HISTORY OF LALGARH RAJBARI:

As the Lalgarh legend goes, a champion with an enormous blade killed on a solitary day 11,000 Maratha marauders who were battling against the neighbourhood lord's military. In a Lalgarh living under the consistent dread of Maoist brutality now, the blade has turned into the main comfort this puja. Individuals of Lalgarh are enthusiastically anticipating the exceptionally old "astra puja" on Ashtami, when the sword is loved alongside Goddess Durga at the Rajbari by the relatives of the regal family. "The obscure fighter alone had killed 11,000 Bargis when the Maratha looters attacked Lalgarh at some point somewhere in the range of 1741 and 1751. Prior to leaving, he had abandoned the sword. From that point forward, the weapon has turned into an image of force in our family. We love it consistently on Ashtami alongside the Durga symbol, which is just about 300 years old," said Darpanarayan Sahash Roy, one of the relatives of the illustrious family. "We regard the sword. Our precursors accepted that our family god Radhamohan Jiu had appeared as the champion and saved us from the Bargis," Roy added. At a point when the disposition of the inhabitants has been hosed by the Maoists raising their heads again in Lalgarh, as demonstrated by the new killings of three political forerunners in Jungle Mahal, the "astra puja" is the main fascination this bubbly season. "At the point when Mamata Banerjee came to drive, we enjoyed imagining that harmony would be reestablished in Jungle Mahal. In any case, the Maoists have gotten back to Jungle Mahal and have begun killing individuals. Between August 24 and September 25, three people (Trinamul pioneers Lalmohan Mahato and Rabindranath Mishra and Jharkhand Janamukti Morcha pioneer Rabindranath Bose) have been shot dead," said Swapan Mahato, who claims a betel shop in Lalgarh market. "The Durga Puja isn't sufficient to lift our mindsets." We will see the astra puja at the Rajbari tomorrow. At any rate, it will be an alternate encounter," he added. The blade was taken to a lake close to the Rajbari earlier today and washed as a feature of customs before it was set in the Durga Mandap. The mentality of individuals is likewise reflected in the dull Lalgarh Sarbojonin Durga Puja, which is coordinated by neighbourhood adolescents. "Apparently, individuals are not keen on the puja this year. A few wouldn't pay for membership. The people who paid gave sums between Rs 5 and Rs 10. Last year, we had a financial plan of Rs 25,000. Be that as it may, this year, we have not figured out how to gather Rs 15,000 How could a legitimate puja be coordinated with a particularly insignificant total?" Soumen Tewari, the secretary of the puja board, agreed. "The nearby individuals had not shown a lot of interest in the Ashtra puja in the past couple of years. In any case, this year, it has created a tonne of energy."