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((Infobox holiday
| holiday_name  = Charak Puja
| type          = Indian festival
| longtype      = [[Hindu]]
| image         = Charak Puja - Narna - Howrah 2014-04-14 0411.JPG
| caption       = Charak Puja being performed at village Narna, [[Howrah]], April 2014.
| official_name = 
| nickname      = Nil Puja, Hajrha Puja
| observedby    = Hindus
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| date          = Midnight of Songkran ( 13–14 April )
| date2009      = 
| celebrations  = 
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| significance  = Done in order to supposedly gain prosperity and success from the Hindu Gods, Shiva and Durga.
| duration      = 1 day
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'''Charak Puja''' or '''Pachamara Mela'''  (also known as ''Chadak'', ''Nil Puja'' or ''Hajrha Puja'')<ref>from Syncretism, Narratives. "[https://hpuniv.ac.in/hpuniv/upload/uploadfiles/files/HPUJ-June-2022-issue.pdf Mid-Seventeenth-Century Mughal Bengal: A Study of Social Transformation and Narratives from Syncretism to Conflict]." ''Himachal Pradesh University Journal'': 45.</ref> is a [[Hindu]] folk [[festival]] held in honor of the deity [[Shiva]]. The festival is observed in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]] and in [[Bangladesh]] on the last day of the month of ''[[Chaitra]]'' ([[Choitro]] in the [[Bengali calendar]]) at midnight.<ref>((Cite journal |last1=Ghosh |first1=Abhik |last2=Sinha |first2=Anil Kishore |date=October 2007 |title=A Second Charak Festival from Delhi |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09720073.2007.11891014 |journal=The Anthropologist |language=en |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=289–294 |doi=10.1080/09720073.2007.11891014 |s2cid=80082768 |issn=0972-0073))</ref><ref>((Cite news |date=14 April 2022 |title=Charak Puja 2022: Charak Puja Priested by Fallen Brahmins! Know the unknown story |pages=1 |work=bangla.aajtak. in |url=https://bangla.aajtak.in/dharm-religion/story/charak-puja-2022-bengali-hindu-folk-festival-celebrated-honor-god-shiva-chaitra-sankranti-west-bengal-and-bangladesh-unknown-facts-soc-363907-2022-04-14 |access-date=14 April 2022))</ref>

People believe that by satisfying Shiva, the festival will bring prosperity to them, eliminating the sorrow and sufferings of the previous year.

The preparation usually starts a month in advance. The people responsible for the arrangement of the festival go from village to village to procure the necessary components like [[Paddy (unmilled rice)|paddy]], [[oil]], [[sugar]], [[salt]], [[honey]], [[money]] and other items needed for the ritual. At [[midnight]] of [[sankranti|Songkranti]], the worshippers gather to worship Shiva and Ma Durga for success. Afterwards a [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]], the [[prasad]] (Items blessed by the deity) are distributed.<ref>((Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-iYoAAAAYAAJ |title=Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China and Australasia |date=1839 |publisher=Wm. H. Allen & Company |language=en))</ref>

[[File:Charak - Indian Museum, Kolkata R.13413.jpg|thumb|Charak Puja in an [[East India Company]] era painting, at the [[Indian Museum]].]]
[[File:Twenty-four plates by S. C. Belnos 006.jpg|right|thumb|Illustration of Charak Puja from ''Twenty-four plates illustrative of Hindoo and European Manners in Bengal'' (1832) by Sophie Charlotte Belnos (1795–1865)]]Rarely, it’s also known as "Hajrha Puja". Women [[Fasting|fast]] before this festival and  male devotees swing from a pole with hooks being attached to the pole with ropes thrust through their backs.<ref>((Cite book |last=Oddie |first=Geoffrey A. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33970904 |title=Popular religion, elites, and reform : hook-swinging and its prohibition in colonial India, 1800-1894 |date=1995 |publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors |isbn=81-7304-101-6 |location=New Delhi |oclc=33970904))</ref>

==Charak Puja in Bangladesh==
In Bangladesh, it frequently takes place in [[Moulvibazar District|Moulvibazar]], [[Thakurgaon District|Thakurgaon]] district, and [[Galachipa Upazila]] of the [[Patuakhali District]]. Goalkhali, Gabua, Haridebpur, Lalua, Lohalia, and other villages are well known for "Charak Puja".<ref>((Cite news |last=Dey |first=Subrata |date=14 April 2020 |title=Sacrifice for the hope |pages=5 |work=tbsnews.net |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/feature/sacrifice-hope-68983 |access-date=14 April 2020))</ref> Though the aristocracy and frequency of the festival is being deemed now, it is still being performed regularly by people with an uncommon amount of devotion. For them it’s a part of their life. The Most popular festival "Charak Puja" is found at places like Dholar [[Haat bazaar|Haat]], Akcha, Gorea, Khochabari(Singia), Hothath para at Thakurgaon Sadar, same places of Tripura Dhalai District like Kamalpur and Kulai.

==Bagad and Sirimanu==
[[File:Sirimanu.jpg|thumb|[[Sirimanothsavam|Sirimanu festival]] at [[Vizianagram|Vizianagram, Andhra Pradesh]] ]]

In Maharashtra Bagad (Marathi language: बगाड) in Andhra pradesh [[Sirimanothsavam|Sirimanu festival]]  is a religious festive tradition, where a [[ceremonial pole]] from an  [[tree worship|auspicious tree]] is venerated. In some villages, [[Yatra|jatra]]s in honour of local deities in [[Maharashtra]] & [[Andhra Pradesh]] are performed. Bagad is a similar concept to Charak Puja, [[Gajan (festival)]] or Indian parallel of Mexican [[Danza de los Voladores]].

==See also==
* ((section link|Banawadi|Banawadi Bagad))
* [[Gajan (festival)]]
* [[Danza de los Voladores]]
* [[Sirimanothsavam]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.dailyjanakantha.com Janakantha] "by Shankar Lal Dash, 13 April 2008

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[[Category:Hindu festivals]]
[[Category:Religious festivals in India]]
[[Category:Religious festivals in Bangladesh]]

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