বৈষ্ণবদের উৎসবে মাছের মেলা ! নেপথ্যে দেবানন্দপুরের চমকপ্রদ ইতিহাস

মাছ দেখলে যারা দশ হাত দূর দিয়ে যায়, সেই বৈষ্ণবদের উৎসবই এখন হয়ে গিয়েছে মাছের মেলা ৷ তবে এর নেপথ্য কাহিনিও বেশ আকর্ষণীয় ৷

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00:00Music

00:23A festival is being held in Keshtapur, Debarandapur, Bandel, on the occasion of Raghunath Das Goswami's birthday.

00:29This festival is more than 500 years old.

00:34Today, this festival has become a fish festival.

00:38Every year, many people come to see this festival.

00:41They buy fish from different types of seas and buy sweet water fish.

00:48They also go nearby and have picnics.

00:51You can buy different types of fish here.

00:58The people of this village have come here to enjoy the festival.

01:05They have brought fish from the river Pukur Nala.

01:10They have cooked the fish and ate it.

01:14The people of the Vaishnava community have come here to enjoy the festival.

01:20To commemorate this day, Raghunath Das Goswami has come here.

01:28The festival has become a fish festival.

01:35This is Raghunath Das Goswami's commemoration.

01:40We don't have any fish here.

01:43The price of fish is high, but the taste is different.

01:48I have been coming here since my birth.

01:51I have been married for a long time.

01:53When I come here, I always buy fish.

01:56Today, I bought Bhedki and Gurjali.

01:59These are common fish.

02:01The taste is very bad.

02:03I have a daughter and a son.

02:06You won't find such good fish anywhere.

02:09The price is good, but the taste is different.

02:12You won't find this kind of fish anywhere else.

02:14The taste is different.

02:16I have been coming here since 2004.

02:20This year, we have Bhedki, Gurjali and Bhedki.

02:36How much does it cost?

02:39It starts from Rs. 200 and ends at Rs. 600.

02:45It is a little expensive because we buy fish from Diga, Urissa, Ramkhana, Kakdip, etc.

02:59The fish market has taken on a new form.

03:04On the occasion of Raghunath Das Goswami's death anniversary,

03:09this fish market is being inaugurated in Debanandapur.

03:14I am Polash Mukhopadhyay from Mendel.