Dharmakam Puja
This Puja is performed by Chakma Community. From the religious point of view the Dharmakam puja is an extra-ordinary ritual the success of which totally depends upon a number of miracles. The lorhi performs the Pujas outside the village generally in the dense part of the jungle because an uncanny sylvan semi darkness and solitude are required for his ritual. On the appointed day rice is cooked by a person who has to observe some ritualistic in which the cook is not allowed to talk or the entrance of any one to this area is strictly prohibited. Then the cooked rice is stuffed into a banana leaf packet and carried to the venue of the puja. The other offerings of the Jadia puja consist of coconut, banana, sugar cane and sweets. Streamers are improvised by tieing shred of cloths on bamboo spikes and put a loft. As the priest starts the puja by reading from the Dasaparami Tara, a faint streak of smoke will be seen rising from the capsule. The smoke signifies that the God has been pleased and graciously accepted the reverence of his mortal devotees. Every one will then prostrate themselves in salutation to the invisible deity. Like the other Pujas, the Lorhi sacrifices fourteen roosters and a pig. After a few minutes incidentally a spider will appear from an unknown place and spin a web around the rice-filled capsule, which indicates that the puja has been accepted by the deity.
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