Ker Puja

July 13, 2023

PM Modi wished for joy, harmony, health and prosperity for the citizens of Tripura on the eve of Ker Puja.
It is a festival celebrated in Tripura that takes place two weeks after Kharchi Puja and honours Ker, a guardian god.
In the Kokborok, a local tribal language, Ker means boundary or specific area.
During the festival, entrances to Agartala are closed to create a protected area and people are not allowed to light fires, dance, sing or even wear shoes.
During Ker Puja offerings, sacrifices are made to please gods for the welfare of the villages so that they can save them from calamities, epidemics and external aggression.
It is also held in few other northeastern states, as well as in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh