Grand Observance of 165th Maha RasLila by Bangladesh Bishnupriya Manipuris
Posted 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.
13 Responses to "Grand Observance of 165th Maha RasLila by Bangladesh Bishnupriya Manipuris"
dear b n,thanks for visiting my blog and your interest on bishnupriya manipuris living in Bangladesh. i read your blogs regularly.
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there was rasa here in govindaji temple but i missed ,, so was great to learn about the holy occasion,, ne ways take care
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Wow,
Its beautiful to know of such an event.
Made me remember the Raash in Kailasheher.
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
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.
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.
really fabulous to watch the cultural event, extremely enthusiastic , looking forward for more photos and clips on this.
Its a cliff-hanger performance by the community in danger of being absorbed!!!!!!!! Truely awesome!!!!!! kudos to the manipuri community of bangladesh
aamar jetha beyok girokore mor hridigo phunkare niyampara thanks jaanauri je aere pou ahaan aami nua jubak saurang phoukaranir bouhaan oreya baro chaaleya janaar haicha ehaanor ka baaro aarta mor torophetto jesaadeo oak paangkoranir kuno kaam thaile beyok giroke maatik
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1 | b n sinha
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,