Grand Observance of 165th Maha RasLila by Bangladesh Bishnupriya Manipuris
Posted by: Ashim Singha on: November 28, 2007
On Saturday, 24-11-2007 the auspicious observance of Maha-Ras, the principal festival and the foremost annual cultural event of Bishnupriya Manipuri Community in Bangladesh, was celebrated in a grand way and with great enthusiasm. The king of Manipur Maharaj Bhagyachandra (1763-1798) introduced Manipuri Raslila to Manipuri society and from the time onwards Raslila became the most important aspect of Manipuri culture. Since the mid-nineteenth century when the Manipuri Bishnupriyas and Manipuri Meiteis settled in Bangladesh, this festival has been observed in cooperation at Madhabpur Juramandav in Kamalganj upaziala of Moulvibazar district.
As per the records maintained by authorities, the first Maha-Ras ever held outside Manipur, was at Madhabpur Juramandav in 1842.
12 Responses to "Grand Observance of 165th Maha RasLila by Bangladesh Bishnupriya Manipuris"
2 | Ashim Singha
November 28, 2007 at 10:49 pm
dear b n,thanks for visiting my blog and your interest on bishnupriya manipuris living in Bangladesh. i read your blogs regularly.
you, rishi and ranita are doing a great job,keep your efforts up. best wishes.
3 | Dipika sinha
November 29, 2007 at 6:02 am
The description of ending part made me sentimental,that was a so nice piece of writing.I hope you will come with more interesting stuffs.
4 | rishikesh sinha
November 29, 2007 at 6:35 am
i would only say marvellous in every aspect. content, wrting style, significance.
it has got all the flavour. i have read twice and i will read hom many times.
a great peice.
those who have missed this aticle. i wil cater to them through
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5 | Lukram Iingocha
November 29, 2007 at 10:11 am
there was rasa here in govindaji temple but i missed ,, so was great to learn about the holy occasion,, ne ways take care
6 | Ranita Sinha
November 29, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Really a marvellous piece of work…not only this, all your works are exclusive and full of information…thanks for all ur wonderful works.
7 | suroshree
November 30, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Wow,
Its beautiful to know of such an event.
Made me remember the Raash in Kailasheher.
8 | Jyotirmoy Sinha
December 11, 2007 at 5:31 pm
I have got a good insight after reading the articles and felt nice about bieng born in this lovely community.
Thank you so much for making me aware of what I am and from where I am, Sri tanu Babu is my maternal great grandfather too.
Regards,
Jyotirmoy
9 | Ashim Singha
December 12, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Dear Mr Jyotirmoy, It was pleasure for me to learn that Great Tanubabu was your maternal great grandfather.
Thank you for your time visiting my blog.
10 | rajiv
December 25, 2007 at 12:54 am
is there any footage of main rasleel?? i mean the part of krishna and gopis dancing together? plz upload if you have any, looking forward. cheers.
11 | Cliff
January 12, 2008 at 6:26 pm
really fabulous to watch the cultural event, extremely enthusiastic , looking forward for more photos and clips on this.
12 | Konkan Singha
November 9, 2008 at 10:35 am
Its a cliff-hanger performance by the community in danger of being absorbed!!!!!!!! Truely awesome!!!!!! kudos to the manipuri community of bangladesh
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November 28, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Though we know that there are significant no of BM poulation in Bangladesh but being an Indian we have very negligible knowledge of the status quo of the BM community in Bangladesh.It was indeed great to learn that all the rituals and customs are performed periodically despite the unfavorable political atmosphere of Bangladesh towards the Hindus.
A great piece of work by Mr Asim.Highly commendable.
We are definitely looking for more information related to every spheres of life of the BM community in Bangladesh.
Deep regards,