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Gajan: An Overview
Judhajit Sarkar
Bengal is known as a land of festivities, where religious ceremonies outnumber the months in the calendar: baro maase tero parbon (‘13 festivals in just 12 months’) is a proverb every Bengali child grows up hearing. These festivals trigger interest not only because of their number and variety but…
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Elephanta Caves
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Elephanta Caves: An Overview
Dulari Qureshi
An introduction to the caves and its carvings   Elephanta island, also known as Gharapuri (which denotes a hill settlement, a name used in the local Marathi language), is located in the Mumbai harbour. It is a picturesque island, surrounded by mango, tamarind, karanj (Pongamia pinnata) and palm…
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Hara Parvati
Chaitali Basu
Performance of Hara-Parvati, Srikalapith, Royal Palace Ground, Seraikela
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Gajan Songs of South 24 Parganas: A Survey of Folk Theatre
Biswajit Halder and Judhajit Sarkar
দক্ষিণ ২৪ পরগণা জেলার ডায়মন্ড হারবার, জয়নগর, কাকদ্বীপ, কুলপি প্রভৃতি থানার অন্তর্গত বহু এলাকায় চৈত্রমাসের সংক্রান্তিতে চড়কোৎসব উপলক্ষ্যে পূজা আয়োজকের বাড়িবাড়ি রাতেরবেলা গানবাজনা অনুষ্ঠিত হয়। এলাকায় এই লোকাঙ্গিকের নাম ‘গাজন গান’। কোথাও কোথাও একে ‘চৈতেগাব’ও বলে। চৈত্রমাসে অনুষ্ঠিত ‘গাঁ’-জনের উৎসব তাই…
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Gajon and Baalaagaan: In Search of the Oral Tradition of Shiva Culture in the 24 Parganas of West Bengal
Biswajit Halder
‘Shiber Gajon’ or the Gajon of Shiva takes place in many areas of North and South 24 Pargana districts on the occasions of Charak in the month of Chaitra (mid-March to mid-April) and Dharmadel in the month of Vaishakh (mid-April to mid-May). Both these festivals are dedicated to Shiva. The songs…
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Shiber Gajon
Judhajit Sarkar
‘Gaa’ implies ‘gaan’ (song) and ‘jon’ might have come from ‘mahajan’ (the great/noble one). If one goes by this logic, which appears valid in the local, originary context of the word, the meaning of Gajon becomes ‘song dedicated to Shiva (mahajan)’.  
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