Baikunthapur, it is said that the custom con-
tinued upon the reign of the Raja Chandra
Shekhar Dev in 1852-56 A.D. It was stopped
by his successor Jayanta Dev. He replaced
human sacrifice by buffalo sacrifice which
continued till lately....
The
Rajbansis of North Bengal Dr. Birendranath Dutta : Folk Culture of
The
images of the Devi in the Baikunthapur
Zamindari house and the Devi of Boro
Durga Baree of Coochbehar are red in
colour and a single image without Lakshmi,
Saraswati, Kartik and Ganesh. The Devi
stands on a lion who bites the elbow of the
demon Mahisasura... It is said that human
sacrifice was performed at dead of night on
the Navami day (3rd day) of the puja both
in Baikunthapur and Coochbehar. In the Goalpara Region, p. 151
Dr. Charu Chandra Sanyal : The Rajbansis
of North Bengal, p. 141
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