Kharchi Festival
Kharchi is one of the
most popular festivals of Tripura. However, given the participation of people
transcending the communities, it has gained a universal character. It is also
said to have been influenced by the Brahmanical Hindus. The festival associated
with the indigenous tribal deities is held in June-July at old Agartala. Only
head-images are identified by various Br....
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Kharchi is one of the
most popular festivals of Tripura. However, given the participation of people
transcending the communities, it has gained a universal character. It is also
said to have been influenced by the Brahmanical Hindus. The festival associated
with the indigenous tribal deities is held in June-July at old Agartala. Only
head-images are identified by various Brahmanical names like “Hara”, “Uma”,
“Hari”, “Maa”, “Bani”, “Kumar”, “Ganesh”, “Brahma”, “Pritthi”, “Ganga”, “Abdi”,
“Kamesh” and “Himadri”. These head-images have been accepted as popular deities
by the Hindus of Tripura also. There are many legends about these fourteen
deities floating in the state.
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Activities
The ceremonial
worship starts a day before the festival. Buffalo, richha, he-goats, eggs,
bamboo poles and pipes, umbrella, earthen pot, duck, pigeon, bamboo stick,
thread, cotton, turmeric, vermilion, wine, banana leaves and rice are some of
the important ingredients for the worship. “Chantai” or the chief priest chants
mantras and his assistant sacrifices the animals. A grand colourful fair held
on this occasion continues for seven days. The uniqueness of the festival lies
in the fact that this becomes a symbol of peace, harmony and fraternity as
people irrespective of cast, creed and religious flock to the place to the
celebrate the festival. A cultural stage
will be setup in the festival ground for organizing cultural programmes where
cultural troupes from different parts of the state especially from 19 ethnic
groups of Tripura will participate. Apart from this, Cultural troupes will also
be invited from the neighboring stats of Mizoram,
Assam,
Meghalaya, Manipur etc. An exhibition will be organized by setting up of good
number of stalls. Many Government Departments, NGO’s will participate in the
exhibition. The local traditional culture, games & sports of the state will
be shown in the exhibition in a befitting manner. From Tourism also a number of
stalls will be setup for show-casing different Tourist Sports of the state with
adequate information as regards Tripura Tourism.
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Organized By
Information & Cultural Affairs and Tripura Tourism
Director, ICA
Chaturdash Devta Temple, Old Agartala, Khayerpur
03812324688
icadirector[dot]tripura[at]gmail[dot]com
How to reach
The nearest airport is Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport,
which is 15 KMs away.
The nearest convenient railway station is Jogendranagar Railway Station,
which is 5 KMs away.
The nearest major city is Chandrapur Bus Stand,
which is 2KMs away.
