Kolkata: For the first time in Kolkata, Sindhis gathered in large numbers on Sunday to celebrate the culmination of the Chaliyo festival. The 40-day festival concludes with around 1,900 . happened with Sindhi Families would sing devotional songs, dance and feast together. The Chalio festival, also known as Chalio Sahib, is a thanksgiving to Lord Varuna and Jhulelal, who patronized the community after 40 days of penance.
Explaining why the festival was never celebrated in the city before, Murli Punjabi, Secretary Sindhi Panchayat – a social organization for community development – said, “While Chaliyo is celebrated regularly in cities with dense Sindhi communities in India, Kolkata has a relatively small Sindhi population, making it difficult to connect with the entire community on such a large scale.” Goes to the meeting.”
Executive member of Sindhi Panchayat, Sushil JasnaniSaid that after the pandemic, the community members showed great enthusiasm to celebrate the festival. They are planning to make it an annual festival in the city from this year.
As part of the celebration on Sunday, the statue of Jhulelal was brought from Amrit to Jamuna Bhoj. Vela MandirThe only Sindhi temple in Kolkata. After the rituals, over 700 Sindhis tune in to the classic tune Dumdum Mast Qalandar. “During the 40 days of penance, we eat only such fruits or vegetables that are not cooked in oil or spices. Today in the feast, we will eat all our favorite things from our famous traditional dishes. I believe that Sindhis carry the ethos of India. They pray with devotion to Hindus, they eat with the culinary prosperity of Muslims and they speak like the British,” the Punjabi said.
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