Tusu Puja 2025

Celebrations

The goddess is worshipped by unmarried young girls. During the festival, mud sculptures are made of the goddess, decorated with colorful flowers, and placed on a special wooden structure. Children carry the statues from house to house singing folk songs that narrate stories of her valor. Young girls in the community dress in their traditional attire and dance to the rhythm of the ritualistic music from traditional musical instruments. The goddess symbolises the virtues of sacrifice, compassion, and love.

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FAQs on Tusu Puja 2025

• What is the duration of Tusu Parab?

  Tusu festival is a month-long festival that starts on 15 December and ends on 15 or 14 January which is Makar Sankranti. 

• What food is served in Tusu festival?

  In the harvest festival of Tusu, dumplings made of rice and sesame with coconut filing are offered to the goddess during the festival. 

• When is this Tusu Parab celebrated?

  The winter festival of Tusu Parab is celebrated in the ‘Paush’ month of Hindu calendar when goddess Tusu is worshiped. 

• How is Tusu Parab observed?

    Special murtis (sculptures or idols) of Goddess Tusu is made of mud and decorated with flowers and ornaments. In West Bengal, Choudalas are prepared made from wood and bamboo sticks for Tusu Festival and decorated with dolls, colorful papers, leaves, and flowers. The unmarried girls in the village carry these choudalas or murtis across the village to the nearby river while singing songs.   

• Who is goddess Tusu?

    There are various stories interlinked with the festival of Tusu. As per one of the stories, Tusu was a beautiful girl who was the daughter of a humble farmer who stood against the cruel king against the increase agricultural tax and artificial famine. She self-sacrifice over captivity by performing ‘Jal-Samadhi’ by plunging into the Ufnati River, becoming a martyr for justice. A while as per another story, Tusu, the daughter of Gujarati king fell in love with Sitaram, the king’s son and fled to Assam to escape Mughal interference. The tribal community of Bhumijs and Chawtals supported the young couple and since then the festival is known for celebration of love, sacrifice, and resilience.   

• Which is the main region where Tusu parab is observed?

  Tusu parab is an annual festival observed in some of the regions, such as Purulia, Birbhum, and Bankura districts in Bengal, Ranchi in Jharkhand, Mayurbhanj, and Keonjhar districts in Odisha, lower regions of Chhota Nagpur plateau, and in the tea districts of Assam. 

• What are the things offered during the worship of Tusu mani?

  The main ingredient of Tusu Parab is tush or rice husk, which is offered during the worship of Tusu mani. The unmarried girls worship the kulungi that has the rice husks and flowers inside which signifies the goddess. It is worshipped for the entire month in the home altar in the wall inches that is decorated with ‘alpona’, a design made on the floors and walls with a semi-liquid paste made of soaked rice.