Kushtia District Traditional Khoksar Kali Puja Temple:

Every year in the middle of the night, the traditional Kali Puja and Mela begins with buffalo and patha sacrifices. To the Hindu community of the subcontinent, many events surround this universal festival. The annual Kali Puja and Mela at Khoksa, a place of traditional devotion and religious tourism for the non-racial area, including the Hindu community, has created a different impression on people of all walks of life. From the new moon of Poush, the work of making Kali idol with a huge body seven and a half cubits long started through formalities. The puja committee takes special initiative for the convenience of the devotees and devotees from home and abroad.

Witness of tomorrow Kalibari:

A temple surrounded by a middle-aged bot pakur tree. This is the daily worship temple. Here is a piece of black stone obtained from the river Gorai by Indu Bhushan Dev Roy, the king of Naldanga. This is a pattern of the Buddhist period. The structure of this stone block is very much like a four-legged post. The black stone piece is worshiped throughout the year. The jute seat of Shiva Thakur Puja, made of 26 inches long and 4 feet wide brass, is noteworthy. The previous puja temple was lost in the river Pramatta Gorai. In 1341, the puja temple was moved to its present location. In the annual puja temple, on the date of Maghi Amavasya, a seven-and-a-half cubit long idol of Kali and a twelve-and-a-half cubit long idol of clay and straw are offered in the annual puja. This puja is being performed on the same date every year. The Kadam wood structure was made a month before the Maghi New Moon. It is in this structure that the idols made of straw and clay are worshiped annually. During the zamindar period, fairs were held here for more than a month. At present, fairs are held from one week to two weeks.

Introduction to Buffalo and Patha Sacrifice:

The practice of sacrificing buffaloes and pathas was introduced at the beginning of the Kali Puja of Khoksa. Earlier the number of victims was indefinite. On the day of the annual puja, in the early hours of the morning, a patha was sacrificed in the Chandi Pathanta. After taking the goddess in the last watch of the day, Ratan Babu, the zamindar of Narail, used to say five pathas for the five partners and then the buffalo sent by the king of Naldanga. After that, the pair was sacrificed in honor of the zamindari state of Shilaidaha. The puja and mela of Maghi Saptami continued till the time of the devotees. This practice of sacrificing buffalo and patha, the wayfarer of anger, is prevalent in the style of that king zamindari period. New age-appropriate planning After the abolition of the Raja and Zamindar system, the spread of Khoksa Kali Puja and Mela has greatly diminished. The Kali Temple was rebuilt in 1341 BS by the efforts of the local Hindu community.

Introduction to Kali Puja:

There is no exact history of when the introduction of Kali Puja of Khoksa started. What is there is only conjecture. However, at present it is said that Ramadev Tarkalankar, the seventeenth senior male of Sri Kala Krishna Bhatracharya, was the first worshiper of this puja. And from this it is estimated that the age of Kali Puja of Khoksa is more than five hundred and fifty years. Khoksa Kali was founded by a Tantric devotee in the light of legendary and traditional folk beliefs. The self-proclaimed Tantric saint started this Kali Puja in an uninhabited forested area surrounded by a national tree called Khoksa on the banks of the river Gorai. When the son of a zamindar was bitten by a snake, the unconscious zamindar Juba was taken to this saint for treatment. The saint healed the zamindar Juba through sadhana by laying the patient under Kali's feet. Upon receiving the news, the zamindar paid homage to Kali and built a seven-and-a-half cubit long idol of Kali at the behest of a Tantric saint. And that is the beginning of Khoksa Kali Puja. At the end of the buffalo sacrifice, a pair of sacrifices was made in honor of Bhaiyabnath, the zamindar of Pangsa, and Tagore, the zamindar of Shilaidaha. In that current, sheep, patha and later buffalo are sacrificed here and at the end, devotees from home and abroad are sacrificed.

Kali Puja and Mela ceremonies increase:

One day, when a famous buffalo attacked a famous Pandit by his ancestor, the Pandit killed the buffalo with a Chandigrastha knife in his hand. After the king of Naldanga came to know about this incident, he gave 14 bighas for four members of this Brahmin family with supernatural powers and 12 bighas as a servant to a carpenter, laundress, barber, malakar, bhuimali, drummer and cleaner. During the seven days of the puja, Dapambita donated 16 bighas of land to meet the expenses. Extensive reform program was adopted by shifting Kali Puja Mela. Financially, all plans have turned into dreams.