Hon’ble Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha inaugurated the Kharchi Fair 2023 at Chaturdash Devata (14 Goddesses) Temple premises, on the occasion of Kharchi Puja at Khayerpur in Old Agartala on Monday (26th June, 2023). In the presence of many dignitaries the Chief Minister inaugurated the Kharchi Fair 2023 by lighting the lamp.
“A festival as a meeting place for common people of all castes and communities. The state’s traditional Kharchi festival is no exception. The Kharchi festival of Chaturdash Devatbari is a meeting place for the people of the state. The people of the state wait for this festival” , Hon’ble Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha said the inauguration ceremony of the Kharchi Fair 2023. The Chief Minister said Tripura has a glorious history of art and culture. This traditional culture of the state is in no way less than the culture of any other state in the country. The Department of Information and Culture and the Tribal Welfare Department are making relentless efforts to bring the traditional mixed culture of the state’s castes and tribes before the country. The Chief Minister said that initiatives will be taken to form a trust for the fourteenth deity temple like the Tripuresundari temple. The current state government is working on various issues including infrastructural development of the fourteenth deity temple. The chief minister expressed his opinion that all measures taken by the festival committee to provide facilities to pilgrims coming to Kharchi fair are commendable.
MLA and Chairman of Kharchi Puja Committee Ratan Chakraborty delivered the welcome speech on the occasion. Hon’ble Tribal Welfare, Handloom, Handicrafts & Sericulture, Statistics Minister Bikash Debbarma also spoke on the occasion. Hon’ble Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Transport and Tourism minister Sushanta Chowdhury, Dr. P. K. Chakraborty, Secretary ICA, Director of Information & Cultural Affairs Department Bimbisar Bhattacharjee and many other dignitaries were present in the inauguration ceremony of the Kharchi Fair 2023.
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