankranti and the latter are selected from the local people. It closing at the same hour the next day. In spite has a Chairman. a Secretary and a few members. of its short duration it attracts a good number of The main function of this Committee is to orga businessmen and shopkeepers from far and wide. nise the fair and to look after the welfare of They mainly deal with clothes. stationery articles. the pilgrims attending the fair. The tribal com sweetmeat etc., but it is interesting to note that nliltee is headed by an influential Sardar, a few no agricultural produce of any kind is sold on Lribal priests (Villai) and some influential Tripuris. this occasion. Quite a large number of people The mai.n function of this Committee is to col assemble here, say between 1.500 to 2.000. The lect subscriptions from the people coming to the 46 47 fair. The purpose of such collection is to build There are no arrangements for accommodation. a permanent building for the temple of 'Radha sanitation or transport by either of the two com madhab' with a stone idol. mittees. People coming from nearby places return to their houses during right while those There is no special arrangement for recreation coming from far off places have to spend the in the fair although there are some' Kirtun night under some trees or under the open sky as parties here and there for singing devotional songs. there is no arrangement for any accommodation. EXHIBITION AND MELA AT SONAMURA The Exhibition which is arranged at Sonamura Government stalls, but the rural people are is also known as 'Sonamura Mela' to the rural attracted by the stalls deali'ng with clothes, sta folk of the area. tionery goods, brass and enamel utensils. The fair is held on the football ground which The responsibility of the management of the is the only place near the market of Sonamura Exhibition is given to the Sub-divisional Officer, where a fair can be held. This is situated on Sonamura. who forms a committee with Govern the southern part of Sonamura Town and ment employees and local influential persons. in-between the Agartala-Sonamura road and the The Sub-divisional Officer himself functions as embankment of the river Gomti which flows by the Chairman of the Comluittee with a few the southern side of the field from east to wesL Hlembers. In addition there is a Secretary. an The area of the field is about 5 acres and it is Assistant Secretary and a Cashier. The selection the property of Sonamura Sports' Association. of the members and other officials of the com The Committee of the fair pays Rs. 200 annually mittee is done by the Sub-divisional Officer to Sports' Association as fees for meeting the himself at his discretion. expenditure of levelling the field after the fair. Documentary films and sometimes full-length The fair first started in the year 1959 and was social pictures are exhibited by the Department held in the month of March. In 1960, it was of Publicity. and the Exhibition Committee has held in February but in December in 1961. In to arrange for the shows with the Department of 1962. it was held in January. The fair is held Publicity. Sometimes Jutra performance is alSo only in winter when the weather is normally fair arranged by the local public on ticket system. and the villagers mainly for whom the exhibition is arranged, are free from agricultural works. The Committee erects stalls for the exhibits At first the fair started for 15 days. After of businessmen on nominal rent. There is, how that the fair was allowed to continue for longer ever. no good arrangement for sanitation or trans period considering its growing popularity. Gene port. Th~e boys of local High School r.,nder rally. 400-500 people attend the fair daily. but voluntary service along with the Police requi the maximum number of people visit the fair on sitioned by the Committee. market days. i.e., on Wednesday and Saturday. when the number of female visitors is negligible. Agriculture products such as vegetables. fruits The female folk normally visit the fair on other etc. and fish are sold every day. but sales on days. market days are very brisk. Most people buy stationery goods, clothes etc. from the fair. It is The dominent attraction of the fair to the said that the average daily transaction ranges people living in the urban area is the various between Rs. 2.000 and Rs. 3,000. 49 Ternple of Goddess Kali at Udaipur~ an ancient relic of the Kings of Tripura Ten"lple of Laxmi-Narayan at Agartala A Mosque at A,"artala.. \ CHAPTER IV TABLES ,TABLE I List of Fairs IIeld in Tripura in 1961 51. Name 01 place ...vhcrc fair Tinle (English Local Religious or other occa Duration Average No_ is held nl.onth) when fair sion of the fairs and any of fairs total is held other special attraction of the (number attend fairs of days) ance ______2______~3 ______4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-ANfARPUR Name of Tehsil :--Ampi 800 Agunlal Para Jan. Sri Panchami mela 7 2 Haji Raj Ban 7 800 3 Garjan Khola Bari April Dumbur fair 2 8.000 4 Lakti Kuipang Para Jan. Sri Panchami mela 7 800 2,000 5 Lodhai Dangashi Para Feb. An1.pinagar mela (on the occa- 5 sion of Saraswati Puja). 6 Taichakma Bari Jan. Sri Panchami mcla 7 800 2,000 7 Tirtha Mukha Bari (Thaithai) Dcc. POlish Sankranti nlcla 3 Name of Tehsil : -Birgang 5,000 8 Burbaria April Chaitra Sankranti mela 7 Name of Tehsil :-Dumburnagar 600 9 A Tanya Kanti Dewan Para May Bud.Jha rllela Name of Tehsil :-Belonja Name of Sub~division :-BELONIA 300 Bharat Chandra Nagar March Baruni Snan April Charak mela 300 1,500 2 Mahamani Para April-May Chaitra Sankranti mela 7 NatTIe of Tehsi[ :-.N£uhuripll-r 3 600 3 Baikhora March-April Buddha mcla 1.000 4 Dula Chera 2 1,000 5 Laxmichera Jan.-Feb. Buddha mela (on the occasion 2 of the birth day of Lord Buddha) 1.000 6 Madhya Pillak April Bengali New Year's day rnein 500 7 Maniram Para Feb.-March Mahadev meta (on the occasion of Shib Chaturdashi) 2,000 8 Muhuripur May MuhuripuT Chaitra Sankranti mela June-July Rathajatra mela 2,000 300 9 Uttar Hichachera March-April Buddha mela (on the ground of 3 Uttar Hichachera Bazar in Falgun Purnima) Nam'e of Tehsi1 :-Rajllagar 150-200 10 Prakashnagar April-May Baishakhi mela Note :_HN. A." Not available. 53 54 TABLE (con/d.) z 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-DHARMANAGAR Name of Tehsil :-Brajendrallagar Lalchera t\.1arch-April Chaitra Sankranti MeJa 2,000 2 Madhya Arntila 600 3 Purna Garad Jan.-Feb. Baruni Mela 600 4 Ranibari Tea F.;;tate July Baruni 400 Name of Tehsil :-Dharmanagar 5 Baghapur July··Aug. Jhulan Mela (in the premises of 5 300 Survi Asram) 6 Bilthai Jan.-Feh. Barllni 150 7 Dula Kandi N.A. f-tari Kirtan 3 175 8 Kutaf' Pasha April Charak Puja 300 9 Madhya & Dakshin Panisagar Feb.-March Siba Chaturdashi 2 2,500 June-July Ratha Jatra 1 2,000 26th Jan. Exhibition 7 5,000 10 Panisagar· 26th Jan. Exhibition 7 1,000 Jan. Maghi Mela 1 200 June-July Rath Jatra 1 400 July-Aug. Jhulan 1 300 11 Pratak Roy Dec.-Jan. POlish Sankranti Meta 500 12 Radhanagar June-July Rath Jatra 3 400 13 Radhapur April Charak Puja 250 14 Rajnagar June-July Ratha Mela 400 15 Ramnagar 26th Jan. Exhibition 7 1,000 Name of Tehsil :-Kanchanpur 16 Bhati Machm:lra May Bllddh.."l. Purnilna 300 17 Kanchanpur Buddha Mela 3 500 18 Makhan Cherra Oct.-Nov. Durga Puja 3 500 19 Nihnani Kar~lri Para Feb.-March Budd~1. PUrninHl. 5 1,000 20 Patchartal Ma.y Buduh...",- Mela 3 450 21 Radhurnadub Para Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 2,000 June-July Rath Jatra. 2.000 22 Satnala Bazar Jan. POLIsh Sankranti 1,000 23 Sukhan Chen-a March-April Barnni Snan :lOO Name of TehsiI :-Kurti 24 Kadamtala Illne-JuJy Ratha Jutra Mela 500 25 Mohan Taki Jan. Rhairab Mela 250 Poush Sankranti 250 Name of Sub-division :-KAII,ASAFIAR Name of Tehsil :--Kaila3ahar Bhagabannagar March .. April Astami mela (Basanti MeJa) 500 2 Goldharpur _. Chaitra Sankranti 1 500 Shiba Baruni Mela 1 500 3 I-lad Cl:w.rdn Chuwdhury Pa.ra Feb.-March Unakuti mela (Shiba Chaturdashi 600 Astami) 55 TABLE 1 (Contd.) 2 3 4 5 6 Narue of Sub-divisic:;n :--KAMALPUR Name of Tehsil :--Karnalpur Dara Surma Oct.-Nov. Rash Jatra 200 2 DaTi Chcrra Shib Bari Feb.-March Shibaratri Mela 1,000 3 Dod Charn. Shibaratri 500 March-April Astami (Basanti) 200 llaruni 300 Chaitra Sankranti 350 4 Ganganagar Oct.-Nov. Rash Jatra 100 5 Katllalanaga.r N.A. Agricultural Exhibition 15 1,000 Ii Kamalpur 16th Jan. Exhibition 7 5,000 7 Manik Bhander 16th-30th Jan. Agricultural & Industrial Meta 15 5,000 8 Mara. Cherra M'_l.Tch-April Charak Puja 100 9 Mohanpur April Basanti Puju 150 10 Paschim Debi Cherra June-July Ratha Mela 300 March-April Charak Meta 250 II Rupashpur Oct.-Nov. Rash Jatra 100 Name of Tehsil ;-Kulaihour 12 Dak..,hin Nali Chcrra March Buddha Mela (Buddha Purnirna) 200 13 Pubra Dulu Chern\ March-April Charak Mela 3 775 14 Singninala March Charak Puja 300 Narn.e of Sub-division :-KFIOWAI Narnc of Tehsil :-Asharaln Bari _Titen Akhra June-July Rathajatra Mela 300 2 ]oyranl Ba"ti March Shibaratri Me1a 400 Nanle of Tehsil :-Ka/yanpur 3 Dwarikapur Februat-y Sri Panchan1.i Mela 1,000 4 Gopalnagar April Charak Meta 500 Name of Tehsil :-Khowai 5 Charganki Aug.-Sept. Janmastarni Mela (on the occa 1,000 sion of Krishna Janmastalni) o Dakshin Chcbri April Charak Puja 700 7 Khowai Tea Estate Jan.-Feb. Baruni snan (Barllni Meta) 5,000 Mahadcv Tilta April Charak Mela 2 2,000 9 Purba Sonatala Jan.-Feb. Baruni Mela 5,000 10 Singicherra March Shibaratri Mela 500 'l"all"le of Sub-division :-~SABROOM Name of Tchsil :-Arnlighat A.TIlighat March At th4;; tiene uf Chaitra Sankranti 350 2 K rishnanagar 300 9-3 RGJ/ND/,,6 56 TABLE 1 (Contd_) 3 4 5 6 -----____-- __-- Name of Sub-division :~SABROO1\.f (colltd.) Name of Tehsil :-Gorakappa 3 Shilchari· May Buddha lTlela at the titne of 200 Buddha Purnilna Nar11e of Tehsil :-M"anu 4 Doang Mag Para March At the time of Chaitra Sankranti 550 5 Gordhang Satchand 1,_ 500 6 Manu March-April At the tinic of Bengali New Year~s 400 Day Name of' Tehsj} :-Sabroon7 7 Rijoynagar May 300 8 Chatakhil March Chaitra Sankranti Mela (at the 2 600 time of Chuilra Sankranti) 9 Sabroom 2 500 Name of Tchsil :-Sanulrendrallculj 10 Mahdabnagar At the time of Chaitra Sankranti 500 Name of Sub-division :-SADAR Name of Tehsil :-BanllJtia Guche Mura Feb.-March Shiba Cha.turdu.shi Meta 500 2 Harendranagar Tea Estate 1.000 3 KalkaUa April-May Situ Ram Kunda Mela 1,000 4 Noagaon Feb.-March Shiba Chaturdashi Mela 400-500 NutTle of Teh~~iI -Bishalgarh 5 Tshanganj Bazar April-ivlay Baishakhi Mela 3 10,000 NarT1I.! of Tchsil :-Charilarn 6 Bi'3ramgonj Colony March-April Me1a (Year ending) 5_000 7 Brindaban Thakur Para 4,000 8 Chandi Thakur Pitra 20 9 Debendra ChO'wdhllry 4,000 10 Gangan Sardar Para 20 11 Jagoi Bari 5_000 12 Mohan Kobra 5.000 13 Niuan Chowdhury Para 4,000 Nan.c of Tt;;hsil "----I..,"hancJulndranagar 14 Durgapur Jan-Pcb. Narayan Khamar Mela (on the 5 10,000 occasion of Shripanchami) 15 Kanchanmala Dec.-Jan. Kanchanmala Mela. (on the occa 2.000 sion of POllsh Sankranti) 16 Madhavpur April-May Mela (on the occasion of Bengali 500 Nahaharsa) Narnc of Tehsil :-Karnala,<,.'agar 17 Dhanjrarn Chow. Para N.A. Nci1[ll Chandruna.gar Mcla 400-500 57 TABLE 1 (Contd.) 2 3 4 5 6 NarH.C of Sub-division:-SADAR (conld.) Name ot" Tehsil:-Karnalasagar (contd.) 18 Kan~alasagar Kalibari Kalibari Mela 1 500 19 Purathal Rajnagar N.A. Purathal Rajnagar Mela 200-300 Nan:1C of Tehsil :-Mohanpur 20 Bijoynagar March Shiba Mela 2,000 21 Uakshin Taranagar Aplil-May Chaitra Mela (on the occasion of 1 5,000 Chaitra Sankranti) 22 Fatik Chl;!.rra Feb.-March Gopalnagar !\''lala.italer Mela (on 600 lhot:: (Jcca.:siun of Shibaratri) 23 Gopalnagar 600 24 Kalacherra April Kalacherra Mela 2,000 25 l\:1ohanpur Bazar March Baruni l-vlela (Sacred bath of 10,000 Chaitra) Name of Tehsil :-Old Agartala 26 Old Agartala June-July Kerchi Mela (on the occasion of 3 50,000 Kerchi Puja) Feb.-Man..:h Shiba Chaturdashi Mela (on the 3 500 occasion of Shiba Chaturdashi Puja.) 27 Ranir B..ll:ar Oct.-Nov. In the month of Kartik during 2 600-800 Kali Puja." April-May Kali Bari Mela (on the occasion of 2 150 Bengali New Year"s day.) NatTIe of Tehsil :-Sadar 28 Badarghat Oct.-Nov. Rashmcla (on. the occasion of 200 Rashpurnima) 29 Bardwali (Uttar & Dakshin) D.:c.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 350 30 Dakshin Mahishkhola 200 31 Darndanl.ia Colony . April-May Naba Barsa 300 32 Dukli (Purba & Paschilll) Ma.rch- ,,~pril Chaitra Sankranti 500 33 Gazaria Dec.-Jan. Darger Mt::la (on the occasion of 300 Poush Sankranti) 34 Laxmipur July-Aug. Birth day ceremony of Srimat 3 700 Swan1.i Nitya Krishnananda Abadaut Maharaj at (Yogi Bari) on the occasion of Srabani Purnima 35 Lcmbucherra April-May Naba Barsa 250 36 Naba Gram April Chaitra Sankranti 500 37 NarayanpuT~urba & Paschitn) Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 550 38 Tebaria April-M..l.Y Naba Barsa 300 39 Ujan Abhoynagar OcL-Nov. Rashn1.ela 500 40 Uttar Ramnagar April-May Naba Barsa 325 ------~ 58 TABLE (Coneld.) 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division:-SADAR (coneld.) NatTIe of Tehsil :-Sirnna 41 Sonaram Master Palli Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Mela (on the occasion 1.000 of Saraswati Puja) Name of Tehsil -Tukarja/a 42 Takarjala· April-May Baisakhi Mcla 500 Name of Sub-division :-SONAMURA Name of Tehsil :-Boxanagar Kalam CharTa . April Baishakhi Mcla. 1st day 300 of Baishakl1 Name of Tehsil :- -Kathalia 2 Maheshpur Baishakhi Mela 300 3 Manaipathar 300 NatHe of Tchsil :--Sonanlura 4 Bardwal Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti (Bat-tala lueIa) 2 1,000 5 Bejimara Feb. Agricu]tural and Industrial Exhibi 15 2,000 tion Mela 6 Chowmahani April Chaitra Sankranti 500 7 Durgapur Feb. Industrial Fair and Mela 15 2,000 8 Garur Band Agricultural and Industrial Exhibi 15 1,000 tion Mela 9 Khcdabari Jan.-Feb. Darga Mela (name of which is 3 500-600 Thakurmvra Darga) 10 Melaghar' April Baishakhi Mela 200 CharakMcla 200 June-July Ratha Jatra 200 11 Rabindranagar Feb. Agricultural and Industrial Exhibi 15 3,000 tion and Mela 12 Shrimantapur 15 1,500 13 Sonamura To'NO 15 2,000 14 Subhapur 15 2,000 15 Sunapur (Chakba..<;ta) 15 1,500 Name of Sub-division :-UDAIPUR Name or Tehsil :--Radhakislzorepur Mata & Taluk Colony Feb. Shiba Chaturdashi Mela 15 5,000 April-May Chaitra Sankranti 3,000 Ote.-Nov. DewaIi 2,000 Name of Tehsil :~Salgara 2 Basanta Nagar June-July Ratha Jatra Mela 600 3 Bipinagar Colony April Baishakhi Mela 300 4 Kamalasagar Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 500 5 Kishoregonj 13th to 28th Feb. Shiba Chaturdashi 15 500 6 Mirja Math Dcc.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 500 7 Tulamurah 600 TABLE 2 List of Festivals held in Tripura in 1961 Local Religious or other occa Tin"le (English sion of the festival and any Duration Average Sl. NalTIe of place where festival ITlonth when other special attraction of the of total No. is held festival is held) festival festival attend (number ance of days) 2 3 4 5 6 Nanle of Sub-division: --AMARPUR Name of Tehsil :-An7pi Arnpi Bazar Bengali Para Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 600 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 600 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 2 Agunlal Para N.A. June-July Ker Puja 3 Bajiroy Bari Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 4 Bhaktamohan Sardar Dec. X-Mas day June-July Ker Puja 5 Chaicha Jamatia Bari OcL-Nov. Kali Puja 6 Chandramohan Para Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 7 Gotramani June-July Ker Puja 8 Haripur Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Pija 9 Kadam Chandra Mursum Jun_e-July Ker Puja 10 Laltara Bal-i Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 11 Lodhai Bangshi Para Aug.-Sept. Janmasthami 12 Marum Chandra Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 13 Mukta Lion Para June-July Kcr Puja 14 Pala.k Jarnatia Bari Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 15 Santilal Kaipeng Oct~-Nov. Kali Puja 16 Tai Chakma Bari June-July Ker Puja Nalne of Tellsil :-Birgal1j 17 Bengali Para natc changeable Id-Ud-Zuha N.A. Moharram 18 Bankaroy Colony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 19 Barharn Bari June-July Ker Puja 20 Bengali Para Date changeable Jd-UI-Fetr 21 Bengali Para Id-Ud-Zuha Moharram 22 Burbaria Eari Sept.-OcL Durga Puja 4 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja Jan.-Feb. Saras.wati Puja June-July Ker Puja Note:-BN. A."'Not Available 59 60 TABLE 2 (Contd.) 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division AlIJA R.PUR (contd.) Name of Tchsil :-Birganj (coil/d.) 23 CheJagang Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 N.A. Jal1.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 Oct.-Nov. KaIi Puja 24 Dakshin Anlarpur Town Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 2,000 Oct.-Nov. KaH Puja 1,000 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1,000 25 Dulu Kunlur Roaja Para .rune-July Kcr Puja N.A. N.A. Chitra Gupta \. 26 Durga Kurnar Jamatia Sept.-Oct. Laxn"li Puja Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja April Chaitra Sankranti 1,000 27 Durgamani Bari June-July Rer Puja N.A. 28 Durga Ran1 Reang Para Sept.-Oct. Laxnli Pllja 29 Golchoka Karbari N.A. Bana Puja 30 Gulsi.ng 1 31 Krishna Chowdhury Para Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 32 La! Bhadhur Bad June-July Ker Puja Jan-Feb. Saraswati Puja 33 Malbasa Bad June-JuJy Ker Puja 34 Malbasa Bari Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 June-July Kcr Puja 35 Mangal Sing Reang Para N.A. Chitra Gupta 36 Mantridas Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 37 Nabin Karbari "April-May Buddha Purnima 38 Niranjoy Roy Chowdhury Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 N.A. Bana Puja 1 39 Nutan Bazar CoJony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 1,500 40 Padma Karbari April-May Buddha Purnjrna N.A. 41 Padma Reang N.A. Bana Puja 42 Po wang Karbari Para June-July Ker Puja 1 43 Purnajoy Chowdhury 44 Purnajoy Chowdhury N.A. Bana Puja 1 45 Puspa Roy Chowdhury Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 46 Prabir Mohan Jamatia N.A. Chitra Gupta 47 Prabir Kumar Roaja Jan.-Fcb. Saraswati Puja 48 Rajprosad Roaja June-July Ker Puja Oct ...Nov~ Kali Puja 1 49 Ram Babu June-July Kcr Puja 50 SQ-rbajoy N.A. Ganga Puja 51 Sastiroy Para N.A. Dana Puja 61 TABLE 2 (Contd.) 2 3 4 5 6 Name or Sub-division :--AMARPUR (contd.) Name ot- Tchsil :---Birganj (cone/d.) 52 Tongnai Uchai . June-July Ker Puja N.A. 53 Uttar Amarpur Town Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 2.000 Jan.-Feb. Saras.wati Puja. 1.000 Oct.-Nov. KaH Puja 1,000 Name of Tchsil :-Dunzhurnagar 54 Adiba.;;i Refugee Para N.A. 55 Ananta KUl"l'lar Roaja Ju.ne-July Ker Puja 56 Anudhan Karbari Para April-May Buddha Purnima 1,500 June-July Ker Puja N_A. 57 Aranya Kanti Dewan Para April-May Buddha Purnin-'la .# SR A~wini Chowdhury "PaI'a June-~Tuty Ker Puja 59 Athara Bahadur Mursum Para 60 Bajiroy Para Oct.-Nov. Kuli Pllja 61 Bathu Bej Mohan Chaknla .Tune-July Key Puja 62 Bengo Mohan Chakm~ April-May Buddha PLlrnin~a 63 Bharat Chowdhury Para 64 Bidyajoy Reang June-July Ker Puja 65 Danga Bad Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 66 Dhan Chandra Chowdhury Para 67 Dulia Karbari Para April-May Buddha Purnirna 68 Palguni Reang Chowdhury Para Junc-July Ket- Puja 69 Ci-andachcrra Colony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 1.500 Jan.-Fcb. Saraswali Puja. 500 70 Haridas Roaja Para April-May Buddha Purnima N.A. 71 IIaridhan Roaja Para JUIYc-July Ker Puja 72 J--lari Prashana Jan-latta 73 Isw'ar Roy C~howdhury Para 74 Karna KUnl[l.r Roaja Para Oct.-Nov_ Kali Puja. 75 Khuakya Karbari Para April-May Buddha Purnirna 76 Mohan Karbari Para 77 Naha Chandra Para 78 Nabadip Para Oct.-Nov. Kall Puja 79 Nalu Karbari Para April-May Buddha Purnirna 80 Narayan Khanlar 81 NepaJee Basti Para Sept.-Oct. r:>urga Puja 4 100 Oct.-Nov. KaH Puja 70 Date changeabk Td-UI-Fctr 1 71 Id-Ud-Zuha 1 31 62 TABLE 2 (Contd.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nan1.c of Sub-division :-A.fIvfARPUR (concld.) Name of Tchsil :-Du.nlburnagar (colle/d.) 82 Padichya Karbari April-May Buddha Purnima N.A. 83 Prasanna Roaja Para June-July KCT Puja N.A. Bana Puja 84 Purna Roy Chowdhury Para June-July Kcr Puja Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 85 PuspadhaT" Roaja Para April-May Buddha Purnima 86 Railna BaLar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 ()ct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 200 87 Ramani Roaja Para April-May Buddha Purninla N.A. 88 Ran-lbabu Para June-July Kcr Puja 89 Ram Kumar Chnwrlhllry Para 90 Rashi Chandra Chowdhury Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 91 Sadhu Chowdhury Para June-July Ker Puja 92 Sarnbajoy Chowdhury Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja I 93 Sudhandu Gangaram Karbari April-May Buddha. Purnima Para 94 Sukhi Chandra C'howdhury Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 95 Tumuk Ran. Para 96 Tanurarn Chov.,dhury Pant June-July Ker Puja 97 Tanuram Para Apl'it-May Buddha Purnima 98 Utta Roy Chowdhury Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 99 YUdhisthir Para .A.ru·iI-May Ruddha Purnima NanlC of Sub-division :-BL-L01\lIA Nan-Ie of Tehsil :-Belonia Bahadur Roaja Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 June-Ju1y Kcr Puja 30 N.A. CJanga Puja 30 2 Barapathari Kala.baria Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 150 Laxn1.i Puja I tOO J Rengua 50 Durga Puja 4 100 March-April Chaitra Sankranti 100 Date changeable Moharram 50 Sahcbarat 50 4 Pati Chhari Para June-July Ker Puja 20 5 Puran Chandra Roaja Para Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 June-July Kcr Puja 30 March Dol Puja 25 63 TABLE 2 (Con/d.) 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :~BELONIA (contd.) Name of Tch~il :~Belonia (coneld.) 6 Purba Mirjapur N.A. Ganga Puja 100 7 Purnaroy Murshing Para June-July Ker Puja 30 8 Sadhu Kumar Para Chaturdash D~vta Puja 100 OcL-Nov. Kali Puja 50 9 Santirbazar Scpt-(_Jct. Durga Puja 4 350 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 10 Sarasirna Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 Laxmi Puja 100 Jan.-Feh. Saraswati Puja 150 N.A. Ganga Puja 100 II Sitaranl Para Junc-.July Kcr Puja 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 12 Talamani Para June-July Ker Puja 30 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 30 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 50 11 Utt::tr nelonia 4 300 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 100 Man:h-April Chaitra Sankranti 100 Name of Tehsil : -F-Irishyamukh 14 Chapak Nagar Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 30 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 30 March-April Chaitra Sankranti 30 [:)atc changeable Id-lJd-Zuha 30 Sabebarat 30 15 Dcbiflur Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 30 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 30 March-April C'haitra Sankranti 30 16 Fulajoy Roaja Para ()et.-Nov. Kali Puja 15 June-July Ker Puja 15 17 C}ouri Pur n~\tc chan~cahlc Sabcbarat 100 Id-Ud-Zuh:..l. 100 M(_)harraITI 100 IS I sh~~nchand ra Roaja Para June-July Ker Puja 20 Kharchi Puja 20 19 Jatramohan Para Kcr Puja. 20 Kharchi Puja 20 . :20 Jny Pur C)ct.-No'l.'. Kali. Puja 50 Jan.-Feb. Sara~wati Puja 50 21 Radhak l-;horc Nagar Sept.-Oct. Laxrn.i Puja 50 22 Sa rat Chand ra. Roaja Para june-july Ker Puja 20 Kharchi Puja 20 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 20 10-3 RG1NL)/fifi 64 TABLE 2 (Could.) ------.------1 2 3 4 5 Name of' Sub-division :-BELONIA (contd.) Nan"lc of Tchsil:- ---Hri",hyalllllklt (colle/d.) 23 SripuT Sept.-Oct. Durga Puj:.1 4 leo Laxnli Pllja 75 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 N~.ullC nf Tchsil :-l\/[ulIuripllr 24 Abhi Kumar Para 50 Feb.-Man.:ll Shib Puja 35 Sept-Oct. Laxo"li Puja 30 25 Adhin Chandra Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Pllja 50 26 Baikhora . 200 Jan.-F~b_ Saras'I.:o.,'[lti Pllja 100 March Dol Puja 100 27 Baiya Chandra Para ("")ct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 Feb.-March Shib Puja 30 Sept.-Oct. Laxrni Puja 35 28 Bathan Dari Jan.-Fcb. Saras\,vati Puja 150 29 Be-taga Scpt.-C)'-.:L r~urga. Puja 4 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Pllja 150 April-May Chaitra Sankranti 200 30 Bhavi Chandra Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Pllja 50 31 Charakbai Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 300 March Dol Puja 100 April-May Chaitra Sankranti 200 32 Charanpai Para Oct.-NON. Kali Puja 100 Sept.-Oct. T aXllll Puja. 100 N.A. Ganga Puja 50 June-July Kharchi Puja [00 33 Dakshin Hichachera . N.A. Ganga Puja [00 Oct.-Nov. Kali PlIja 100 Sept.-Oct. Laxnli Puja 100 June-July Kharchi Puja [00 34 Daluchera Sept.-Oct, I _::lxlni 1"1Ija 200 Jan.-Feh. Saraswati Puja [50 March 1-::>01 PUj;_l 100 ApTil-May Buddha Pllrnilna [00 35 Dina Kurnar Para Oct.-N()v. Kali Puja 50 36 Goladhan Para 50 37 Gubarchara 200 April-May Buddha Purnitna 100 Date changeable fd-Ud-Zllha. 100 38 Guptas,en Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 39 Har Chandra Para 50 65 TABLE 2 (Colltd.) 2 3 4 5 6 Nan'1c of Sub-division -BELON/A (coIlI£i.) Name of Tehsil :-M"ulturipur (contd.) 40 Julai Bari Bazar Sept-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Oct.-Nl)V. Kali Puja 1 200 Aug.-Sept. Biswakarnla Puja 200 July-Aug. Jhulan Jatra 5 200 June-July Rath Jatra 200 41 Kainla Mog Para April-May Buddha Purnilna. :50 42 No.4 Kaycllli Taluk Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 ()ct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 Sept.-Oct. Laxnlj Puja 100 Jan.-Feb. Sara~wati Puja 70 ...'\ugust Manasa Puja 50 43 Nu. 16 Kayelni Taluk (_)t,;L-Nov. Kali Puja 100 Jan.-F 47 Kri~hna. Chandra Para .Tunc-July Ker Puja 20 48 Laugang BaLar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 49 Lax.lnichera Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 April-Ma.y Buddha Purninl,' 100 N.A. Way Puja N.A. ()et.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 Sept.-Oct. LaXllli Puja 100 50 Madhya Pilak l>urga Puja 4 300 (_)ct.-Noy. Kali Puja 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 100 June-July I~ath Jatra 100 ~l Madula Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 Sept.-Oct. LaXIl1i Puja 50 June-July Kharchi Puja 50 52 Manasha Ujhai Para 100 .53 Manirai Hart April-May Buddha Purnilna :50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 54 ManiralTl Para August. Janrnastarn.i :50 O~t.-Nov. Ka1i Puja 40 June-Ju1y Ker Puja 30 Feb.-March Shib Puja 30 55 Martaha Para C_)(.:t.-Nov_ Kali Puja 30 June-July Ker Puja 20 ---..------~------66 T ABLli 2-contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of" Sub-division :- BELONIA---contd. Name of Tehsil :-M'uhuripllr-contd. 56 Muhuripur Sept.-Oct. l>urga Puja 4 350 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 August Manasha Puja 100 April-May Chaitra Sat1kranti 200 57 Muhuri Pur Bazar SepL-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 C)ct.Nov. Kati Puja I 200 June-July Jhulan Jatra 5 200 58 Mukul Member Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 59 Nutan Chandra Subas Chandra 100 Para Sept. Oct. LaXl'lli J>uja 100 June-July Kharchl Puja 100 60 New Mag Para· April-May Buddha Purnin"lu 100 June-July Kharchi Puja 100 61 Ogamog Chowdhury Para' Ja.n.-Feb. Saraswati Puja N.A. 62 Paikha Mog Chowdhuru Para N.A. Ganga Puja 50 April~May Buddha Purninlu 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 Sept.-Oct. Laxlni Puja 100 Jan.-Feb. Sara~watj Puja 100 63 Pali Chandra Roaja Para Oct.-Nov. KaH Puja 50 64 Paschim Julai Bari Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 750 65 Paschim Pillak March J=»ol Puja 200 66 PitTai Para June-July Kcr Puja 20 67 Furba Julai Bari Jan.-Feb. Saras,"vati Puja 150 68 Purba Pilak Sept.-ad. Durga Puja 4 3UO Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja. 200 Sept.-Oct. Laxn"ll Puja 100 Ja.n.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 March Dol Puja 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 70 Rajnlani Para Junc-.hIly Kcr Puja 30 71 Rajnl0han Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja. 50 72 Rarnrai Bari March Dol Puja 200 73 Santamani Para <)ct.-NQv. KaJi Puja 50 74 Satrughna Para June-July Kharachi Puja 30 75 Surja KUITI.a.r Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 N.A. (_ianga Puja 50 Sept.-Od. LaxI111 Puja 50 Junc.-July Kharachi Puja 50 April-May Buddha Purnillla 50 76 Takharnirai Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 77 Udrachai Mag . 50 67 TABLE 2~-colltd. ------_------2 3 4 5 6 NalT1C of Sub-division :-BE~I_ONIA- conchl. NanlC of' Tehsil :---l\..fllhuYliJltr~ >concld. 78 Uttar l-lichachera Sept.-C)et. Durga Puja 4 200 C:-)ct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 Ja.n.-Feb. 'Saraswati Puja 200 Nanu! of Tehsil PurOll Raj Bari 79 Baldahhal Datc changeable 20 80 Ekinpur 25 81 Naigada 15 g2 Puran Raj Bari 30 83 Tebaria fd-Uu-Zuha 20 Maharran1. N.A. NalllC of Tch~il :--RlIjnagur 84 Barpathari Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 85 Batkhala . SepL-Oct. Durga Puja 4 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja I 50 86 Chalitatali. 50 Scpt.-{.)ct. Durga Puja 4 100 87 Chila Pathar Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 30 Sept.-Oct. Laxnli Puja 30 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja. 20 88 Dharn1.asen Roaja Para June-July Kel- Puja 20 89 Hctalia 18 Kharchi Puja 18 90 Kajir Pathar Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 20 MaharralH 20 91 Kali KUt11ar Para june-JUly Kharchi Puja 20 Kcr Puja 20 92 Kukichcrra 20 93 Piparia Khala O<::t.-Nov. Kali Puja 7() Rash Puja 70 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 70 March-April Chailra Sallk.ranti 70 March Do\ Puja 70 94 Prakashnagar Scpt.-Ot.:t. I")urga Puja 4 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 50 Jan.-reb. Saraswati l»uja 50 95 Rajnagar' Date changeable Maharralll 100 Id-Ud-Zuha 100 [(l-UI-Fetl- 100 96 Tarnpaiha Reang Cho\v<..lhury Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 25 Para June-July Kcr Puia 25 Kharchi Puja. 25 l)alc cha.ngeable Ju-UI-Fctr 25 [d-Ud-Zuha 1 20 97 Tubia Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 50 68 TABLE 2-colIl". 2 3 4 5 6 -- ---~~ ------~~ ------NalHe of Sub_divis-ion DHARMANAGAR Nan~e of Tchsil Brajendranaga r Rakbaki Gohal Nagar Date changeable Jd-lJd-ZlIha N.A. Mal1arran1 Sabcbarat 2 Baillunia Junc-July Man 4 Lah.:bara SC"pt.-O~t. }':>urga Puja ., Laxlni Puja 5 Madhya Anltila JUIH>July ..lVlana.sha Puja Ratha Jatnt r\larch ,Dol Puja 6 1'vlaheshpur Tcn Estate SL>pj .-Oct. l>urga Puja 4 June-July 1\.1anasha Puja 7 Purangarad Dec.-Jan. POLIsh Sankn.tnti June-July Manasha Puja 8 Ranibari Tea Estate Sept.-Oct. r_)urga Puja 4 Oet.-Nuv. Kali Puja <) Tak.ni June-July I\.1all3sha Puja NatllC uf Tch:-.il :--Dhannallugar 10 Agnipasha Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti N~A. It Aillbasa Sept.-Oct. L)urga Puja 4 12 Dag Basha Jall.-Feb. Sara~wati Puj;._t 13 Baghapur Sept .-Oct. l-=>urga Puja Jall.-Feb. Saras"1.""ati J>uja 14 Bailagi LJari Junc-Joly KeY" Puja KhaH.:-hi Pllj~\ l\.1anasha Puja 15 Datangi Sept.-Oct. _Durga Puj<'l 4 La.Xllli Puja Ol.:t.-Nov. Kali Puja 16 Hatrish Drone Date I,,;l1angcabh; Id-Ud-Zuha l'vlahal-raln 17 Bcli C"hcI"ra June-July Kcr Puja Kharchi Puja IS Bilthai Ja-no-Feb. Saraswati Puja it.) Dakshin Purba DC\~al1 Pas a Sept.-Oct. 1_>u1-ga Puja 4 June-July Manasha Puja 20 Dharnlanagar June Ratha Jatra I J,500 August Jhulan Jatra 5 550 --_ ------(}9 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :~DH/tRj\. 22 Govindapur Sept. -(_)c-t. l)urga Puja 23 IJa.flong Cherra Tea l:~tatc 4 400 Dec.-jan. Pnllo.;h Sank. ranti N.A. 24 Ka.rnesh",'ar Goan Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 D"_l.te chang.eable Milad Sarif 25 Krishnapur Sept.-Oct. r>urga Puju 4 300 June-July Manasha Plija N.A. April Charak Plija l\-1arcll IJol Puja C)..:t.-N(.)v. Kali Puja 26 Kutarpao;;ha Scpt.-O..::t. Dl1rga Puja 4 Jan.-f7eh. Saras'\vati Puja April Charak Puja 27 Mangalkllal Datc cbang\2ahle Maharral11 Id-Ud-Zuha Raruni 200 28 Nadi;")pnr St:pt.-()oI..'l. l:)urga Puja 4 N."-. Jan.-Fch. Sara .... "vat j Puja 2') Naya Para Scpl.-(_)ct. 30 P~hlnla~ill l_::late changeable Maharranl rd-Ud-Zuba 31 PadnlahiII (L"Jak<..;hin Pash...:llinl) 32 Padnl"apul' June Rath Jatra 700 ~al-..:h-Apcil C-harak Puja ~()O 33 Panis~lgar- Sept .-C)ef_ r"lurga Puja ·l N."-. JlIne-July Rath Ja.tra July-Aug. Jhulan Jatra _~OO 34 Radhanagar Sept.-Oct. L)urga Puja 4 N.A. r~l n.- Feb. Sa I·a..;;"",a ti Puja 35 Radhapnl- ;-\._pri\ <:~ha.rak Puja 36 Radhapur- SepT.-Oct. f) u r~~;_t PUjLl ·1 Junc-Jilly l\.'I<-111<1<;;l1a Puja 37 R~l.gna Jan.-[:ch. Sar~\:,,"vatj P'uja 3S Rajnagar l~cc-.-Jan. PlHI~h SankI"<-tnli 1 Sept.-Ol...·t. r")l1rga Puja ·1 June-July Rath .latra 39 Ralnnagar JuIY-A.ug. Jhul,Ul Jatnl S ...~rt_-Oct. Durga Puja "4 40 Ro\.\.a I")atc changeable M'lharranl N.A. Iu-Ud-Zuha 70 TABLE 2-COllfd. 2 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division DHARMANA~IAR---rontd. Name of Tehsil :~Dllarl'nanagar--concld. 41 Shanichera A-pril Charak Puja. N.A. 42 Shripul" l)ec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 1 Sept.-Oct. I"lurga Puja 4 43 Sonnrcr Ba...<;;.ha 4 44 Tang Cherra June-July Kharchi Puja 45 Tilthai Sept. -()et. Durga Puja Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti Jan.-Feb. Sarao<;wati Puja 46 ()rHakh:i1i N:-unc of Tehsil Ko"c!zanplIr 47 Ananda Hazar Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja JOO Jan.-Feb. Sa ras'Wali Puja N.A. 48 Bakra Mohan <:~ho'\vdhllry Para N.A. Ganga Puja 100 Sc!"t.-()ct. Laxmi"Puja N.A. 49 llarhaldi Durga Puja 4 1,000 50 Bhuia Chcrnl- April-May Buc..ldha Purnirna N.A. 5J BidhY':1 IVlohan ("_-~howdhury Para N.A. C;a.nga.1"u}a. 200 52 Binonjl)Y Cho\.vdhury Para Sept.-Oct. Laxn"li Puja 100 <..ianga Puja N.A. 53 Chand-on. Kar'bari Para April-May Buddha Purninla 150 54 Da~da Bazar Basanti Puja 4 2,000 55 Dhananjoy Cho\.\dhury Para N.A. Ganga Puja 100 SepL-O\.:L Laxnli Pllja N.A. Feb.-March Shih Puja. S(, j)ilanir.. uT1 Karnari Para Jan.-Feb. Saras\,vati Puja 100 April-May Buddha Purnima N.A. 57 r_)irladaya[ (·ho\.vdhur)' Para (_)ct.-Nov. Kali Puja 75 N.A. Ganga Puja N.A. 58 KanchanpuT April-May Huudha Purninla July-Augu...;t Jhulan Jatra 5 1.000 Mar'ch Dol Puja I N.A_ Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 59 Lankhndh:tr C- ()O Nahin Chcrra April-May Buddha PUl"nirna 200 61 Patehar"tal Ba7n.r Sert.-Oct. I:Jurga Plija 4 1.000 62 Radhan,adhah Para Junc-July Rath Jatr'a 300 63 Rajani Talukdar' Para April-May Buddha Purnin"la 75 64 Santi Pur Jan.-Feb. Maghi Purnirna 400 April-May Buddha Purn.irna N.A. 71 TARLE 2-contd. 2 3 4 6 NatHe of Sub-division :-DHARMANAGAR-concld. Name of Tehsil :--Kanchanpur-concld. 65 Satnala Bazar Sept.-Oct. , Dnrga Puja 4 1,000 66 Shennan Tila Dec. X-Mas day 1 N.A. Faster Saturday 1 250 67 Sukna Chert"a. April-May Baruni Snan 500 68 Ujan Machmara Buddha Purnin1u 400 69 U. Ray Parn S_·0t.-0ct. LaXIni Puja N.A. Feb.-March Shib Puja 100 N.A. Ganga Puja N.A. Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja Name of Tehsil :-"Kurti 70 Raghan (LJttar Paschin1_) Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja N.A. June-July Manasha Puja I Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 Date changeable lcl-Ud-Zuha 71 Churaibari S~Pt-Oct. Dutga Puja 4 72 Kadarntala 4 Oct.-Nov. Kafi Puja. 73 Kurti Bazar 74 La",(l11.i Gaul 75 Madhya Rajnagar Date changeable Maharram Sabebarat Icl-UcI-Zuha Akheri Chahcr Sumba 76 Mohan Taki D~c.-Jan. Pou~h Sankra.nti 77 Tar-akrHll (Uttar Pa<;chinl) Oct.-Nnv. Kali Puja Nan-Ie of Tehsil :-Longai 78 Chandra Ktllnn.r Para N.A. Ganga Puja 60 79 Dhancherra Sept.-Oct. Durga P:.!ja 4 200 Jan .-Feh. Saras~'ati Puja 100 DcC'. X-Mas Day 100 80 Gangajoy Chow. Para N.A. Ganga Puja 50 81 Kalag-ang Losai 60 82 Ni ... i KUHlat Chow. Para 60 83 Oaiaroy Reang eho,,,. Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 84 Radh'l.f..:i ... horcpur 100 July-Aug. Jhulan Jatra 5 100 85 Ram Chandra Tripura Chow- Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 dhury Para 86 Sata Roy Chow. Para N.A. Ganga Puja 50 87 Shokejoy Reang Chow. Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 80 11--3 RGIND/66 72 TABLE 2--contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-KAILASAHAR Name of Teh!'il :-Fatikroy Batcherra June-July Ker Puja N.A. Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 2 Bhula Halam Para June·July Ker Puja 3 Hijoygeri Dewan Jan.-Fcb. Maghi Purnilua April Chaitra Sankranti 4 Brata Kumar Roaja Para First Baishakh 5 Dudpur Colony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 .ran.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 6 Patikroy Bazar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 April Basanti Puja 4 Oct.~Nov. Kali Puja 7 Gaynama April Chaitra Sankranti 8 Kanchan Bart Sept.-OcL Durga Puja 4 Laxmi Puja 1 Oct.-Nov. l~ash Jatra 9 Kunl.arghat S~pt.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Laxmi Puja Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 10 MachI; Colony . June-July Ker Puja SepL-Of,;L Laxn.-.i Puja Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 I Madhab Chakma Dari Jan.-Feb. Maghl Purnirna April Chaitra Sankrallti 12 Moja Roy Chowdhury Para June-July Ker Puja Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 13 Nalkata Dec. X-Mas Day Jan. New Vear~s Day 14 NarbahaduT Chaitrya Pa.ra S~pt.-Oct. f)urga Puja 4 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 15 Nedebi March Dol Puja Oct.-Nov. Rath latTa 16 Rata Bari Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 l_axnli Puja Jan.-Fcb. Sa.raswati Puja 17 Vltachera Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 1 Ganga Puja 1 Name of Tehsil :-Kailasahar 18 Rhadra Palli Durga Puja 4 350 Oct.-Nov. KaLi Puja 350 Sept.-Oct. Laxn-.i Puja 250 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 250 73 TABLE 2-contd. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-KAILASAHAR-coflcld. Name of Tehsil :~Kailasahar---c.onc]d~ 20 Guldhar PUT Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 250 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 N.A. OeL-Nov. Rath Jatra 1 275 March Dol Puja N.A. 21 Hirachcrra C. Para Dcc. X-Mas Day 125 Jan. New Year~s Day 125 22 Hiracherra Rajbari Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 125 23 Mantrillim Galim Para June-July Ker Puja 250 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 1 N.A. Ganga Puja 1 24 Rangauti Durga Puja 4 350 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja N.A. 25 Sultanpur Date changeable Id-UI-Fetr 250 Id-Ud-Zuha 1 250 26 Tilangao Id-UI-Fetr 450 Id-Ud-Zuha 450 Name of Sub-division :-KAMALPUR NalTIe of Tehsil ;-KaTna!pur Banlan Chara Basti Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1,000 Jan.-Feb. Saras-wati Puja 200 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 1 100 August Manasha, Bisahari Puja 1 100 2 Bara-LutIna Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 800 April Basanti Puja 4 800 3 Chaichangal Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 4 Chhoto Surma 1 N.A. Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 5 Darang Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 6 Dasharath Para June-JuJy Ker Puja 100 7 Dori Chara Oct.-Nov. Ka1i Puja 100 8 Durlav Choudhury Para ApIil Basanti Puja 4 N.A. 9 Jarnini Chowdhury Para Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 50 August Manasha Puja N.A. 10 Kala Chari Colony Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 11 Kuchcinala March Dol Puja 100 June-July Rath Jatra 100 Oct.-Nov. Ka1i Puja. 200 12 Kunja Mohan Para June-July Kcr Puja 50 13 Lal Chhari Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 800 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 Dec.-Jan. POlish Sankranti 100 14 Latiabil Date changeable Maharram 100 15 Mangal Chowdhury Para Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 100 74 TABLE 2-contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of' Sub ... division :~KAJ\JALPUR~-cOJlld. Na.-ne of Tehsil :--Karnalpur- -concld. 16 Mon Mohan Chowdhury Para June-July Ker Puja 400 17 Mora Cherra Rath JatJ'-a 200 ()ct.-Nov. Kali Puja I 200 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 1,000 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti N.A. 18 Naba Krishna June-July Kharchi Puja 100 19 Nakful Oct.-Nov. Rash Jatra 500 20 Phool Chari Kali Puja 100 21 Purba Abhanga March Dol Puja 100 22 Ramdurlavpur Tea Estate Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja IOU 23 Santir Bazar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 !l00 Oct.-Nov. Kati Puja 100 24 Singhnala Colony N.A. Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 1,000 25 Urdhamani Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 NaI11C of Tehsil:- -Kulaihour 26 Balaram 100 27 Bidhya Sagar Para June-July Ker Puj \. N.A. Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti I 300 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja I N.A. 28 Bir Mohan Roaja Para June-July Ker Puja 1 100 Oct.-Nov. KaJi Puja N.A. 29 Bisharad Chowdhu ry Para Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 30 Chalema Colony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 800 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 N.A. 31 Dalu Bari Ghati Scpt.-O~t. Durga Puja 4 800 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puju N.A. 32 Damcherra Colony Sept.-Vct. Durga Puja Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 75 33 Deb Sari April Charak Puja 200 34 Dhalliram Reang Para Oct.-Nov. Ka1i Puja 75 35 Ganda Cherra June-July Ker Puja .50 36 Gopal Sing Para Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 100 37 Harinmura June-July Ker Puja .50 38 Karnalacharra Dec.-Jan. Good Friday N.A. 39 Kanchanpur Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 800 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja N.A. 40 Kanchu Chura Sept.-Oct. Durga Puju 4 400 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 60 Dec.-jan. POlish Sankranti N.A. 41 Kiran Chowdhury Para June-July Ker Puja Oct. Nov. Kali Puja 150 75 TABLE 2-contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-KA.MALPUR-collcld_ Name of Tehsil :-~-Kllluihour-concid. 42 Kuki Para Dec.-Jan. Good ".Friday 100 Dec. X-Mas Day N.A .. 43 Kulai Bazar Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 100 Sept.-ad. Durga Puja 4 1,000 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja N.A. 44 Kulaihour Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 1,000 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja N.A. 45 Kulu Dari June-July Kcr Puja Dcc.-Jan~ Poush Sankranti 46 Maharani June-July Kcr Puja 80 47 Mahendrachandra Para Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 100 48 Misura Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 800 March Dol Puja 100 Uct.-Nov. Kati Puja 1 100 August Bisahari Puja 1 50 49 Pata Bari Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 50 Pransing Para June-July Ker Puja N.A. 51 Purba Dalu ChCl'ra April Charak Puja 1,000 S2 Raipasha Oct.Nov .. Kali Puja N.A. Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 600 June-July Ker Puja N.A. S3 Raising Para 60 S4 Raj Kumar Chow Para Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 30 55 Salenla Bazar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 2,000 OeL-Nov. Kali Puja 300 56 Sambhuchak Para June-July Ker Puja 100 57 Singinalla Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 1,000 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 200 SM Uttar Nali Chera Dec.-jan. Poush Sankranti N.A. 59 Vaolia Basti June-July Ker Puja 50 60 Vat Khaori Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 800 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 N.A. Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja. 80 Name of Sub-division :-KHO W AI Narue-of Tehsil :-Asharanlbari Balaran""l Chowdhury Para June-July Ker Puja 150 Kharachi Puja 150 2 Bishalnani Senapati Ker Puja 175 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 150 3 Chan"l.o Basti Sept.-O(.;t. Durga Puja 4 360 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 150 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati PUja 1 86 76 TABLE 2~contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Nan'1e of Sub-division :--KHO W AI-contd_ Natne of Tehsil: -Asharanlbari-concld. 4 Dhuanu Basti Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 75 Feb.-March Shih Puja 35 5 GUlll.sing Dari June-July Ker Puja 300 6 Hem Basti Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Oct.-Nov. Kall Puja 1 100 Jan.-Feb Saraswati Puja 1 60 March Dol Puja 50 7 Jiten Akhra June-July Rath Jatra 250 Sept.-Oct. Laxn"1i Puja 100 Dc-c.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 50 8 Joy Ram Basti l-;eb_-March Shib Puja 500 9 Manai Bari Sept.-Oc(. Kati Puja 300 10 Mukta. Chandra Dari June-July Ker Puja 25 11 Narain Basti March Dol Puja 40. 12 Pabsing Dari June-July Ker Puja 150 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 120 13 Rabi Chowdhury Para Sept.-Oct. Laxn,i Puja 90 Jan.-Fcb. Saraswati Puja 90 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 14 Ran,gopal Bari Sept.-Oct. 250 15 Rupsingh Dari LaXIIli Puja 20 Oct.-Nov. Kali Fuja 1 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja ]00 Nan"le of Tehsil :-Kalyanpur 16 Abhi Charan Master Para' June-july Ker Puja 70 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 75 Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuhu 200 17 Akhra Bari Sept.-Oct. LaXlni Puja 50 18 Ampura Bajnr Durga Puju 4 500 June-July Ker Puja 1 75 Jan.-Fcb. Saraswati Puja 100 19 Arjun Kobra Para Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Laxmi Puja 1 100 April Good Friday N.A. Easterday May New Year~s day 20 Baithamani Chow. Para June-July Ker Puja 30 21 Buriakuta Bad Sept.-Oct. Laxrni Puja 75 22 Debta Bari June-July Kcr Puja 1 50 Kharchi Puja 1 N.A. 23 Dhanghar Bari . Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja J 200 June-July Ker Puja 1 50 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 60 77 TABLE 2-confd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division-KHO WAI-contd. Name of Tehsil :-Kalyunpur-contd. 24 Durga Pur Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 50 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 250. Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 125 25 Ganakram Chowdhury Para June-July Ker Puja 50 26 Halong Mataibari Sept.-Oct. Laxnli Puja 45 27 Harikrishna Para 40 Not known Ganesh Puja 60 28 Harikumar Chowdhury Para June-July Ker Puja 45 29 HaTi, Rai Chowdhury Para 40 30 Kalikrishna Sardar Para March Dol Puja 80 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 75 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 60 31 KaJyanjoy Sardar Para March-AprH Chaitra Sankranti 250 32 Kalyanpur Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 400 Oct.-Nov. Kali puja LOO 33 Kalyanpur Bazar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 ()ct.-Nov. Kali Fuja 300 Jan.-Feb, Saraswati Puja 200 March Dol Puja 150 34 Kan,alanagar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puia 4 200 March Dol Puja 150 35 Khash Kalyanpur Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 500 May Chaitrn Sankranti 500 30 36 Kunja Kumar Chowdhury Para June-July K~r Puja 37 Kun"lgchak .Bari 50 38 Kushum Chandra Para Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 100 39 Lahanya Chowdhury Para 150 June-July Ker Puja 100 40 Mahanta Chowdhury Para May Chaitr3 Sankranti N.A. 41 Mahim C: 49 Ra.jrnohan Sadhu Para 75 June-July Kcr Puja 40 78 TABLE 2-contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-KHO W A I (contd_) Name of Tehsil :-Kalyanpur (coneld.) 50 Sanjat Rambari June-July Ker Puja 25 Not known Ganesh Puja 30 Jan.-Feh. Saraswati Puja 35 51 Senaroy Bari March Dol Puja 1 ' 50 Sept.-Oct. Laxnli Puja 50 June-July Ker Puja 50 52 Syamroy Dari Sept.-Oct. Laxn"li Puja 85 53 Tala Karai Jan_-Fch. Saraswati Puja N.A. 54 Tingharia Hari Sept.-Oc!. LaxJl"li. Puja 75 55 Tuiha Singha Para Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Fuja 75 March [-:')01 Puja 80 Sept.-Oct. Laxlni Puja 70 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 75 March-April Chaitra Sankranti 200 Nan"le of Tehsil :-Khowai 56 Badan Chandra Para· Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 N.A. Oct.-Nov. Kali Pllja June-July Kcr Puja 57 Baghai Sept.-Oct. Laxn"li Puja OCL-Nov. Rali Puja March Dol Puja 58 Bahn Chandra C::-howdhury Para Oct.-Nov. KaH Puja 59 Barabil Sept.-Oct. LaXlTli Puja OcL-Nov. Kali Puja 50 july-Aug. Manasa Puja 200 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 N.A. Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 60 HidyalTIohan LaXlTIi Dcbi Sept.-Oct. Laxrni Puja .Tan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 61 Bis,\vanath Chowdhury Para S2pt.-OCt. Durga Pu.ia 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja N.A. April-May First Baishakh Jan.-Feh. Saras\.-vuti puja 62 Chakber Sept.-Oct. Durga "Pllja 4 63 Chandradas Baishnab Para Laxrni Fuja Dec.-Jan. Poush Srtnkranti 64 Chernla Sept.-()ct. Laxmi Puja Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 65 Dagarna Bari 50 Sept.-Oct_ DUT-ga Puja 4 100 Feb.-March Shib Puja N.A. Dec.-Jan. POllsh Sankranti 79 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-KHOWAI (contd.) Name of Tehsil :~Khowai (contd.) 66 Dakshin Chebri Sept.-OcL Durga Puja 4 N.A. Laxmi Puja 1 Oct.-Nov. I 69 Ganki Colony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 .luly-Aug. Manasha Puja I Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 1 70 Gournagar Oct.-Nov. Rash Lila 150 March Dol Puja 100 71 Gournagar Colony Oct.-Nov. Rash Lila 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja N.A. 72 Outja Tall June-July Ker Puja Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja. Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 73 Tnduria Bar! June-July Ker Puja 400 74 Ts"War Sardar Para Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 50 75 Jan1.bura Oct_~Nov_ Rash Lila 1 200 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 76 Joy Chandra Chowdhury Para_ Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja N.A. Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja March Dol Puja 77 Kalaram Sardar Para June-July Ker Puja 50 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 1 N.A. Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 1 78 Khowai Tea Estate March Dol Puja 300 March-April Charak Puja I N.A. Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 79 Lata Bari Laxmi Puja 1 N.A. Durga Puja 4 March Dol Puja June-July Rath Jatra 1 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 June-July Ker Puja 50 gO Madhuguja Bari Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja N.A. Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Feb.-March Shib Puja Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 81 Mahanta Hawaldar June-July Kl..!r Puja 12-3 RGINDI66 80 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-KHOWAI (colttd.) Nam~ of Teh... il :~Khowai (con/d.) 82 Manai Cherra Sept_-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja N.A. Dec.-Jan. Poo.sh Sankranti June-July KeT Puja 83 Mangal Chowdhury Para Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Oct.-Nov. Kali Fnja 1 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Pllja 1 March Dol Puja 84 Nabin Thakur Para Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 400 85 Nihnani Chowdhury Para N.A. R6 Phakus Sept.-Oct. Laxn-.i Puja Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 87 PUratan Meltha "Sari . Sept.-Oct. LaXTI"1i Puja I N.A. Oct.-Nov. Kati Puja I Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 100 Feb.-March Shib Puja N.A. Jan.-Feb. Poush Sankranti 88 Purba Sonatala . Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 2.000 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1,000 July-Aug. Manasha Puja N.A. Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 March-April Chaitra Sankranti N.A. Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 89 Ram Bama Chowdhury P:ua June-July Kharchi Puja 90 Ram Jadu Para Oct.-Nov. Kati Puja 91 Ramkurl1ar Chowdhury Para Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 92 Samatal Padma Bill 200 March Dol Puja 100 April-May Basanti Puja 4 N.A. Oct.-Nov. l TABLE 2" contd. 2 3 4 5 6 NatTIe of Sub .division :-KHO WAf (cotltd.) Name of Tehsil :-Khowai (coneld.) 97 Singi Cherra Colony . March Dol Puja N.A. Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Laxmi Puja 98 Sita Rarn Chowdhury Para Durga Puja 4 Laxmi Puja 1 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 99 Tabla Bad March-April Charak Puja 100 Udhabdas Para Sept.-Oct. L'l.xn1.j Puja Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 101 Uttar Chebri Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 1.200 Laxn'li Puja N.A. Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Pllja Name of Tehsil :-Teliatnura 102 Arjuu Sa.rdar Para JUl1e~July Ker Puja 150 103 Babumani Rankhal Para Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 70 June-July KeT Puja 150 104 Bahl.ram Bari Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 C:Jct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 105 Bir Chandra Sardar Para June-July Ker Puja 300 March Dol Puja· 1 150 Sept.-Oct. DUTga Puja 4 350 106 Bir Joy Reang Para Laxmi Puja 200 107 Bisha Chandra Chowdhury Para April-May First Bai.shakh 300 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 150 108 Braja Manik Para June-July Ker Puja 150 Oct.-Nov~ Kali Puja 60 109 Budhai Sardar Para June-July Ker Puja 70 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 90 110 Budhray Kalai Para Junc-July Ker Puja 250 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 170 111 Debendrajong Para 200 112 Dewangi Chowdhury Para Sept.~Oct. Laxn,i Puja 150 June-'July Ker Puja 200 113 Dhananjoy Chowdhury Para 300 114 D. M. Refugee Colony Sept.-Oct. LaXlni Puja 300 115 Ganga Nagar 300 116 Gola Bari June-July Kharchi Puja 160 Oct.-Nov. KaH Puja 1 150 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 117 Gunamani Para 300 March Dol Puja 500 82 TABLIl 2 contd. --- --_-----_------2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub... division :-KHO WAI (contd.) Name of Tehsil :~Teliamura (contd.) 118 Hadarai Kumar BaTi Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 250 June-July Ker Puja 1 150 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 150 119 Hawai Dari Dec. Christmas Day 250 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 100 Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha N.A. 120 Indra Kalai Para Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 150 June-July Ker Puja 200 121 Kachkll Chow. Para Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 250 N.A. Buradebta 300 122 Kali Charan Rupini Para Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 300 June~July Ker Puja 200 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 400 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 150 123 Kali Tina Colony Sept.·Oct. Durga Puja 4 700 Oct.-Nov. Kali Pllja 400 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 400 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi PUja 250 124 Karbong Para 50 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 40 June-July Ker Puja 45 125 Khelefa Chowdhury Para Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 150 126 Krishnapur Colony Durga PUja 4 800 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 600 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 700 127 Krishna Sardar Para June-J1.l1y Kharchi Puja 100 128 Kunja Kumar J. Para 60 129 Maharqni Para Sept.Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 300 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 1 200 March Dol Puja 1 350 130 MahendTa PaTa June-July Ker Puja 150 131 Melarai Pathar Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 300 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 150 Laxmi Puja N.A. 132 Miganga Colony Durga Puja 4 500 Laxmi Puja 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali PUja 500 133 Mobar Cherra I 600 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 750 )34 Nabajoy Chowdhury Para Laxmi Puja 200 135 Nanda Kumar Para June-July Ker Puja 150 136 Oakhi MaluID Tripura Bari Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 83 TABLE 2 con/d. 2 3 4 5 6 NUITle of Sub-division :~KHOWAI (coile/d.) Name of Tehsil :~-Telia'nura (coneld.) 137 Panchan1.ani Rupini Para Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 60 138 Pura Kalak Para June-July Ker Puja 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 90 139 Pusaroy Chowdhury Para June-July Ker Puja N.A. 140 Pusta Roy Chowdhury Para Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 150 June-July Kcr Puja 200 141 Rabi Chandra Para 50 March Dol Puja 60 142 Ran1.babu Para· June-July Ker Puja 400 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja N.A. 143 Ranlchandra Sardar Para Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 250 Laxmi Puja 150 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 June-July Ker Puja 150 144 Rammohan Sadhu Para Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Oct.-Nov. KaJi Puja 150 145 Sanchia Para Sept.-Oct. Laxn~i Puja 1 60 June-July Ker Puja 1 70 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 60 146 Sarat Chandra Para June-july Ker Puja 70 147 Sonarai Para 65 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 148 Tabla Tripura Para Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 150 June-July ICer Puja 200 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Jan.-Feb. SaTaswati Puja 1 150 149 Telian"1ura Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 3,000 June-July Rath Jatra 1,000 August Independence day 200 January Republic day 2,500 t 50 Tingharia Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 150 June.. July Ker Puja 1 200 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 1 60 151 Tripura Para Date changeahle Td-Ud-Zuha N.A. June-July Ker Puja 152 Upendra Chowhury Bart Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 153 Vidya I-Iajari Para June-July Ker Puja Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja Nan1.e of Sub-division :-SABROOAf Name of Tehsil :~Am/i.ghat Atnlighat Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja N.A. MaTch-April Basanti Puja 4 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 2 Bachamia Date changeable MaharraIU 84 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SABROOM (contd.) NaITIe of Tehsil :-A,nlighat (conc/d,) 3 Badurzalnan Para Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha N.A 4 Banapalli Para June-July Ker Puja 5 Bashi Sardar Para Kharchi Puja 6 Chandipur Ker Puja 7 Chan Sing Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 8 Daghai Chandra Para June-July Ker Puja 9 Gaya Chandra Para 10 HaTi Kun,ar Dewan Para 11 Karai Chandra Para Sept.-Oct_ Durga Puja 4 Aug.-Sept. Janmastami Feb.-March Shib Puja Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 12 Karirna TiJa Date changeable Maharram 13 Lab Para June-July Ker Puja 14 Mangal Chandra Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 15 Muslim Colony Date changeable Id·Ud-Zuha Maharram 16 Nabachandra Para June-July Ker Puja 17 Naba Kumar Para 18 Nutania Para Kharchi Puja 19 Phool Chanura PaI·a . Oct.-Nuv. Kali Puja 20 Prabir Kun.ar Chowdhury Para June-July KCT Puja 21 Puranbari 22 Rabi Pal wan Para .1 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 23 Shreenagar 275 Rath Jatra 24 Surendra Suduram Para June-July Ker Puja 25 Surjya Narayan Para' Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 26 Syam Sing Roaja Para June-July Ker Puja 27 Takia Bari Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 1 N.A. Maharram 1 28 Thakurchar Mangalia June-July Ker Puja 29 Upendranagar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 GeL-Nov. Kali Puja Name of Tehsil :-Gorakappa 30 Ananda Bandhu Chakma Para April-May Bishub Parab 4 100 85 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SABROOM (contd.) Name of Tchsil :--Gorakappa (colic/d.) 31 Bhagia Cho'wdhury Para March S Dol Puja 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 250 June-July Rath lat .... a N.A. N.A. Ganga Puja July-Aug. Manasha Puja 40 32 Belchari N.A. Ganga Puja 40 33 Rin"lal K. Karbari April-May Dishub Parab 4 150 Narne of Tchsil :-Manu 34 Aswini Chowdhury Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja N.A. 35 Bag Mara 36 Betaga March-April Chaitra Sankranti 37 Bharat Chandra Roaja Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 38 Chalita Colony Sept.-OCl. Durga Puja 4 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 39 Chattang Addadar Para April-May Buddha Purnima 40 Dakshin Bhuratali Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 41 Doang Mog Para April-May Buddha Purnilna 42 Durga Roaja Para Sept.-Oct. Laxn'li Puja I Durga Puja 4 March-Aprj_l Chaitra_ Sankranti 43 Fulchari Kabya Kr. Para Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja June-July Ker Puja 44 Gardhang Satchang March-April Chait .... a Sankranti I Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 July-Aug. Manasha Puja 45 Goachand Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 46 Gobardhan Para Sept.-Oct. T .axrni Puja 47 HaTioa Bazar Oct.-Nov. Kali PUja Sept.-Oct. Ourga Puja 4 March Dol Puja 1 48 Joy Kun,ar Roaja Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 49 Kaladhepa. March-April Chaitra Sankranti 50 Magur Chara Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Oct.-Nov. Kat; Puja 1 51 Mahin\ Sarder Para July-Aug. Manasha Puja 52 Manu Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 53 Maphru Mog Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 54 Suharam J-Iartan Para June-July Ker Puja N.A. Ganga Puja 86 "rABLE 2 cOlltd. 2 3, 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SABROOM (contd.) Nalne of Tchsil -Manu (concld.) 55 Tai Chama OCLv-Nov. Kali Puja N.A. 56 Tenu Chandra Para (Kthalchari) 57 Uttar Bhl1ratali JUily-Aug. Manasha Puja 58 Uttar Kalapania S'ept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja Name of Tehsil :-Sabroonl 59 Anjin1.a Roaja April-May Buddha PUT'nlma N.A. 60 ./\<;haranl Roaja June-July Ker Pllja 61 Babugran'l. March Dol Puja 62 Bivekananda Palli Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 63 Brajcndranagar March Dol Puja June-July Rath Jat-ra Sept.-Oct. Durga Pnja 4 64 Charandas Roaja Para June-July Ker Puja 65 Chatakl.:r..ari March-April Chaitra Sankranti Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 66 Cha... tteswari Palli Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 67 Dhani Krishna Para June-Jlll)' Ker Puja 68 Doad Bali Sept.-Oct. Laxlni Puja 69 Gobindranl. Para March-April Chaitra Sankranti 70 Gangfirah Sept.-Oct. LaXt11i PuJa 71 Harinarayan Para. March Dol Puju 72 Kala Mag April-May Buddha Pllrnima 73 K.c."l.lyan Nagar March-April Chaitra Sankrunti 74 Kathalcherra Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 March Dol Puja 75 Khiptai Roaja June-July Ker Puja 76 Kongshi Mug 77 Lal Chandra Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja June-July Ker Puja 78 Mainka Mag April-May Buddha Purnima 79 Mayaram Roaja June-July Ker Puja 80 Manchandra Para 81 Mongshi Mog April-May Buddha Pucninla 82 Nayaran1. Para June-July Ker Puja 83 Pal Palli Jan.-Feb. Sara ... wati PIJja 84 Puran Jalefa April-May Chaitra Sankranti Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 87 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Na.me of Sub-division :-SABROOkf (rollc/d.) , Name of Tchsil :-Sabrnom (coneld.) 85 RaTnendranagar March-April Chaitra Sankranti I N.A. Sept.-Oct. l"lurga Puja 4 86 Rarnkanta Para June-July Ker Puja 87 Rupai Colony Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja R8 Rupai Roaja Feb.-March Shib Puja June-July Key Puja S9 Sabr00l11 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Oct.-Nov. KaIi Puja 90 Sonacharan Para June-July Ker Puja 91 Sonaram Para 92 Shyamprasad Palli March Dol Puja 93 Takran"l Para. June-July Ker Puja 94 Tajaram Para 95 Thaibong March-April Chaitra Sankranti 96 Thailav Mog April-May Buddha Purnima l'fame of Sub-division:--SADAR Name of Tehsil:- Bamutia Hl.rju;;.h_ O~t.-N_)v. Kali Puja N.A. Jan.-Feh. Saraswati PlJja Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 10 August Manasha Puja N.A. 2 Binadini Tea Estate Sept.-Oct. Du['ga Puja 4 3 Ahati Phatikcharra 4 Oct.-Nov. Rash Jatra 4 Bhugjur 5 Gajaria Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 6 Jadavnagar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 7 Jalil PUr January. Netaji~s birth day 1 200 October. Gandhiji~s birth day 1 N.A. January. Republic day 7(a) Kalikarnura Sept.-Oct. Dllrga Puja 4 March .Dol Puja. 8 Kalkalia S~pt.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 B(a) Kalkalia (Uttar & Dakshin) Tea 4 N.A Estate March Dol Puja 9 Kan"l.alghat Oct.-Nov. Rash Jatra 500 10 Noagaon March-AprH Charak Puja 600 13-3 RGIND/66 88 TARLE 2 confd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SA DA R (colltd_) NalTIe of Teh .. il :-Balnlltia (roncld.) 11 Rangutia January Republic day N.A. August Independence day 1 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Oct.:Nov. Rash Jatra Name of Tehsil :-Bisholgarh 12 Uhati Lorma Jan.Feb. Saraswati Puja 100 Oct.Nov. Kali Puja L 200 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 13 Durganagar June-July Rath latTa 400 14 Ci-haniarnura Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Laxmi Pllja N.A. March Dol Puja 275 Jan.-Feh. Saraswati Puja 275 ~rune-July Manasha Puja 250 Datc changeable Maharram 300 15 Gopinagar (:)ct_-Nov. Kali Puja 100 Rash Lila 100 June-July Jhulan Jatra 200 16 Harimangal Para Ker Pllja 75 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 17 Harinath GUTO Para June-July Ker Puja 100 Feb.-March Shib Puja 100 18 Ishan Gani Bazay-.. Date changeable Maharram LOO 19 Ishan Thakur Para ld-UI-Fetr 1 100 Maharran"l 1 100 20 Kalkalia Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 100 21 Krishna Kishorc Nagar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 ·200 Dec.-olan. POlish Sankranti 200 Oct.-No". Kali Puja 200 22 Manik Garo Para Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 L75 Laxtni Puja 175 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 175 June-July Manasha Puja 175 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 175 23 Nabinnagal' 1UO Date changeable Maharrarrl 100 24 Nadilag 300 Sabebarat 100 25 Pathalia Bari Td-Tl L-Fetr 75 Maharram 75 June-July Kcr Puja 75 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 200 26 Purah Laxmi Bill June-July Rnth Jatra 300 89 TABLE 2 con/d. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SADAR (collld.) Name of Tehsil :-Bishalgarh (concld.) 27 Raghunathpur . Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 .Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 175 28 Tebaria 175 Name of Tehsil :-Charilal7l 29 An,arcndranagar June-JuLy Ker Puja 100 Kharchi Puja 125 30 Brajapur Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 Laxmi Puja 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 August Manasha Puja 75 31 Hrindaban Chowdhury Para June-July Ker Puja 100 Rath Jatra 250 32 C~harilam Bazar Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti I 200 March Dol Puja 1 200 Sept.-Oct. Durga Fuja 4 400 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 400 33 Gagan. Sardar June-July Ker Puja 50 34 Golak Sardar Para Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 100 June-July Ker Puja 1 100 March Dol P~ja 75 35 Ci"opal Krishna Para Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 150 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 36 Jagai DaTi .Tune-July Ker Puja 100 Sept.-Oct. Laxrni Puja 100 37 Jango Thakur Para Jan.Feb. Saraswati Puja 100 Sept.-Oct. I:..axn1i Puja 100 March DolPuja 100 June-July Rath Jatra. 200 38 Joyrnangal Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 June-July Ker Puja 50 39 Khagcn Roy Date changeable Maharanl 100 Sabebarat 100 40 Kharo Thakur Para March Dol Puja 100 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 100 June-July Kharchi Puja 100 41 Khowria Ratha Jatra 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 42 Kirti Thakur Para JUlJ.e-.Tuly Ker Puja 100 43 Krishnachandra Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 100 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 100 June-July Ker Puja 1 100 90 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SADAR (contd.) Natne of Tehsil :-Charilam-(concld.) 44 Lal Sing Mura Bazar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Oct.-Nov. KaJi Puja 150 March Dol Puja 150 45 Mana Thakur Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 June-July Kef Puja 100 March Dol Puja 100 46 Manik Thakur Para Oct.-Nov. KaJi Puja 100 June-July Ker Puja 100 47 Naisha Thakur· 75 N.A. Garia Puja 75 April First Baishakh 75 jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 75 48 Nidan Chowdhury Para March Dol Puja 100 Oct.-Nov. Rash Lila 100 Sept.-Oct. Laxnli Puja 100 49 Oagang Bari Oct.-Nov. Rash Lila 75 N.A. Ganga Puja 75 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 75 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 75 June-July Ker Puja 75 50 Padma Nagar Date changeable Maharram 100 Sabebarat 100 51 Pralhand Chowdhury June-July Ker Puja 100 N.A. Ganga Puja 100 52 Pramod Nagar Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 June-July Ker Puja 100 53 Puma Sadhu Para Oct. Nov. Kali Puja 150 March Dol Puja 150 54 Rahim Para Date changeable Jd-UI-Fctr 50 55 Sarbajoy Kobra Oct.-Nov. Rash Lila 100 June-July Ker Puja 100 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 100 56 Shikharia Para . Date changeable Maharram 100 57 Sipai lala Hari Charan Para June-July Ker Puja 100 Sept.-Oct. Laxnli Puja 1'00 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 100 58 Uttar Charilam Colony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 Name of Tehsil :-Ishanchandranagar 59 Hallav Pur Sept.·Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Oct.·Nov. Kali Puja 200 60 Banku Sardar Para June-July Kef Puja 100 Feb.-March Shib Puja 100 61 Bir chandra Sardar Para June·July KeT Puja 90 91 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SADAR (CUllld.) Name of Tehsil :-Fshanchandranagar (con/d.) 62 Charnpanlura Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 63 Chandipur Rash Lila 200 64 Ganja Moha Para June Kcr Puja 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 100 65 Haripur 200 March Dol Puja 200 66 Hatileta Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 100 67 Jagat Sardar Para Decen'_ber X-Mas Day 90 June-July Ker Puja 90 68 Ja'.gat Kishorenagar Dec. X-Mas Day 90 June-July Ker Puja 90 69 Jharijharia Bagachatal (Nutan Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 100 Palli) March Dol Puja 1 100 70 Kanchanlnala Junc-July Kcr Puja 90 71 KashipuI' ()ct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 72 Kismat Kuri Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 300 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 73 Krishnakanta Para Junc-July Kcr Puja 100 74 Lakshman Para 100 Feb.-March Shib Puja 100 75 Mantali Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 76 Mouja Kuri Junc-JuJy Kcr Puja 100 77 Muchitalu Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 N.A. Sitala Puja 50 78 NoagrmTI Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 Jan.-Feb. Sara..o;wati Puja 1 100 79 Paschinl Durgapu.- 200 March Dol Puja 200 8D Purangranl Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 Date changeable Maharram 200 Sabebarat 1 200 Id-Ud-Zuha 1 200 81 Purba Durgapur Jan.-Feb. Saraswati PUja 200 June-July Rath Jatra 500. Oct.-Nov. Rash Lila 300 Sept.-Od. Durg Puja 4 300 82 Rajeswaripur June-July Ratha Jatra 300 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 Rash Lila 100 92 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division SADAR (comd.) Nan1e of Tehsil :-Ishullchandranagar (cone/d.) 83 Rajmangal Sardar Para 20U 100 200 84 Sekerkote 400 200 200 ZOO 85 Sudharai Thakur Para 90 86 Tuiging Sardar Para . 90 Name of Tchsil :-Karnalasagar 87 Rarchatal Date changeable lu-UI-Fetr 175 88 Dakshin Gokulnagar . Sept.-Oct. Laxrni Puja 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 April Chaitra Sankranti 200 Dec.-Jan. POlish Sankranti 200 Date changeable fd-UI-Fctr 175 89 Debipur Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 300 90 Gabtali 100 91 Hari Hac Dola March Dol Puja 200 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 92 Jagamohan Choudhuri Para Dec. Jan. POllsh Sankranti 200 April First Baishakh 200 93 Matinagar Date changeable MaharraUl 175 Td-Ud-Zuha 175 Id-UI-Fetr 175 94 Nehal Chandranagar . Oct.-Nov. Rash Lila ZOO March Dol Puja 1 200 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 95 Paschim Gokulnagar . Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puju 100 Jan.-Fcb. Saraswati Puja 100 O,-=t.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 96 Rajeswarinagar Date changeable Id-UI-Fetr 100 Maharrarn 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 IOU Sept.-Oct. Laxnli Puja 1 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 100 97 Roycrmura Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 Name of Tchsil :-Mohanpur 98 Ananda Mohan Choudhury June-July Ker Puja 5 99 Chachiralu Para 5 93 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 Name of Sub-division :-SA DAR (contd.) Name of Tehsil :-Mohallpur (collcld.) 100 Chandpur Sambu Para N.A. Garia Puja 12 Sept.-Oct Laxn'li Puja N.A. June-July Ker Puja 101 Chinta Ram Chowdhury Para Sept.-Oct. Laxffii Puja 17 102 Fatik Charra Tea Estate Durga Puja 4 125 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja . 1 N.A. .lan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 103 Gobinda Sardar Para Sept.-Oct. La.xmi Puja 12 104 Mohanta Chowdhury Para June-July Kcr Puja 7 Sept.-Oct. Laxl1"li Puja N.A. ,. 105 Mohiscrgatha Durga Puja 4 50 Laxn1i Puja N.A. Date changeable Id-UI-Fetr 106 Rcjcndra Dcb-Varn,a Sept.-Oct. T "a'XIl'li Puja 16 June-July Keel' Puja N.A. Name of Tchsil :-O/d Agartala 107 Ananda Chowdhury Para Sept.-Oct. Laxn'li Puja N.A. Dec.-jan. Poush Sankranti 69 ]08 Ashighar Para March Dol Puja 97 June-July Ker Puja N.A. 109 Badrai Senapati Para 57 110 Haidya Kohra Para 65 Sept.-Oct. Laxl1"li Puja N.A. 111 Basanta Sarda r Para . June-July Kcr Puja 66 112 Bhagaban Thakur Para 49 111 RidY:lrlhan Sardar Para MfHCh Dol Puja N.A. June-July Rath Jatra 109 114 Bidya RanI Pata Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti N.A. Sept.-Oct. J .axtT)i Puja June-July Ker Pllja 173 115 Bihar Scnapati Para Kef' Puja N.A. March Dol Puja 122 Dec.-Jan. POllsh Sankranti_ N.A. 116 Bir Mohan Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja Sept.-Oct. Laxrni Puja Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 83 117 Chaitradhan Kobra Para June-July Ker Puja N.A. N.A. Ganga Puja 99 June-July Rath Jatra N.A. 118 Chaknlu Para Kcr Puja Kharchi Puja 252 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja N.A. Jan.-Feb. Sar'aswati Puja 119 Chan,pa Ra ri June-July Kcr Puja 32 94 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division -SADAR «('olltd_) Name of Tehsil :-O/d Agartala (con/d.) 120 Cham pak nagar Sept.-Oct. Dnrga Puja 4 733 Laxmi Puja N.A. Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 121 Chandrasadhu Para June~July Ker Puja July-Aug. Biswakarma Puja 179 Rath Jatra N.A. 122 Dehandra Sardar Para Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti C)ct.-Nov. Ka1i Puja 95 June-July Ker Puja N.A. 123 Deep Chandra ThakuT Para 73 124 Dinabandhu Kobra Para 32 125 Gopinath Para 48 126 JJari Joy Chowdhury Para N.A. Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti N.A. 127 Hari Krishna Chowdhury pa.ra March Dol Puja 64 128 JagatraIn Thakur Para june-july Ker Puja 50 129 Jirania Colony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 N.A. July-Aug. Jhulan JatTa March Dol Puja 1,010 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti N.A. March-April Chaitra Sankranti 130 JO)l Chandra Para March Dul Puja 57 131 Joy Krishna Kohra Para June-July Ker Puja SR 132 Joy Krishna Para 65 133 Kamar Mura Sept.-Oct. Laxlni Puja N.A. Durga Puja 4 535 March Dol Puja 1 N.A. 134 Kantan1.ani Thakur Para June-July Ker Puja 87 135 Kaya Chandra Had N.A. Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 1()2 Dec.-Jan. POlIsh Sankranti N.A. 136 Kobra Kharnar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 'I 325 Oct.-Nov. KaJi ~uja N.A. 137 Kshirode Buri June-July Ker Puja 53 138 Kumari Bill 95 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 N.A. March Dol Puja 139 Kunja Bihari Para June-July Kcr Puja 78 140 L'l.ke Para Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 673 Laxmi Puja N.A. Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 141 Laxmi Charan Bari June-july Ker Puja 63 95 TABLE 2 con cd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SADAR (contd.) Name of Tehsi) :-O/d Agar/ala (contd.) 142 Madav Sardar Para June-july Ker Puja 1 N.A. Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 130 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puj:1. N.A. 143 Mahim Chowdhury Para June-July Kcr Puja 89 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja N.A. 144 Mandai Bazar Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja Dec.-Jan. POlish Sankranti March Dol Puja 162 June-July Ker Puja N.A. 145 Mcghli Para March Dol Puja 200 146 Nalgaria Aug. Manasha Puja N.A. June-July Ker Puja 293 Dec.-Jan. POl.1sh Sankranti N.A. Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 147 Nanda Sadhu Para June-July Ker Puja 60 148 Old Agartala Kharchi Puja 7 26,000 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 N.A. Laxmi Puja August Jhulan latTa June-July Rath Jatra Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 149 Radha Bari June-July Ker Puja N.A. Garia Puja 73 150 Radhanagar Date changeable Td-Ud-Zuha 300 Maharram 150 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 March Dol Puja 200 151 Raj Kumar Para June-July Ker Puja 63 152 Raju Kohra Para Date changeable Sabebarat N.A. June-July Ker Puja 97 153 Rambhusan S. Para 65 154 Ramkrishna Kobra Para 69 155 Ram Mohan Thakur Para 75 156 Randurga Thakur Para N.A. Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 191 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja N.A. 157 Reshambagan Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 1,005 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja N.A. Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja March Dol Puja 158 Sanjoy Senapati Para Sept.-Oct. La.xmi Puja Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 155 159 Shibdurga Bari June-July Ker Puja 55 14-3 RGIND/66 96 TABLE 2 con/d. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SADAR (collld.) Nanle of Tehsil :~Old Agm'fala (rolleld.) 160 Sirodas Para June-July Ker-Puja 39 161 Sonacharan Thakur Para 72 162 Tolakona Colony March Dol Puja 100 163 Upendra Sardar Para June-July Ker Puja 45 164 Uttar Debandra Nagar January Poush Sankranti N.A. Sept.-Oct. Laxnii Puja N:tnlC' of Tehsi1 :~5ad(7r 165 Amtali Durga Puja 4 150 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 50 Oct.-Nov. KaJi Puja 50 Sept.-Oct. Laxn1.i Puja 50 Dec.-Jan. POlish Sankranti 150 March-April Chaitra Sankranti 100 166 Ananga Nagar Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 400 167 Bagadi Date changeable Td-V<.l-Zuha 400 168 Barajala Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puju 100 169 Belabar 100 Sept.-Oct. LaXfl"lt Puja 50 March-Aflril Chaitra Sankranti 125 Date changeable Ramjan and ld-Ud-Zuha 250 170 BhagalpuT Sept.-(-)ct. VUlga Puja 4 50 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 171 Bharat Chandra Dalapnti Para N.A. Nabanna 100 172 Bhatta Pukur Sept.-Oct. Durga Plija 4 700 March Dol P'llja 125 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 Datc changeahle ld-UI-FcLr 25 Sabebarat 25 173 Brajendra Mohan Para N.A. Nabanna 125 174 Chandranath Sacdar Para June-JuJy Ker PlIj<) 150 175 Char; Para Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 :!50 Laxnli Pllj,~ 50 Jan.-Feb. S!"lraswati r>ujq ISO Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 March-A.pril Chaitra S'-'.n'.~r;:U\li 200 176 Chinai Hani Sept.-Oct. Durga PU.ia 4 100 O;::t.-Nov. Kali Puja ISO Jan.-Feb. Saracwati Pllj:-t 80 177 Dakshin B::~xrlowa] i Sept.-Oct. [)urga Puja 4 3.{)()() l.axmi Puja 200 Jan.-Fcb. Sar;,swati Pllj~ 400 ~farch Dol Puja 200 97 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-dj"jsion :-SADAR (con/d.) Name of TchsjJ :-Sadar (con/d.) 17S Dak ... hin Mahi~khala . Sept.-Oct. ] ~axn-.i Puja 100 Oct-Nov. Kali Puja 200 Oec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 250 179 Daksbin Malaynagar . Sept.-Oct. 100 180 vaIn JJanl.ia Colony . C)ct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 Sept.-Oct LaXll'li Puja 100 Dec.-Jan. Saraswati Puja 200 POlish Sankranti 250 March-April Chaitra Sankranti 200 181 Ocbcndr-a N-1.gar June-~'uly Kcr Puja 400 Sept.-Oct. Laxlui Puja 100 (_)ct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 150 182 Dighalia l\.1arch-April Chaitra Sankranti 125 183 1")'hani Chandra. Sardar Para June-July Kcr Puja 150 N.A. Nabanna 100 \84 Gabordi Para March Dol Puja 300 Junc~July Ker Puja 500 Dec. -J,> n. POlish Sankranti 100 185 Joypur and _Joynagar . Date changeable Maharram 100 186 Jarul Bachai Ranl Thakur Colony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 Laxmi Puja 1 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 200 187 Kushulntali 200 188 Lanka Mura Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 200 Date changeable Maharram 50 189 LClnbu Chcrra . Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Jan.-Peb. Saraswati Puja 100 Sept.-O(,,;l. Laxn-.i Puja 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 Bis,"vakarama Puja 150 ] YO Madhya BhubanbuJl Sept.-Oct. I)urga Puja 4 200 De(.;.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 100 191 Mani Chandra Para June-July Ker Puja 100 192 Nandan Pur Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 193 Narayanpur (Purba and Paschim) Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 Oct.-Nov. Kati Puja 50 1 Y4 Narsingarh Bazar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 100 195 Paha Chandra Chowdhury Para' March Dol Puja 100 June-July Ker Puja 200 I...>ec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 100 196 PaschilTI Bhubanban . 150 98 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 NaIne of Sub-division :-SADAR (contd.) Name of Tehsil :-Sadar (contd.) 197 Paschim Dukli Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4, :500 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 Sept.-Oct. I _3xmi Puja 100 198 Paschirn Pratapgar Durga Puja 4 800 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 200 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 100 March Dol Puja 200 Oct.-Nov. Rash Puja 400 199 Purba Dukli Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 250 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 100 200 Purba Pratapgar m { 50 201 Rabi Sadhu Para N.A. Nabanna 200 202 Radhu Sardar Para March Dol Puja 1 150 J-~ne-July Ker Puja I 200 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 203 Rambabu Thakur Para June-July Ker Puja 30 204 Ramchandra Sardar Para 150 205 Ram Dudav Senapati Para 200 206 Samdhu Chandra Chowdhury Para 200 207 Saranjoy Sardar Para 40 208 Shib Chandra Thakur Para 100 209 Srinagar Kachari Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 400 210 Sonaram Thakur Para June-July Ker Puja 200 211 Tebaria Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 Laxmi Puja 500 August Manasha Puja 200 Oct.-Nov. Ka1i Puja 200 212 Tilak Chandra Chowdhury Para' June-July Ker Puja 125 213 Tufania Lunga Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 214 Uttar Anandanagar Sept.-Oct. Dllrga Puja 4 5:50 Laxmi Puja 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 2:50 Birth day of Swami Vivekananda I 4,000 215 Uttar Badharghat Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 800 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 300 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 400 March Dol Puja 2:50 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 350 216 Uttar Malaynagar Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 1:50 217 Uttar Rajnagar . Oct.-Nov. Kali Pllja 100 99 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SADAR (contd.) ·Name of Tehsil :-Sadar (coneld.) 218 Uttar Ramnagar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 400 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 150 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 100 March-April Chaitra Sankranti 100 219 Uttar Rampur Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 100 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 Name of Tehsil :-Silnna 220 Brahma Kundu Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 4,000 June-July Ker Puja N.A. Rath JatTa 221 Brahn"la Kundu Tea Estate Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 222 Choto Sakaram Para Feb.-March Mahadev Puja 1 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 August Bishahari Puja 223 Dasgharia Para 224 Gogan Chowdhury Panl. Oct.-Nov. Kali Pu.ja June-July Ker Puja March Dol Puja 225 Gunamanta Kobra Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja June-July Ker Puja 226 Guru Charan Muttia . Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 227 Hanumaner Khamar June-July Rath JatTa Ker Puja 228 Harijoy Dofadar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 229 Hari Ram Chowdhury Para 230 Joy Chandra Chow. Para Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja March Dol Puja 231 Kunarghat Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 232 Latamia Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 1 Durga Puja 4 233 Lunga Dari Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 234 Maitya Bari Feb.-March Mahadev Puja August Bishahari Puja 235 Mantala Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja June-July Ker Puja 236 Megliban Tea Estate Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Laxmi Puja Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 237 Rajaram Kobra 238 Rirong Bari Feb.-March Mahadev Puja August Bishahari Puja 100 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division --SA DAR (cofield.) Name of Tehsil :-Sinma (coneld.) 239 Sanlparoy Cho\-Vdhury Pal-a June-July Ker Puja N.A. 240 Sidhai OcL-Nov. Kali Puja Jan.-.Fcb. Saraswati Puja March Dol Purnin"la 241 Simna Charra L'olony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 Laxrui Puja 242 Sinlna Charra Tea Estate O-.;t.-Nov. Kali Puja 243 Sonaran"l Master Palli 2.000 March Dol Puja N.A. 244 Valia Cerang Bari Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja June-July Kcr Puja NatTIe ..-:>1 Tehsil :-Takarfala 245 Dardhan1an Thakur 100 246 Chandra Kumar Hari 100 247 Ganga lIari Para 100 248 Gobind Thakur Para 100 249 Haria Kobra 100 250 Harish Chandra Para 100 251 Indra Mohan Para 150 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 50 ld-UI-Fetwr 50 252 LaxO"landhan Bari June-July Ker Puja 100 253 Mahendrachandra Para Jan.-.Feb. Saraswati Puja 100 April-May Chaitra Sankranti 100 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 100 254 Mahendrachandra Para 100 255 Mangal Chandra June-July Kcr Puja 100 256 Nimai Bari Oct.-Nov. KaIi Puja 100 June-July Ker Puja 100 257 Padma Mohan Para 200 258 Rarnjuddha Para 100 259 Sonatan Thakur 150 260 Udya Jamadar . 200 Name of Sub-division :-SONAMURA Name of Tehsil :-Bozanagar Adharnpur Sept.-Oct. La~mi Puja 25 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha tOO Maharram 100 101 TABLE 2 contd. 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-~-SONAMURA (rol1td.) Narne of Tehsil :--Ro:caflagar (coile/d.) 2 Bhaishkhala. March Dol Puja 250 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 50 Jan.-Feh. Saras\vati Puja 75 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 100 3 Rhaluarchar Sept.-Oct. DUJ"ga P'uja 4 150 Laxmi Puja 50 OcL-Nov. Ka.Ii Puja 100 Date cha.ngeahle Id-Ud-Zuha 100 4 Bugber Sept.-Oct. Laxtni Puja 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 Date changeahle Maharran1 150 Id-Ud-Zuha 150 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 75 5 Dayal Chowdhary Para March Dol Puja 100 Sept.-Oct. Laxl1")i Puja 25 Jan.-Feb. Saruswati Puja 25 June-July Ker Puja 100 6 Gourangala nate changeable Td-Ud-Zuha 150 Maharrarn 150 7 Jharajala Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 75 Sept.-Oct. Laxrni Puja 25 June-July Ker Puja 100 Date changeable Jd-Ud-Zllha 200 8 Kahlnl ChoTa Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja" 4 150 March Do~ Puja 100 9 MUTadaban Datc changeahle Maharran1 150 10 Nij Boxanagnr Jd-Ud-Zuha 400 rt Rahin,plIT Maharram 150 12 Shawra Tali Jd-Ud-Zllha 400 Nan")c of Teh"il :--Dltal1pllr 13 Barnarayan Maharran") 150 14 Dakshin Manarchak Id-lJd-Zuha 400 Maha:;_ran1 600 15 Dakshin Paharpur 150 16 l-:tan,darna Shyamba<;i Chow- 40 dhury Para 17 Dhanrnura Purnabasi Para· fd-UI-F<.."tr 50 18 Induria Sept.-Oct. Laxlni Puju 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 Date changeable Id-Ud-Zllha 100 Maharram 100 19 Korcha Khala Sing KUInar Para June-July Ker Puja 100 20 Tarapukur Date changeable Maharram 75 102 TABLE 2 (Contd.) 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SONAMURA (contd.) Name of Tehsil :-Dhanpur (cone/d.) 21 Ulunulra Jaladhar Para June-July Ker Puja 50 Date changeable Id-UI-Fetr 100 22 Uttar Manackeck Sabebarat 100 23 Uttar PaharpuT Id-UI-Fetr 150 Id-Ud-Zuha 150 Sabebarat 100 Name of Tehsil :-Kathalia 24 Bhowanipur ld-UI-Fetr 100 Id-Ud-Zuha 80 Moharram 100 25 Biraja Kumar Chowdhury Para June-July KhaTchi Puja 150 March Dol Puja 150 26 Bira Chandra Para June-July Kharchi Puja 200 March Dol Puja 100 OcL-Nov. Kali Puja 75 27 Birendr3 Nagar June-July Kharchi Puja 300 March Dol Puja 300 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 28 Durlavpur Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 150 Id-UI-Fetr 200 Moharram 150 29 Gnan Chandra Chowdhury Para June-July Kharchi Puja 1 200 March Dol Puja 1 100 30 Hal Kumar Cho\.vdhury Para. Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 March Dol Puja 50 31 Himmat Pur Sept.-Oct. Laxtni Puja 75 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja -100 Date changeable ld-Ud-Zuha 200 32 Kali Krishna Nagar Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 75 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puju 100 Date changeable Td-Ud-Zuha 50 33 Krishna Pada Chowdhury Para. 100 Oct.-Nov. KaH Puja 50 34 Maheshpur Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 300 Dec.-Jan. Poush SankTanti 100 August Nag Puja 50 June-July Rath Jatra 400 35 Manai Pathar Kharchi Puja 150 March Dol Puja 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 36 Maicrosa Para . Dec.-Jan. POlish Sankranti 150 March Dol Puja 150 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 150 103 TABLE 2 (Cnntd.) 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :~SONAMURA (con/d.) Name of Tehsil ---Kathalia (conrld.) 37 Nabakumar Chowdhury Para June-July Kharchi Puja 150 March Dol Puja 50 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 38 Nidya JanglepuT Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 75 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 100 Date changeahle ld-Ud-Zuha 50 39 Prathan1. Roy Choudhury Para Jun~-July Kharchi Puja 150 March Dol Puja 50 Oct.-Nuv. Kali Puja 50 40 Sarnbhu Chowdhury Para 50 March Dol Puja 50 41 Sita Kumar ~howdhury Para ()ct_-Nov. Kali Puja 50 March Dol Puja 50 Nanle of Tchsil :-M"atinagar 42 Bata Dha1 Dec.-Jan. POlish Sankranti 400 43 Gajaria Bari Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 75 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 50 44 Kala Flari Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 75 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 75 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 75 August Manasha Puja 75 April Chaitra Sankranti 75 March Dol Puja f 75 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 1 75 45 Kamalnagar (Hatim'lx!_l) OCL-Nov. Kali Puja 200 Jan.-Feb. Sa raswati Puja 300 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 75 August Manasha Puja 50 April Chaitra Sankranti 200 March Dol Puja 300 Dec.-Jan. Poush Sankranti 200 46 Kulu Bari Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 200 DeL-Nov. Kali Puja 1 75 Sept_-Oct. Laxmi Puja 50 Jan_-Feb_ Saraswati Puja 100 Date changeable Sabcbarat 300 Td-UI-Fetr 800 47 Manarnura Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 50 Sept_-Oct_ Laxmi Puja 50 48 Matinagar Durga Puja 4 500 Oct.-Nov_ Kati Puja 450 Sept_-Oct_ Laxmi Puja 50 Jan_-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 August Manasha Puja 50 Dec.-Jan_ Poush Sankranti 300 April Chaitra Sankranti 300 March Dol Puja 500 15-3 RGIND!66 104 TABLE 2 (Contd.) 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :--SONAMURA (contd.) Natue of Tehsil :-Matinagar (cone/d.) 49 Panchnalia Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 50 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 25 50 Uttar Nabadwip Chandra Nagar Date changeable Sabcbarat 100 Id-UI-Fetr 200 NanlC of Tch",il :-Sonanulra 51 Aralia Id-UI-Fetr 400 Id-Ud-Zllha 200 52 Baga Basha Sept.~Oct. Durga Puja lOa Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 Date changeable: Td-Ud-Zuha lOa 53 Bardual Scpt.~Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Laxtni Puja 50 Jan.-Fcb. Sarasv,'ati Puja 200 54 Bejirnara Date changeable Id-Ud-Zllha 75 55 Bhaiguram Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 June-July Ker Puja lOa 56 Bhatinalchar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Oct.-Nov. KaJi Puja 100 Sept.-Oct. Laxtni Pllja 50 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 150 Date changeable Id-Ud-Zllha 400 Moharran, 300 57 Binanda Chowdhury Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 58 Chandi Ghar N.A. Ruradcbta 80 59 Chowmuhani Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 400 60 Oer Pahari Para N.A. Jluradebla 75 61 Dhaniram Para June-July Ker Puja 75 Oct.-Nov. KaIi Puja 50 62 Ourgapur Date changeable Td-UI-Fctr 200 Id-Ud-Zuha 150 Sabebarat 100 63 Garur Band Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 ISO Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 75 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 50 Sept.~Oct. Laxmi Puja 25 Date changeable Td-UI-Fetr 1 100 Id-Ud-Zuha 1 75 Moharranl. 100 64 Goshai Mohan Para . Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 65 Harish Chandra Para June-July Ker Puja 150 66 Ishan Chandra Para . N.A. Buradebta 100 105 TARLE 2 (Conld.) 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SONAAfURA (COlltd.) Name of Tehsil :-Sonamura (con/d.) 67 Jhumcr Defa Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 50 Scpt.-C)ct_ Laxmi Puja 25 June-July Ker Puja 150 Date changeable ld-Vd-Zuha 150 68 Kali Kutnar Chowdhury Para June-July Ker Puja 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 69 Khas Chowmuhani Datc changeable Id-Vd-Zuha 150 Moharram 100 70 Kheua Bad Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 200 Date changeable Milad Sarif 400 Id-VI-Fetr 600 71 Maya Charan Para June-July Kharchi Puja 150 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 75 72 Melaghar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 600 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 300 August Manasha Puja 100 Jan.Feb. Saraswati Puja 400 Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 75 Date changeable Id-Vd-Zuha 300 Sabebarat 450 Fatehazuajdahalll 200 Milad Sarif 200 73 Nabadwip Chandra Nagar Id-Vd-Zuha 500 Id-VI-Fetr 450 74 Nalchar Id-Ud-Zuha 400 Moharram 1 350 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 250 Laxmi Puja 75 Oct.-Nov. KaH Puja 200 75 Padn"la Lochan Para 75 June-July Ker Puja 100 76 Paota Chand,·a Para 50 77 Rabindran,lgar SCl)t.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 450 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 150 Date changeable Moharram 200 Id-Vd-Zuha 200 78 Ram Kalyan Pur Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 June-July Ker Puja 75 Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 1 75 Moharram 1 75 79 Ramnagar O(,.;t.-Nov. Kali Puja 75 Sept.-Oct. Laxrni Puja 25 Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 1 75 Moharram 1 75 106 TABLE 2 (Contd.) 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-SONAMURA (concld.) Name of Tehsil :-Sonamura (cone/d.) 80 Santadas Para Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 1 50 MohatTarn 1 50 81 Sonamura Town Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 1,000 Laxmi Puja 1 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 800 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 700 82 Sonamura Village Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 150 Moharram 100 83 Sonapur (Chakbasta) 100 Id-Ud-Zuha 100 84 Srimantapur Id-UI-Fetr 1 100 Id-Ud-Zuha 1 75 Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 SO Sept.-Oct. Laxmi Puja 1 25 85 Subhapur' Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 200 86 Sukhi Chandra Para N.A. Buradebta 150 87 Taksha Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 June-July Ker Puja 150 88 Taksha Para Refugee Colony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 300 Laxmi Puja 1 SO Jan.-Peb. Saraswati PUja 1 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 75 Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 100 Moharram 100 89 Titalal Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 Name of Sub-division ,-UDAIPUR Name of Tchsil :-Radhakishorepur Abani Riang Bad Jun~-July Ker Puja 67 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 25 2 Anglak Bad N.A. Ganga Puja 100 Bana Puja 45 3 Azula No.1 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 40 4 Azula No.2 20 5 Baishnabir Char Date changeable Moharram 300 6 Budhi Chara Murasing Para Oot.-Nov. Kali Puja 25 7 Chandrapur Colony Jan.-Fcb. Saraswati Puja 395 8 Dak Bari Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 30 9 Dakshin Brajendranagar June-July Ker Puja 300 10 Darjeeling Bari N.A. Ganga Puja 80 Bana Puja 35 11 Debtarnura No. 2 40 12 Dhaia Mura Dham June~JulY Ker Puja 200 107 TABLE 2 (contd_) 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-UDAIPUR (contd.) Name of Tehsil :-Radhakishorepur (contd.) 13 Fulkumari Taluk Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1,800 14 Gandhari Bari (1) June-July Ker Puja 44 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 25 15 " Gandhari Bari (2) 20 16 Gang Fira Bari . June-July Ker Puja 45 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 22 N.A. Bana Puja 15 17 Garji Bazar Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 300 18 Garjichara 90 June-July- -Ker Puja 120 1~ Griha Chandra Bad N.A. Bana Puja 8 20 Gurudas Riang Bari Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 25 21 Hatichara June-July Ker Puja 225 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 22 Jaina Charan Para N.A. Bana Puja 8 23 Jarnjuri Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 440 24 Kalaban Oct.Nov. Kali Puja 195 25 Kalangkai Bari June-July Ker Puja 225 26 Khailpara Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 500 27 Khaklia Bari June-July Ker Puja 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 28 Lailakh Bari N.A. Bana Puja 18 29 ' Lakhi Pati Date changeable Moharram 530 30 Maharani Chakma Choygharia April-May Buddha Purnitna 150 31 Maharani Lutaham Para June-July .K.er Puja 50 32 Maharani Malum Roy Bad 15 33 Maharani Sub-Colony Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 65 34 Maithya Long June-July Ker Puja 150 35 Mangalhari Bari N.A. Bana Puja 50 36 Nabakumar Para June-July Kcr Puja 50 37 Nagarbasi Murasing Para 65 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 25 38 Naya Bari Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 50 Moharram 30 39 Naya Bari June-July Ker Puja 315 40 Pada Ram Bari 70 41 Parandha Chowdhury Para' 10 42 Photomati Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 650 Moharram 580 ------108 TABLE 2 (Contd.) 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division:-UDAIPUR-contd. Name of Tehsil :-Radllakishorepur-concld. 43 Raiya S. Bari June-July Ker Puja 100 N.A. Uana Puja 40 44 Raja Bak Date changeable ld-Ud-Zuha 125 - Maharranl 375 45 Rajdhar Nagar . Td-Ud-Zuha 450 Maharrarn 550 46 Rajnagar Colony Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 350 Oct.-Nov. KaIi Puja 225 June-July Ker Puja N.A. 47 Ranga Chandra Para 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 48 Sinl.sinla Date changeable Id-Ud-Zuha 600 Maharram 570 49 Sonachari Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 300 50 Sonaillura Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 150 Oct.-Nov_ Kali Puja 125 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 135 51 Sonatala lIarinath Sikari Bari June-July Ker Puja 270 52 Surang .Bari (I) . N.A. Bana Puja 30 53 Tainani Bari No.2 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 June-July Ker Puja 50 54 Taintai Bari N.A. Hana Puja 12 55 Thali Bari 30 56 Thelakong Bari 55 S7 Uttar Brajendranagar June-July Ker Puja 315 58 Uttar Chandrapur Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 250 59 Uttar Maharani OCL-Nov. Kali Puja 420 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Poja 360 Name of Tehsil :-Salgarah 60 Amtali Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 125 61 Bagabasa Date changeable Mahanam 550 62 Bagnla Chowdhury Para 70 63 Bagma Puitain Bari June-July Ker Puja 70 64 Bagma Samatal . Date changeable Maharram 250 65 Bara Bhaia 200 66 Basanti Nagar Sept.-Oct. Durga Puja 4 500 67 Bashiram Chowdhury Para Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 150 68 Bipinnagar Colony 150 69 Darkathang Dari June-July Ker Puja 75 109 TABLE 2 (cone/d.) 2 3 4 5 6 Name of Sub-division :-UDAIPUR--conc/d. Name of Tehsil :-Sa/garah-concld. 70 Girkanta Bari June-July Ker Puja 75 71 Hadra and Khash Hadra 70 72 Karai MUTa Date changeable Maharrarn 90 73 Karaiya Mu Ta June-July Ker Puja 40 74 Khupilong N.A. Bana Puja 55 June-July Ker Puja 75 75 Manithang Bari 80 76 Palatananh Taluk Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 125 77 Purendu Nagar Colony June-July Ker Puja 30 ,,78 Raikhalong Bari 45 79 Rani & Rani Cherra N.A. Bana Puja 25 June-July Ker Puja 50 Jan.-Feb. Saraswati Puja 1 100 Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 200 80 Sadhuram Reang Para N.A. Rana Puja 30 81 Salgarah Jan.-Feh. Saraswati Puja 250 82 Salgarah Bazar Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 1 100 Sept.-Oct. Durga Pllja 4 500 83 Sataria Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 50 84 Sharnukh Cherra June-July Ker Puja 50 85 Shila Ghati Oct.-Nov. Kali Puja 100 86 Tapania Colony S.:!pt.-Oct. Dllrga Puja 4 230 87 Tarpedhuill Taidhurn June-July Ker Puju 66 88 Thanda Chara Dari 80 89 Tulamurah Oct.-Nov. Kali Pllja 70 N. A.: Not Available 110 TABLE 3 Abstract 0.>/ Fairs in Tripura By Sub-divisions 1961 Population Number of Estio1.ated of Sub- Name of Sub-division/Union Territory Fairs congregation divisions in COOO) in COOO) (J 961 Census) 2 3 4 Amarpur Sub-division 9 20 56 n~lonja Sub-division 12 10 85 Dharmanaga r Suh-rlivision 32 27 12R Kailasahar Sub-division 4 2 104 Kamalpur Sub-division 18 15 62 Khowai Sub-division 10 16 130 Sabroom Suh-division 10 4 43 Sadar Sub-division 45 137 366 Sonamura Sub-division 17 18 78 Udaipur Sub-division 10 16 90 Tripura 167 265 1,142 111 TABLE 4 Abstract of Festivals in Tripura By Sub-divisions, 1961 Name of Sub-division/Union Territory NUUlbcr of Estimated Population Festivals congregation of Sub- in COOO) divisions in ("000) (1961 Census) 2 3 4 ------Amarpur Sub-division 133 16 56 Bclonia Sub-division . 226 20 85 Dhannanagar Sub-division 15H 15 128 Kailas~har Sub-division 56 4 104 Kan,alpllr Sub-division 101 24 62 Khowai Sub-division 349 53 130 Sabroon, Sub-division 135 43 Sadar Sub-djvision 575 109 366 SOnatTlUra Sub-divi.;;;ion 247 39 78 Udaipur Sub-division 118 20 90 Tripura 2,098 301 1.142 16-3 RGIND/66 112 TABLE Sub-division-\vise List of Itnp('rtanf Fairs by NU111ber NAME OF Chaitra Sankranti Rath Jatra Sihachaturdasi Buddha Purnin,a Baisakhi or or Charak Mela Mela Nababar~a Name of Sub-division/ Mela Meta _.A.__ Union Territory ~~-, r---_ _.A.__.__ _-.., ~- r-___ ~- -. -----.. -----, ,------"------. Total No. of Total No. of Total No. of Total No. of Total No. of attend- villages attend- villages attcnu- village .... attend- villages attend- villages ance where ance where ancc where \-vhere ance \""here held held held hdd held 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 C) 10 11 -~------Amarpur Sub-division 5,000 600 Belonia Sub-division 3.800 2,000 500 2,900 4 275 2 Dharmanagar Sub-division 3,150 4 5.700 (, 2.500 2_150 4 Kailasahar Sub-divi.;;ioll 500 600 Kanl.alpur Sub-division 1,775 300 1,500 2 200 Khowai Sub-division 3,200 300 900 2 Sabroom Sub-division 3,300 7 200 700 2 Sadar Sub-division 6,000 5,650 7 (-l,OOO 12,(,25 9 Sonamura Sub-division 700 2 200 I.IOC! 4 Udaipur Sub-division 3,000 GOO 5,500 2 300 Tripura 30,423 30 9,100 11 17.150 16 12,050 12 15,000 18 ---_------~------113 5 of Village ,vith Estinlated Congregation FAIRS ------~ Baruni~naner Kharchi Ml"'la Rnsh PllT"nima Exhibitional Dewali Mela Poush Sankranti Mela Mela Fair Mela _.A._ ___--.. ~----"---~.----~ -'------~ ~- ,----~---~ ~--~--~ ~-----A---~ Total No. of Total No. of" Total No. of' Total No. of Total No. of Total No. of attcnd- vil1agcs attcnd- vHlagcs attcil.d villages attend- villages attend- villages attend- villages ance where ancc where ancc where <'lnce where ance where ance where held held held held held held 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2,000 300 10450 4 7,000 3 3,750 4 500 300 425 3 11.000 3 10,000 2 10,O()O 50,000 700 2 12,200 2 3,400 4 15,000 8 1,000 2,000 1,600 3 22,550 10 50.000 1,125 5 33,000 14 14,200 3 11,750 13 114 TABLE Sub-division-wise LiSt of hnportant Festivals hy Number NAME OF --~------Chaitra Sankranti Name of Sub-division/ Durga Puja Saraswati Puja Poush Sankranti or Charak Puja ~ _____.A.______------.. Union Territory r----~------, ,------~--. -, Total ----- Total No. of No. of Total No. of Total No. of attendance vil1age attendance village attendance village attendance village 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .------Amarpur Sub-division 8,200 7 2,700 4 1,000 N.A. 3 N.A. 13 N.A. Belonia Sub-division 4,670 24 2,710 19 950 9 N.A. N.A. N.A. Dharmanagar Sub-division 3,900 6 200 2 500 N.A. 25 N.A. 11 N.A. 7 N.A. 4 Kailasahar Sub-division 950 3 N.A. 6 N.A. 4 N.A. 3 Kamalpur Sub-division 15,000 18 380 3 880 8 1,200 2 N.A. N.A. N.A. 5 N.A. Khowai Sub-division 15,210 34 6,636 35 550 2 950 3 N.A. 11 N.A. 14 N.A. 13 N.A. 4 Sabroom Sub-division 250 N.A. 13 N.A. 4 N.A. 10 Sadar Sub-division 19,271 50 6,743 44 3,410 21 1,850 10 N.A. 14 N.A. 10 N.A. 10 N.A. Sonamura Sub-division 5,700 18 3,550 22 1,325 7 575 3 N.A. N,A. N.A. N.A. Udaipur Sub-division 2,295 7 1,615 7 N.A. N.A. Tripura 75,196 167 24,784 137 6,165 38 7,025 29 N.A. 73 N.A. 57 N.A. 35 N.A. 22 115 6 of Villages H'illz Estinlated Congregation FESTIVALS ---.---- -~------Chaturdas Devata i or Kharchi Puja Ker Puja Dol PUTnilna Id-UI-Fetre ,.--______.A______-, ,.--- ~------, ,------~------'------~ Tota1 No. of Total No. of Total No. of Total No. of attendance village attendance village attendance viUage attendance vUlage 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 71 N.A. 36 N.A. 833 14 488 20 995 8 125 2 N.A. N.A. N.A_ N.A. N.A. 3 N.A. 2 N.A. 3 250 1 700 2 N.A. 4 N.A. 2 N.A. 100 1,040 10 300 3 N.A. N.A. 5 N.A. 470 4 5,265 52 2,160 14 N.A. 4 N.A. 8 N_A. 6 200 N.A. 2 N.A. 33 N.A. 6 26,477 4 9,283 91 5,737 31 925 9 N.A. N.A. 21 N.A. 10 N.A. 1 1,550 8 1,150 12 2,425 17 3,450 13 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. 3,692 35 N.A. 1 29,430 31 21,168 221 11,817 74 5,271 27 N.A. 9 N.A. 110 N.A. 27 N.A. 2 116 TABLE Su h-divisinn-wise T,ist of Important Festivals hy Number NAME OF ,------~--~------Narll.e of Sub Jd-Ud-Zuha Maharranl Rath Jatra Buddha Purnima ~ ___--"------~ ,------__.._____ ~ ~ ___ ~ __ --~ division/Union Territory __ r-----~----~ Total No. of Total No. of Total No. of Total No. of attendance village attendance village attendance village attendance village 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 AmarpuT Sub-division 31 1 1,500 N.A. 2 N.A. 2 N.A. 18 _Aelonia Sub-division 390 7 360 8 300 2 650 9 N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. Dharmanagar Sub-division 2,500 3 1,075 5 N.A. 8 N.A. 6 N.A. 3 N.A. 4 Kailasahar Sub-division 700 2 N.A. Kamalpur Sub-division 100 300 2 N.A. N.A. Khowai Sub-division 3,200 2 1,250 2 N.A. 3 N.A. 1 Sabroom Sub-division N.A. 3 N.A. 4 N.A. 2 N.A. 8 Sadar Sub-division 1,725 8 2,050 15 2,459 9 6,000 N.A. N.A. N.A. 5 N.A. Sonamura Sub-division 6,105 36 3,615 24 400 N.A. N.A. N.A. Udaipur Sub-division 2,000 5 4,095 12 150 N.A. N.A. N.A. Tripura 14,151 61 10,220 60 7,209 19 9,375 17 N.A. 16 N.A. 13 N.A. 11 N.A. 30 ._-___- 117 6-contd. of Villages with Rstbnared Congregalion-concld. FESTIVALS ------~------x- Mas Day Rash Purnima Kali Puja ------, ,------"------.." Total No. of Total No. of Total No. of attendance village attendance village attendance village 26 27 28 29 30 31 2,870 5 N.A. N.A. 22 70 4,660 59 N.A. N.A. 100 665 6 N.A. N.A. 10 125 275 700 2 N.A. N.A. 2 N.A. 4 100 500 3,660 21 N.A. N.A. N.A. 11 250 450 5,620 30 N.A. N.A. N.A. 17 275 425 2 N.A. N.A. 24 180 4 2,175 11 16,125 65 N.A. N.A. 4 N.A. 24 5,125 40 N.A. 5,497 32 N.A. 755 l> 3,745 18 45,337 262 N.A. 4 N.A. 6 N.A. 112 ------ LIST OF AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PUBLICATIONS (as on 17 February, 1964) AGARTALA~Laxmi Bhandar Books & Scientific 5 Vichara Sahitya Private Ltd., Balepet (Reg.) Sales (Rest.) 6 Makkala Pustaka Press, Balamandira, Gandhinagar . (Reg.) AGRA- 7 Maruti Book Depot~ Avenue Road (Rest.) 8 International Book House P. Ltd, 4-F, 1 National Book House~ .Jeoni Mandi (Reg.) Mahatma Gandhi Road (Reg.) 2 Wadhawa. & Co .• 45. Civil Lines (Reg.) 9 Navakarnataka Pubns. Private Ltd., Majestic 3 Banwari Lal Jain, Publishers, Mati Katra . (Rest.) Circle (Reg.) 4 English Book Depot. Sadar Bazar. Agra Cantt.. (Rest.) BAREILLY-Agarwal Brothers, Bara Bazar (Reg.) BARODA- AHMADNAGAR-V. T . .Jorakar. Prop .• Rama 1 Shri Chandrakant Mohan Lal Shah, Raopura (Rest.) General Stores, Navi Peth (Rest.) 2 Good Companions Booksellers, Publishers AHMADABAD----- & Sub-Agent (Rest.) 3 ],'.,ew MedicaJ Book House, 540, Madan 1 Balgovind Kuber Dass & Co., Gandhi Road (Reg.) Zampa Road (Rest.) 2 Chandra Kant Chiman Lal Vora. Gandhi Road (Reg.) 3 New Order Books Co .• Ellis Bridge (Reg.) BEAWAR-The Secretary, S.D. College, Co-ope fI- Mahajan Bros., Opp.K.hadia Police Gate (Rest.) rative Stores Ltd. (Rest.) 5 Sastu Kitab Ghar, Near Relief Talkies, Patthar Kuva, Relief Road (Reg.) BELGHARIA-Granthlok, Antiquarian Booksel AJMER- lers & Publishers (24-Parganas), 5/1, Amhca Mukherjee Road (Reg.) 1 Book-Land, 663, Madas Gate (Reg.) 2 Rajputana Book House, Station Road (Reg.) BHAGALPUR-Paper Stationery Storea, D.N. 3 Law Book House. 271, Hathi Bhata (Reg.) Singh Road 4 Vijay Bros., Kutchery Road (Rest.) (Reg.) 5 Krishna Bros., Kutchery Road (Rest.) BHOPAL- ALIGARH-Friends' Book House, Muslim 1 Superintondent, State Government Press UnIversity Market (Reg.) 2 Lyall Book Depot, Mohd. Din Building. Sultania Road (Reg.) ALLAHABAD- 3 Oolite Books, Opp. Bhopal Talkies (Rest.) 1 Superintendent, Printing & Stationery,.U .P. BHUBANESHWAR-Ekamra Vidyabhaban, Eas 2 Kitabistan, 17-A, Kamla Nehru Road (Reg.) tern Tower~ Room No. 3 3 Law Book Co., Sarda. Patel Marg, P. Box 4 (Reg.) (Rest.) 4 Ram Narian Lal Beni Modho, 2A. KatraRoad (Reg.) BIJAPUR-Shri D.V. Deshpande, Recognised 5 Universal Book Co,. 20. M.G. Road· (Reg.) Law Booksellers~ Prop. Vinod Book Dcpot~ 6 University Book Agency (of Lahore), Elgin Near Shiralshetti Chowk (Rest.) Road (Reg.) 7 Wadhwa & Co., 23, M.G. Marg . (Rest.) BIKANER-Bhandani Bors. (Rest.) 8 Eharat Law House~ 15~ Mahatma Gandhi Marg (Rest.) BILASPUR-Sharma Book Stall, Sadar Bazar (Rest.) 9 Ram Narain Lal Beni Prasad, 2-A, Katra Raod (Rest.) BOMBAY- AMBALA- Director Govt. Printing and Stationery, 1 English Book Depot, Amhala Cantt. (Reg.) Netaji Subash Road, Bombay 4. 2 Seth Law House, 8719, Railway Road. 2 Charles Larrlbcrt and Co.. 101, Mahatma Ambala CanU. Majith (Rest.) Gandhi Road (Reg.) 3 Co-operator's Book Depot, 5{32, Ahmed AMRITSAR- Sailor Bldg. Dadar (Reg.) 1 The Law Book Agency, G.T. Road, Putligarh (Reg.) 4 Current Book House, Maruti Lane, Raghu_ nathDadaji St. . (Reg.) 2 S. Gupta~ Agent, Government Publications, Near P.O. Majith Mandi (Reg.) 5 Current Technical Literature Co. P. Ltd., India House, First Floor (Reg.) 3 Amar Nath & Son~. Near P.O. Majith Mandi (Reg.) 6 International Book House Ltd., 9, Ash ANAND----- Lane, M.O. Road - . (Reg.) 7 Lakhani Book Depot. G-irgaum (Reg.) 1 Vjjaya Stores, Station Road (Rest.) 8 Elpees Agencies, 24~ Bhangwadi Kalbadcvi (Reg.) 2 Charto Book Stall, Tulsi Sadan, Stn. Road (Rest.) 9 P. P. H. Book Stall, 190-B, Khetwadi ASANSOL--D.N. Roy & R.K. Roy, Booksellers, Naoroji Road (Reg.) 10 New Book Co., 188-190, Dr. Dadabbai Atwal Building (Rest.) Main Road (Reg.) 11 Popular Book Depot,Lamington Road (Reg.) BANGALORE- 12 Sunder Das Gian Chand, 631, Girgaum The Bangalore I...egal Practitioner Co-op. Road, Near Princes.s Street (Reg.) Society Ltd., Bar Association Building (Reg.) 13 D.B. Taraporewala Sons and Co. (P) Ltd.~ 2 S.S. Book Emporium, 118, Mount .Jow Road (Reg.) 210, Dr. Dadahhai NaoToji Road (Reg.) 3 The Banga]ore Press, Lake VIew, Mysoe Road, 14 Thacker and Co., Ramapart Row (Reg.) P.O. Box 507 .... (Reg.) 15 N.M. Tripathi Private Ltd.' Princess Street (Reg.) 4 The Standard Book Depot, Avenue Road (Reg.) 16 The Kothari Book Depot, King Edward Road (Reg.) 17-3 RGI/ND/66 119 120 17 P.H. Rama Krishna and Sons~147, Rajaram DEHRA DUN-- Bhuvan, Shivaji Park Road No. 5 (Rest.) 18 C. Jamnadas and Co., Booksellers, 146-C, 1 Jugal Kishore & Co.~ RaJ pur Road (Reg.) Princess Street (Reg.) 2 National Ncv,.·s Agency, Paltan Bazar (Reg.) 3 Bishan Singh and Mahendra Pal Singh. 19 Indo Nath and Co.~A-6, Daulat Nagar, Barivli (Reg.) 318, Chukhuwala 20 Minerva Book Shop, Sh~p No. 1(80, (Reg.) N. Subhash Road (Reg.) 4 Utam Pustak Bhstak Bhandal', Paltan Bazar (Rest.) 21 Aeademi Book Co.. Association Building, DELHI Girgaunl Road (Reg.) 22 Donlinon Pubhshers~ 23, Bell Building, 1 J. M. Jaina l$L Brothers, Mori Gate (Reg.) Sir, P. M. Road (Rest.) 2 Atula Ram & Sons, Kashrn.cre Gate (Reg.) 23 Bom.bay National History Society, 91, 3 Eederal L~.w Book Depot, Kashmere Gate (Reg.) Walkeshwat Road (Rest.) 4 Bahri Bros .. 188, Lajpat Rai Market (Reg.) 24 Dowamadeo and Co., 16, Naziria Building. 5 Bawa Harikrishna Dass Bedl (Vijaya General Ballard Estate (Rest.) Agencies). P.B. 2027, Ahata Kedara. 25 Asian Trading Co., 310, the Miraball, Chamalian Road . . (Reg.) P.B. 1505 (Rest.) 6 Book-",,-cll~ 4, Saat Narankan Colony, P.B. 1565 (Reg.) (Reg.) CALCUTTA- 7 In"lperial Publishing Co., 3, Faiz Bazar, Daryaganj (Reg.) 1 Chatterjee and Co., 3/1. Bachar'arn 8 Metropolitan Book Co., 1, Fair Bazar (Reg.) Chatterjee Lane (Reg.) 9 Publicati.... Hl Centre, Subzimandi (Reg.) 2 Dass Gupta and Co. Ltd., 54(3, College Street (Reg.) 10 Youngrrm.n & Co. NE!.i Sarak (Reg.) 3 Hindu Library, 69A, Bolaram Street . (Reg.) 11 Indian Army Book Depot, 3. Daryaganj . (Reg.) 4 S.K. Ladtri and Co. Private Ltd.,College Street (Reg.) 12 All India Educationn.l Supply Co., Shri Ram 5 M. C. Sarkar and Sons Private Ltd., 14, Buildings, Jawahar N:c·.gar (Rest.) Bankim Chatterjee Street (Reg.) ] 3 Dhanwant Medical & Law .Book House, 1522, 6 W. Newman and Co .• Ltd., 3, Old Court Lajpat Ral Market (Rest.) House Stooe-t . (Reg.) 14 Unirersity Book House, 1.5~ U. B. Bangalore 7 Oxford Book and Stationery Co., 17, Park Road, Jawahar N :tgar (Rest.) Street (Reg.) 15 Law Literature House, 2646. Balimara.n (Rest.) 8 R. Chambray and Co. Ltd., Kent H·ouse, P. 16 Sunlmar Brothers, P. O. Dirla Lines (Rest.) 33, Miss:on Road Extension (R('g.) 17 Universal Book & Stationery Co., 16, Netaji 9 S. C. Sarkar and Sons Private Ltd.. I. C. SubhES Marg (Reg.) College Square (Reg.) 18 B. Nath & Bros, 3801~ Charkhawalan 10 Thacker Spink and Co. (1933) P. Ltd.. 3. (Chowri Bazar) . . . . . (Rest.) Esplanade East (Reg.) 19 Rajkamal Prakashan P. Ltd., 8, Faiz Bazar (Reg.) II Firma K. L. Mukhopadhaya, 6(IA, Banchha 20 Premier Book Co., Prinkrs, Publishers & RatTI Akrar Lane (Reg.) Booksellers, Nat Sarak (Rest.) 12 K.K. Roy, P. Box No. 10210, Calcutta 19 (Rest.) 21 Universal Book Traders, 80, Gokhaie Market (Reg.) 13 Sn1. P. D. Upadhyay, 77, Muktar<:>.m 22 Tech. & Commercial Book Coy, 75, Gokhale Habu Street (Rest.) Market (Rest.) 14 Universal Book Dist., 8/2. H,~tings Street (Rest.) 23 SaJni Law Publishing Co .• 14 t 6, Chabiganj, 15 Modern Book Depot, 9, Chowringee Centre (Rest.) KashmeTe Gate (Rest.) 16 Soor and Co., 125, Canning Street (Reg.) 24 G. M. Ahuja Booksellers & Stationers, 309, 17 S. Bhattacharjee, 49, Dharamtala Street (Rest.) Nehru Bazar (Rest.) 18 Mukherjee- Library~ 10, Sarba Khan Road (Reg.) 25 Sat Naraian & Sons 3141. Mohd. Ali Bazar 19 Current Literature Co, 208, Mahatma Mori Gate (Reg.) Gandhi Road (Reg.) 26 Kitab Mahal (Wholesale Div.), P. Ltd., 28. 20 The Book Depository 4/1~ Madan Street Faiz Bazar (Reg.) (1st Floor) . . (Re,t.) 27 Hindu Sahitya Sansar. Nai Sarak (Rest.) 21 Scientific Book Agency, Netaji Subhash Road (Rest.) 28 Munshi Ram Manohar L~.L Or~ental Book 22 Reliance Trading Co .• 17rC Banku Bihari sellers & Publishers, P.B. 1165. Nai Sarak (Rest.) Ghose Land, District· (Rest.) 29 K. L. Seth, Suppliers of Law. Commercial 23 Indian Book-Dist. Ce., 6512, Mahatma T~ch. Book Shanti Nagar, G;:o.neshpura (Rest.) Gandhi Road (Rest.) 30 Adarsh Publishing Service. 5-A/IO. Ansari Road (Rest.) CALICUT-Touring Book Stall (Rest.) DHANBAD- CHANDIGARH- Ismag Co-operative Stores Ltd .• p.O. Indian School of Mines (Reg.) I Supt. Govt. Printing and Stationcry~ Punjab (Rest.) 2 Jain Law Ageny, Flat No.8, Sector No. 22 (Rest.) 2 New Sketch Press, Post Box 26 (Rest.) 3 Rama News Agency, BooKseller~ Sector No.22 (Reg.) DHARWAR- 4 Universal Book Store,' Booth 25, Sector 22 D (Reg.) English Book Shop, 34, Sector 22D (Rest.) The Agricultural College Consun1.ecs Co-up. 5 Secicty ...... (Rest.) 6 Mehta Bros, 15-Z, Sector 22 B (Rest.) 7 Tandan Book Depot) Shopping Centre. 2 Rameshraya BOOK Depot. Subhas Road (Rest.) Sector 16 (Rest.) 3 Karne_takaya Sahitya Mandira of Publisoer 8 Kailash Law Publishers, Sector 22B (Rest.) and Book-serllers CHHINDWARA-The Verma Book Depot (Reg.) ERNAKULAM- 1 Pai & Co .. Cloth Ba.zar Road (ResL) COCHIN-Saraswat Corporution Ltd .• PalIiarkav 2 South India Traders C/o Constitutional Journal (Reg.) Road (Reg.) FEROZEPU R-English Book Depot. 78, CUTTACK- Jhoke Road (Reg.) GAUHATI-Mukshada PUstakaiay (Reg.) 1 Press Officer Orissa Sectt. 2 Cuttack Law Times (Reg.) GA Y_~-Sahitya Sadan, Gautam Budha Marg (Reg.) 3 Prabhat K. Mahaparra~ Mangalbag, P.B. 35 (Reg.) GHAZIABAD-Jayana Book Agency (Rest.) 4 D. P. Sur & Sons. Mangaiabag (Rest.) GORAKHPUR-Vishwa Viclyalaya Prakashan, 5 Utkal Stores~ Baiu Bazar (Rest.) Nakhes Road (Reg.) 121 CiUDUR-The General Manager, The N. D. C KARUR-Shri V. Nagaraja Rao, 26. Srinlvasa- Publishing & Ptg. Society Ltd. (Rest.) puram (Rest.) GUNTUR-Book Lovers Private Ltd .• Kadrigudu. KODARMA-The Bhagawati Prccs. P.O.Jhumri Chowrasta (Reg." Tilaiya, Distt. Hazaribagh (Reg.) GWALIOR- KOLHAPUR-Maharashtra Granth Bhandar Mahadwar Road (Rest.) I Suppdt., Printing & Stationery~ M. B. 2 Loyal Book Depot, Patnakar Bazar.. Lashkar (Reg.) KOTA-Kota Book Depot (Rest.) :_l M. C. Daftari Prop. M. B. Jain & Bros. Book- sellers. Saraf"a, Lashkar (Rest.) KUMTA-S. V. Kanl.at Booksellers Stationers (N Kanara) (Reg.) HUBLI-Pervaje's Book House~ Koppikar Road (Reg.) LUCKNOW~- HYDERABAD~- 1 Soochna Sahitya Depot (State Book Depot) (Reg.) 1 Dhector,. Govt. press 2 Balkrishna Book Co .. Ltd~ Hazratganj . (Reg.) 2 The Swaraj Book Depot, Lakdikapul (Reg.) 3 British Book Depot, 84, Hazratganj (Reg_) 3 Book Lovers Private Ltd. (Rest.) 4 Ram Advani~Hazratganj, P. B. 154 (Reg_) 4 Labour Law Publications, 873~ Sultan Bazi::"l.r (Rest.) 5 Universal Publlshers (P) Ltd., Hazratganj (Reg.) IMPHAL-Tikendra & Sons Bookseller (Rest.) 6 Eastern Book Co .• Lalbagh Road (Reg.) 7 Civil & Miltta.,y Educational Stores,. l06jB,. fNDORE- Sadar Bazar (Rest.) R Acquarium Supply Co .• 213, Faizabad Road (Rest.) I Wadhawa & Co .• ,5,6,. M. G. Road (Reg.) 9 La'w Rook Mart~ Amin-Ud-Daula Park (Rest.) 2 (Res!.:) 3 ~~~~aBt:'i~!:~;oB~~~~n--::::a~J. Ahilya LUDHIANA-~ PUra . (Rest.) 4 Modem B<}ok House. Shiv Vllas Palace (Rest.) I Lyall Book D~pot~ Chaura Bazar (Reg.) 5 Navyug Sahitya Sadam, Publishers & 2 Mohindra Brothers" Katcheri Road (Rest.) Booksellers. I 1. Khajuri Hazar (Rest.) 3 Nanda Stationery Bhandar, Pustak Bazar (Rest.) 4 The Pharn'lacy News~ Pindi Street (Rest.) JABALPUR- MADRAS-- Modern Book House. 286. Jawaharganj (Reg.) 2 Na.tional Book House, 135. Jai Prakash I Supdt.~ Gov!. Press~ Mount Road Narain Marg (Reg.) 2 Account cst Institute. P.O. 760.. Enlgore (Reg_) 3 C. Subbiah Chetty & Co .• Triplicane- (Reg.) JAfPUR- 4 K. Krishanarnurthy~ Post Box 384 (Reg.) 5 Presidency Book Supplies 8~ Pycrons Road, GovernUlcnt Printing and St~_tionery Depart ment, Raasthan Triplicanc (Reg.) 6 P. Vardhachary & Co .• 8. Linghi Chetty 2 Bharat L'lw l-Iouse.. Booksellers & Publishers~ Opp_ Prenl Prakash Cinema (Reg.) Street (Reg.) 7 Palani Parcburanl, 3~ Pycrofts Road, 3 Garg Book Co .. Tripolia Bazar _ (Reg.) 4 Vani Mandie Sv.wai Mansingh Highv..'ay (Reg.) Triplicane (Reg.) H: NCBH Private: Ltd .• 199~ Mount Road (Rest.) 5 Kalyan Mal & Sons. Tripolia Bazar (Rest.) 9 V. Sadanand, The Personal Bookshop. 10, 6 Popular Book Depot~ Chaura Rasta (Reg.) Congress Building 11 t. Mount Road (Rest.) 7 Krishna Book Depot. Chaura Rasta (Rest.) 8 Dotninion Law Depot" Shah Building, MADURAI- P.B. No. 23 (ResL) Oriental Book House. 258. """cst Ma...... i Street (Reg.) JAMNAGAR~Swedeshi Vastu Bhandar (Reg.) ~ Vivekananda. p[CsS~ 48,. West Masi Street (Reg.) JAMSHEDPUR~- MANDYA SUGAR TOWN-K. N. Narimha lAmar Kitab Ghar, Diagonal Road. P.B. 78 (Reg.) Go,""da & Sons (Rest.) 2 Gupta Stores, Dhakidih (Reg.) 3 Sanyal Bros., Booksellers & Ne'V,: Agent~ MANGAT.ORE-l_T_ R. Shennye Sons" Car Street, Bistapur Market (Rest.) P. Box 128 (Reg.) JAWALAPUR--S~l_hyog Book Depot (Rest.) MANJESHWAR-Mukc-nda Krishn:t Nayak (Rest.) JHUNJHUNU- MATHURA-Rath & Co .• Tilohi Building. Bengali Ghat (Rest.) Shashi-Kull'lar Sarat Chand (Rest.) 2. Kapram Prakashan" 1'90, Nandha Niwas. MEERUT- Azad Marg (R.) ] Prakash Educational Stores~ Subhas Bazar (Reg.) JODHPUR- 2 Hind Chitra Press. West Kutchery Road (Reg.) 3 Loyal Book Depot~ Csthippi Tank (Reg.) Dwarka Das Rathi,. Wholesale Books and 4 Rharat Educational Stores. Chhippi Tank (Rest.) News Agents (Reg.) 5 Universal Book Depot, Booksel1ers & News ~ Kitab-Ghar, Sojati Gate Bazar (Reg.) Agents (Rest.) .] Choppra Brothers. Tripolia (Reg.) MONGHYR-Anusandhan~ Minerva Press JULLUNDUR- Building (Rest.) I HazCK"')ria Bros. Mai Hiran Gate (Rest.) 2 Jain General House" Bazar Bansanwala (Reg.) MVSSOORIE- 3 University Publl~hers. Railway Roo:.d (Rest.) Can-.bridge Bouk DCJ1'ot~ The Mal (Rest.) KANPUR- 2 Hind Traders (Rest.) 1 Advani Co_~ P. Box 100, The Mall (Reg.) 2 sahitya Niketan, Shradl'lanand Park (Reg.) MUZAFFARNAGAR··~ 3 The UniveTSal Book Stall. The Mall (Reg.) Mittal & Co., 85-C. New Mandi (Rest.) 4 Raj COTPord.tion~ Raj House. P.B. 200~ Chowk (Reg.) 2 B. S . .lain & Co., 71 Abup1.1ra (Rest.) 18-3 RGI/ND!66 122 MUZAFFARPUR- 30 Sent Ram Booksel1ers~ J 6~ New Municipal J Scientific & Educational Supply Syndicate . (Reg.) Market~ Lody Colony (Rest. I 2 Legal Corner, Tikmanio House, Amgola PAN.JIM- Road (Rest.) 3 Tirhut Book Depot (Rest.) Singhals Book House. P. O. B- 70. Near the Church .... (Rest.) MYSORE- 2 Sagoon Gaydev Dhoud~ Booksellers, 5-7 1 H_ Venkataramiah & Sons" New Statue Circule (Reg.) Rau, 3 Ide Jameria (Rest.) 2 Peoples Book House, OpP. Jagan Mohan PATHANKOT-The Kri'hna Book Depot. Palace . (Reg.) Main Bazar (Rest.) 3 Geeta Book House, Booksellers & Publishers, Krishnamurthipuram (Rest.) PATIALA- 4 News Paper House, Lansdowne Building (Rest.) 5 Indian Mercantile Corporation, Toy Palace 1 Supdt.~ Bhupelldra State Press Ramvilas (Rest.) 2 Jain & Co .. 17, Shah Nashin Bazar (Reg.) NADIAD-R. S. Desay. Station Road (Rest.) PATNA- 1 Supdt ... Govt. Printing (Bihar) .. • NAGPUR-- 2 J. N. P. Agarwal & Co.,. Padri-ki-Haveli 1 Ma.nager, Govt.. PTess & Book Depot Raghun.ath Bh.a.wan. (R.eg..) 2 Western Book Depot, Residency Road (Reg.) 3 Luxmi Trading Co.~ Padri-ki-Haveli (Reg.) 3 The Asstt. Secretary, Mineral Industry 4 Moti Lal Banarsi Dass, Bankipore (Reg.) Association .. Mineral House (Rest.) 5 Bengal Law House. Chowhatta (Rest.) NAINITAL-Coural.Book Depot, Rara Bazar PITHORAGARH-Maniram Punetha & sons (Rest.) NANDED- PONDICHERRY-M/s. Honesty Book House, 1 Book Centre.. College Law GeneraJ Books .. 9, Rue Duplix . (R.) Station Road ... (Rest. ) 2 Hindustan General Stores, Paper & Stationery POONA- Merchant~ P. B. No. 51 \Rcst. I Deccan Book Sta.lI. Deccan Gyrl1kh~l.lla (Reg. 3 Sanjoy Book Agency~ Vaz,it"a1::-ad F, Rest. 2 Imperial Rook Def)ot .. 266, M.G Road (Reg. I .3 Tntcrnationa.1 Book Service. Deccan Gyn1.- NEW DELHf- khana (Reg. i 1 An1.rit Book co.~ Connaught Circus (Reg. 4 Raka Rook Agency. Opp_ Natu's Ch"L'\vl Near Appa (Reg. ) 2 Bhawani & Sons. 8F~ Connaught Plac~ (Reg.', Balwant Chowk 3 ~ntral News Agency~ 23,90. Connaught 5 Utility Book Depot~ 1339, Shivaji Nagar (Rest.' Circus (Reg.) PUDUKOTTAI---Shri P. N. SWa.rn.inathan Sivam 4 En:).pire Book Depot .. 278, Allganj (Reg.) & Co .• East Main Road (Rest. I 5 English BOOK Stores, 7-L, Conna.ught Circus. P. O. B. 328 ... {Reg. I RAJK.OT-Mohan Lal Dossabhai Shah. Book- 6 Faqir Chand & Sons. IS-A. Khan Market (Reg.; sellers & Sub-Agents (Reg.) 7 Jain Book Agency. Cu .• PrCJ11 House, C01J. naught Place (Reg.', RANCHI- ,II Oxford Book & Stationery Co . ., Scindia 1 Crown Book Depot, Upper Bazal' (Reg. House {Reg." 2 Pustak Mahal, Upper Bazar (Rest. 1 9 Ram Krishna & Sons (of Lahore). 16/B. Connaught Place (Reg. REWA-Supdt.. G{_ivt. State EmporiunL V. P. 10 SiKh Publishing House~ 7-C. Connaught ROURKELA-The Rcourkcla Review (Rest. I Plac...~. . . . (Reg. I II Suneja BOOK Ce-ntl-e. 24/90, Connaught Circus ~Reg.) SAHARANPU R-Chandra Bharata PlL"itak 12 United BOOK Agency, 31 ~ Municipal Market~ Bhandar .. Court Roa.d (Rest., Connaught Circus (Reg.' 13 Jayana Book Deyot. Chhap~lrwala Kaun .. SECUNDERABAD ·--Hindustan Diary Pub[ishcrs~ Karol Bagh (Reg. I Market Street (Reg. ) 14 Navayug Traders. D~sh -Bandhu Gupta Road. Dev Nagar (Reg.' STLCHER-Shri NishitLO Sen Nazirpatti (Rest.) 15 Saraswati Book Depot. 15 .. Lady I-Ia..rding SIMLA- Road {Reg.! 1 Su~dt.~ Hin1.achal Pradesh Govt. 16 The Sccr~tary, Tndian Met, Socicty~ Lodi 2 Minerva Book Shop~ Th", Man (Reg.! Road . . . . (Reg.) 3 The New Book. Depot, 79~ The Mall (Reg.) 17 Nc\v Book Depot, Latest Books~ Periodicals Sty & Novellcs. P. B. 96.. Conn aught Place (Reg.) SINNAR-Shri N. N. Jakhadi~ Agent. Tilnes of 18 Mehra Brothers,. 50-G, Kalkaji (Reg.) Jndia~ Sinnar. Nasik (Reg. i 19 Luxmi Book Stores,. 42,. Janpath (Rest. ) 20 Hindi Book House, 82,. Janpath (Rest.) SHILLONG- 21 People Publishing House (P) Ltd.. Rani 1 The Officcl'-in-charge, Assarll_ Govt. B_ D . .Jhansi Road ,Reg.) '2 Chapla Booksta.ll~ P. B. No. I (Rest.) 22 R. K. Publishers. 23~ Beadon Pura, Karol Bagh (Rest.) Shanna Brus .• 17, New Market. Muti Nagar (Reg.) SONEPAT-United Book Agency (Reg.' 23 SRI NAGAR-The Kashmir Bookshop. Residency 24 Aapki D1J.kan~ 5/5777, Dev l'orIagar (Rest. ) 25 Sarvodaya Service, 66/ A-I. Rohtak Road. Road (Reg.) P. B. 2521 (Rest. J SVRAT~Shri Gajanan Pustakalay. Tower Road (Reg., 26 H. Chandson. P. B. 1><0. 3034. . . (Rest.) 27 The Secretary~ Federation of Association of TIRUCHlRAPALLI- Small IndlL_~try of India.. 23-B/2,. RohtaK Road (Rest.) 1 Kalpana Publishers, Wosiur _ (Reg. , 28 Standard Booksellers & Stationers. Palam 2 s. Krishn~wa1TIi & Co.~ 35~ Subhash Chandor Enclave. . . . . (Rest.) Bose R.oad (Reg.) 29 Lakshmi Book Depot, 57~ Regarpura (Rest.) 3 Palaniappa Bros. (Rest.) 123 TRlVANDRUM~ 3 The Employrn.cnt Officer~ EmploYlucnt Exchange". 1 International Book Depot, Main Road (Reg.) Dhar. 2 Reddear Press & Book Depot, P.B. No.4 (Rest.) 4 The Asstc Din..~tor,. Footwear Extension C.entre" Polo Ground No. t~ Jodhpur. TUTIKORIN~Shri K. Thiagarajan, to-C, French 5 The O.(C. Extension Centre" Club Road, Mazaft"arpur. Chapter Road (Rest.) 6 The Director, Indian Bureau of" Mines, Govt. of , India" Ministry of Minos & Fuel .. Nagpur. UDAIPUR~ 7 The Asstt. Director" Industrial Extension Centre, 1 ..Jagdish & Co .• Inside Surajapole (Rest.) Nadiad (Gujarat). 2 Book Centre~ Maharana Bhopal Consumers 8 The Head Clerk~ Photozincographic Press" 5,. Finance Co-op-Society (Rest.) Road" Poona. 9 Govt. Printing & Stationery, Rajkot. UJ"JAIN~Manak Chand Book Depot, Sati Gate (Rest.) to The D.I/C. Extension Centre" Industrial Estate, Kokar, Ranchi. VARANASI~ 11 The Director.. S.LS.I. Industrial Extension Centre, 1 Students Friends & Co . ." Lanka (Rest.) Udhna, SUrat. 2 Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office. Gopal 12 The Rcgistar of Companies, Narayani Building,. 27, Mandir Road. P. B. 8 (Reg.) Erabourno Road, Calcutta-I. 3 Globe Book Centre .. (Rest.) 13 The Registrar of Companies .. Kcrala~ 50 Feet Road. 4 Kohinoor Stores... University Road,. Lanka . (Reg.) Erllakulatn. 5 B.H.U. Book O",pot (Rest.) 14 The l:t.cgistrar of Calnpanios", H. No. 3-5-83,. Hyder gude. VELLORE~A. Venkatasubhan. Law Book 15 Registrar of Con"lpctnies Assan"l~ Manipur and Tripuru.. Sellers (Reg.) Shillong. 16 Registrar of Companies. SUnlight Insurance Building. VUAYAWADA~The Book & Review Centre. Ajmeri Gate Extension .. New De'hi. Elu["u Road, Government (Res .. ) 17 Registrar of Compaines", Panjab and Himachal Pra- VISAKHAPTNAM- desh~ Ling Road. Jullunder City. . 1 Gupta Brothers. Vizia Building (Reg.) 18 Registrar ot· Companies. Bihar.. .Jamal Road.. Patna-I. 2 Book Centre, 11/97. Main Roadl (Reg.) 19 Registrar of' Companies", Raj & AjITIC"T .. Shri Kamta 3 The Secy.. Andhra University General Prasad Hou.;;e. 1st Floor", He"" Scheme. Ashok Mark .. Co-op-Ston:s Ltd (Rest.) Jaipur. 20 The Registrar of Conlpanics. Andhra Bank Building. VIZIANAGARAM- -Sarda & Co .. (Rest. 6. Linghi Chetty Streec P. B. 1530. Madra..~. 21 The R:::gislrar of Companit!s. Mahatnl..."l. Gandhi Road. WARDHA --Swar-ajcya Bhandar, Bhorji Market \,Rcg.) West COlt. Building. P.R. 334. Kanpur. 22 The Registl'~,-r of Companies. Evcrc~t 100. r\'1arine Drive. BOlnbay. For Local Sale 23 The Registrar of Cumpanies., 162. Brigade Road. GovL of India Kitab Mahal, Janpath, Opp. rndia BangaJore. The Registrar of COlnpanics. G""ulioL Coffee l-iousc. N~w Delhi. 24 Asstt. Director. Extension Centre. Bhuli Rnad. 2 Govt. oT india Book Dcpot~ 8~ Hasting Street. 25 Calcutta. Dhanbad. 3 High ConlInissioner for India: in London, India House. 26 Registrar of COlnp<..:.nies. Orissa. Cuttack Chandi. London. W.C.2. Cutt&ck. 27 The Registl·a.r (_")[ C0111panies. Gujanlt State. Gujarat Sarnachar Buildillg, Ahul_t;!:uaba.d. Railwuy bookstall holders 28 Publication Division,. Sale Depot. North Block. New Delhi. 1 SIS. A. H. Wheeler & Co .. 15. Elgin Road~ Allahaba.d. 29 The Dev010fnnent Corn_lnis"'ion~r. SITlalt scale fndus 2 Gahlot Bros .. K.E.M. Road, Bikancr.. tries. New Delhi. 3 Higginboth~"'.I"S & Co. Ltd .• Mount Road,. Madras. 30 The D.I'C'. University Ernployn"ll.!"llt Bureau. Luckno,\,-. 4 M. Gulab Singh & Sons Private Ltd.~ Mathura Road. 31 The 0'.1 iC:.S. LS.1. Extension Centre. Maida. Nev.r Delhi. 32 The D.l/C.S.LS.t. Extension Ccntr'c Habl·a. Taba-Iu ria. :!.4-Parganas. Foreign 33 The D.lle.S.I.S.I. Model c.-:arpcntry Worh.shop. Piyali Nag~'.r. P.O. Burnipur. SIS. Education. Entreprisc Private Ltd., Kathluandu 34 The (_).I/C.S.I.S.I. Chrontanning Extension Centre., (Nepal:. Tangnl., 33. North Topsia Road. Calcutta-46. 2 Aktic Bologat. C. E. Fritzes Kungal. Hovobok 35 The D.l/e.S.LS.I. Extension Centre. (Footwear I. handel.. Fr~dsgation-2~ Box 1656~ Stockholm-16 Calcu.tta. (Sweden). 36 Asstt. Director, Extension Centre, Hyderabad. 3 Reist-und Verkehrsverlag Stuttgart.. Post 730, Gutcn 37 Asstt. Director, Extension Centre. Krishna DiSH. bergstra L 1.. Stuttgart No. t 1245~ Stuttgartden (Germany We-st). 38 k~~i~ynlcnt OffiCC'"T. ElnplQYIHcnt Exchange,. Jhabua. 4 Shri Jswar Subramanyam. 452. Reversite Driv Apt. 6. 39 Dy. Director Incharge~ S.I.S.1. 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