A Correspondent
BAKSA: Seven villages belonging to the historical Mahaprabhu Sri Sri Gopal and Jagannath Than Xatra at Kachubari in Tamulpur subdivision are reverberating with Hari Naam Kirtan on the occasion of the traditional 'Gosain Baah Furowa' festival of the historical Sri Sri Mahaprabhu Gopal and Jagannath Than Xatra at Kachubari in Baksa district, which has completed 521 years.
On the day of Goru Bihu, Gopal and Jagannath's symbolic bamboos, namely Gopal and Jagannath, are washed and cleaned in a devotional atmosphere. These bamboos are decorated with chor, gamusa and hankerchiefs and made ready for movement. From the morning of the first day of Bohag month, hundreds of people from different ethnic groups living in the area meet in the premises of the Than Xatra and start the Gosain Baah Furowa Festival.
Devotees carry the Gosain Baah from house to house of seven villages living under Mahaprabhu Gopal and Jagannath Than Xatra. The devotees take Gosain Baah to every house and sing Hari Naam Kirtan (devotional song). People kneel before the Gosain Baah and receive blessings.
On the days of the festival, the sky of Tamulpur is filled with the sound of dhol, taal, barkaah and Hari Naam Kirtan. The Gosain Baah Furowa festival of Mahaprabhu Sri Sri Gopal and Jagannath Than Xatra successfully concluded on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Gopal and Jagannath Than Xatra will celebrate the Gosain Baah Khohowa Festival with Hari Naam Kirtan as per religious tradition. On the day of the traditional Gosain Baah Khohowa Festival, thousands of devotees from different parts of Assam, besides the people of the seven villages under Than Xatra, gather at the historical Gopal and Jagannath Than Xatra.
Every year, the Mahaprabhu Sri Sri Gopal and Jagannath Than Xatra at Kachubari in Tamulpur subdivision is converted into a holy place where people of different castes and communities gather.