Sikdar Para Mullick Bari: A Durga Puja That Has Outlived Five Generations
Most bonedi bari Durga Pujas begin with a single founder building a household deity and a tradition around it. The Sikdar Para Mullick Bari puja began differently – as an inheritance. In 1866, Shib Chandra Mullick received the right to perform this Durga Puja through his mother’s family, becoming its first sole Shebait. It was…