Firaal

Firaal it a bishnupriya manipuri word. Firaal means flag. In bishnupriya Manipuri society Firaal refers to the sign of themes.the inner characteristics of the people belonging to the society. Its made with a very lifht thin and transparent home made white cotton cloth which is made for use is sacred rituals only. a number of bamboo blades are stitched parallel to the cloth keeping some distance in between, and many colourful threads are tied it. In the month of october we organised a festival its called "Hari Uthan" on this day we prepare the Firaal.

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Bhubaneshwar Ssdhu Thakur

Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar Thakur, the great saint of the Bishnupriya Manipuri Community was born on 26th October, 1871, in a remote village of Cachar district called Baropua in the state of Assam. He was born to a Xatriya Manipuri family. His father Sri Sanatan Pandit was a Sanskrit teacher and mother Srimati Malati Devi, a house wife.

Sadhu Baba from his childhood was indifferent to all worldly happenings. He was engrossed in chanting the name of Lord Krishna. Along with other students of his age, Sadhu Baba started taking lessons of grammar and other spiritual literature from his father. At a very young age he lost his mother but he was brought up with utmost love and care by his step mother.

At the age of eighteen, Sadhu baba lost his father, so, to continue his spiritual education under the guidance of Rajpandit Mineshwas Swarbabhwam Bhattacherjee, he went to Tripura. But within one year he made up his mind to visit all the holy places and as such he took permission from his Guruji and set out to fulfill his desire. Within four years, with the grace of Lord Govinda, Sadhu Baba visited all the holy places and reached Vrindavana.

There he took Diksha from Shrila Krishnadas Vaivaigya Thakur. During his stay in Vrindavana, Sadhu Baba was loved and respected by all. Seeing his devotion towards Lord Krishna and the Bhagavat Gita, Sadhu Baba was given the title of ‘Thakur’ by his Guru at a meeting of the Vaishnavas.Few years later sadhu Baba came to the dream land of Shri Radha Rani, Nawadeep. Here seeing his pure Vaishnav attire and his devotion towards Lord Krishna, Sadhu Baba was allowed to stay in Shri Govinda Mandir. There he led his life eating whatever little he had by begging. He stayed in the mandir and served the Lord for 25 long years and with the help of the Vaishnavas of different other communities Sadhu Baba accumulated eighty thousand rupees and renovated the Mandir with marble stone. There he had lots of pupils who came to learn about spiritual literature and his devotional songs were liked by all.

But there were some people who were against Sadhu Baba’s teachings and his devotional songs. But Sadhu Baba did not give up. He took help from the Pandits of Vrindavana and published a book named ‘Sri Sri Hariram Mongol’, where his teachings and devotional songs were said to be true. But still due to the rude behavior of the people who were against him, Sadhu Thakur one day decided to leave Nawadeep and proceed towards Vrindavana and was waiting in the railway station for the train.

At that time, Lord Krishna ordered Sri Krishna Dutta, a resident of Nawadeep, in his dreams to stop Sadhu Thakur from leaving Nawadeep. Sri Krishna Dutta went to the station and narrated the whole story to Sadhu Baba and brought him back and donated a piece of land and asked Sadhu Baba to establish Sri Sri Radha Krishna Mandir there. Later with the help of devotees that visited the mandir Sadhu Baba, within a short span of four years, established Shri Shri Radha Govinda Jew Mandir, popularly known as Govindobari. The Bishnupriya Manipuri Community also helped Sadhu Thakur a lot to establish the mandir.

On 17th July 1940, Sri Sri Bhubaneshwar sadhu Thakur left for heavenly abode while chanting the name of Lord Krishna, at the age of sixty nine. Till date the daily puja rituals of Sri Sri Radha Govinda Jew Mandir is done following the terms and conditions laid down by Sadhu Thakur.

Kang

A Ratha-Yatra or kang is a Hindu festival that involves transporting deities on a chariot (called a ratha or kang).^[1] Accidents involving people being crushed under the wheels of the chariot have occurred,^[2] and a figurative reference to a chariot containing Lord Jagannath has resulted in the English word juggernaut to refer to an unstoppable force.^[1]

"Ratha"  means chariot and "yatra"  means journey. The festival thus refers to the annual journey of the divinity in the form of idols to their aunt's  house. "Aunt" here refers to the feminine creative aspect of divinity.

Rasa Lila

The Rasa lila  or Rasa dance is part of the traditional story of Krishna described in Hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavata Purana and literature such as the Gita Govinda, where he dances liki with Radha and her sakhis. The Indian classical dance of Kathak evolved from the 'Raslila of Braj and bishnupriya Manipuri Classical Dance' (Vrindavan) also known as Natwari Nritya, which was revived in 1960s by Kathak dancer, Uma Sharma.

The term, rasa meaning "aesthetics" and lila meaning "act," "play" or "dance" is a concept from Hinduism, which roughly translates to "play (lila) of aesthetics (rasa)," or more broadly as "Dance of Divine Love".

The rasa lila takes place one night when the gopis of Vrindavan, upon hearing the sound of Krishna's flute, sneak away from their households and families to the forest to dance with Krishna throughout the night, which Krishna supernaturally stretches to the length of oneNight of Brahma, a Hindu unit of time lasting approximately 4.32 billion years. In the KrishnaBhakti traditions, the rasa-lila is considered to be one of the highest and most esoteric of Krishna's pastimes. In these traditions, romantic love between human beings in the material world is seen as merely a diminished, illusionary reflection of the soul’s original, ecstatic spiritual love for Krishna, God, in the spiritual world.

In the Bhagavata Purana it is stated that whoever faithfully hears or describes the Rasa lila attains Krishna's pure loving devotion (Suddha-bhakti).

Shraddhanjali

Shahid Sudeshna Sinha(1965-1996)
Sudeshna sinha was a great attribute to bishnupriya manipuri samaj. 
 on 16 march,1996 she took part in Bishnupriya Manupriya Bhasa Andolon(Imar Thar Punchi Palok) 500 hours rail blocking called bishnupriya manipuri student union, on this faithful day, when she was leading the procession to stop the train near kalkalighat station track in karimganj district she became a martyr when a police bullet fell her.

   On 18 march, 1996 her last rites were performed on the bank of the longai river. her self secrifice  will remain etched in golden letters forever in the history of Bishnupriya Manipuri Community.