Holi festival is celebrated as Dol Purnima or Dol Jatra or Dol Yatra in Bengal. It is celebrated on Falgun Purnima, the Full Moon day in Falgun month. Dol Purnima is dedicated to Lord Sri Krishna and the festival is also known as Basontotsav. Dol Purnima also marks the birthday of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu once visited Vrindavan, where he observed the Holi festival. After his return to Bengal, he pondered deeply and decided to introduce the festival but in a different form. It came to be known as Dolyatra.Shri Chaitanya said to his followers, "Go to the Krishna temple on that day, and apply red powder and red colour to Krishna. Then you should play with the red powder and colour amongst yourselves." And those who gave red powder and colour to others would also feed them with malpoa, the delectable sweet. So it is neither Holi festival nor Phaguya – it is the Dolyatra of Shri Krishna.In the days of Mahaprabhu, the prevailing rule was to seek the prior permission of the person to whom you were going to give the red powder. If that person gave permission, then only could you smear him with coloured powder, and then treat them to malpoa.(source:from internet)
Like every year Dol jatra celebrated at Srikhanda Thakurbari and a little fair also organized at this place by Srikhanda Madhumati Samity.
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| gauranga mahaprabhu during dol jatra |
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| Dol Jatra at Srikhanda thakur bari |
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| Dol Jatra at Srikhanda |
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| Mahaprabhu with Radha Krishna during Dol Jatra |
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| Radha krishna during dol jatra evening |
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| gauranga Mahaprabhu |
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| Ujjal Thakur during Dol Jatra at Thakur bari |
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| Dol Purnima at srikhanda Uttarbari |
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| majher bari during dol purnima |
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| dol purnima at srikhanda |
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| naraharir sayan kakhkha during dol jatra |
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| hari mandir at thakur bari during dol jatra |
In these Pictures you see lord chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Shree Shree Radha Madan Mohan Temple better known as srikhanda Majher bari and lord Radha Krishna in Shree Shree Radha Madan Gopal temple better known Srikhanda uttar bari.
And here are some picture where you can see khandabasi singing kirtan and a small view of this village fair
these are some view of this dol jatra fair.Here you see various handmade item selling at this fair. Also various food item like Rasgolla, telebhaja, papad, ghughni etc
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| papad and mistir stall |
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| various at dol jatra fair |
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| stall of jilipi |
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| stall of a snacks |
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| stall of a snacks |
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| lakhmir jhapi at dol jatra fair |
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| kiratn at early evening at thakurbari |
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| Kirtan at uttarbari during Dol Purnima |
Jai Radha Krishna, Jai Mahaprabhu. Jai Gour Narahari.
