Berhampore: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal lodged a complaint with Berhampore police station in Murshidabad of West Bengal on Sunday, accusing former Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of hurting Sanatani Hindus’ religious sentiments at his popular Kali Puja.
They alleged that the puja mandap has been modelled as a church.
VHP Berhampore district secretary Sukhdeb Biswas alleged, “Santafokia Club Kali Puja is patronized by Mr Chowdhury.
It is big and famous in the district.
This year the puja organizers, mainly Mr Chowdhury, hurt Sanatani Hindus’ sentiments by giving the puja pandal a look of Church to worship goddess Kali inside.
Kali Puja is performed with Hindu rituals.
Such a childish act has deeply hurt us.
We protested it and also urged the priests to boycott this puja.
No one should worship Goddess Kali inside a church.”
Mr Chowdhury however said, “I’m also deeply hurt. We have been organising this Kali Puja for the last 49 years during which mandap was modelled in various ethnic themes without any objection. I heard about claims of hurting Sanatani Hindus’ sentiments. This year’s pandal is neither a church nor its replica. It is themed on an ancient European architectural design. Some ignorant people mistook it as a Church. I believe in traditional Hindu culture and also fast for worship.”
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