Famous Laxmi Puja of Khalna
Khalna the village (Famous Laxmi Puja of Khalna), of Amta 2 block is under Jaipur police station is on the last border of Howrah district. Lakshmi Puja is very famous in this village. According to the government, 25 Barwari Lakshmi Pujas are being held in a gram panchayat. More than 100 pujas are held in the village.
People are coming from Kolkata need to take train from Howrah and get down at Bagnan Rail Station should take bus of Joypur to reach Khalna Village. Even if Durga Puja is the best festival but Laxmi puja is the best festival in this region. Laxmi Puja Worship started in Khalna about 300 years ago. Later, the worship of the theme began. In the last 25 years, the spread of this theme puja has increased further.
The people of the area are also concentrating on gold, iron and other businesses leaving agriculture. And through that, they reached the pinnacle of progress. On the day of Puja about 3 lakh people gather in this religion so keeping this in mind local administration takes sufficient measures to handle the crowd.
