Charak Puja or Gajan Ushav stands unique in the scenario of Bengali
festival celebrated mostly in the Indian state of Assam, Tripura and
West Bengal. It is associated with such deities as Shiva, Neel and
Dharmathakur. The word gajan in Bengali comes from the word garjan or
roar that sannyasis (hermits) emit during the festivities.
Alternatively, the word gajan is considered a combination of parts of
two words – ga is from the word gram meaning village and jan is from the
word janasadharan meaning folk. In this sense gajan is a festival of
village folk.
