Sage · Shakta · East India · Basudevpur, Natore

Ramesh Shastri

Also called: Pandit Ramesh Shastri of Basudevpur

The tantric scholar of Kangsanarayan's court who, tradition says, ruled out the Vishvajit, Rajasuya, horse and cow sacrifices for a tributary king in the Kali age, named the autumn Durga Puja as the sacrifice of this age, and served as its first priest.

Sources: bdnews24 (Bengali opinion): Kangsanarayan, Ramesh Shastri and the sacrifice of the Kali age; United News of Bangladesh via Hinduism Today: Taherpur's Durga Puja heritage; Durga Puja, Bengali Wikipedia (history section) · see Ramesh Shastri's web

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Ramesh Shastri teacher of

Raja Kangsanarayan of Taherpur (King) Shakta · The king who could not hold a horse sacrifice (Taherpur, and Shobhabazar 1757)
Tells him which sacrifices the Kali age allows and names the Durga Puja.

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The king who could not hold a horse sacrifice (Taherpur, and Shobhabazar 1757)
Local story · as his court scholar · 2 tellings

Cited

bdnews24 (Bengali opinion): Kangsanarayan, Ramesh Shastri and the sacrifice of the Kali age Folk documentation
United News of Bangladesh via Hinduism Today: Taherpur's Durga Puja heritage Folk documentation
Durga Puja, Bengali Wikipedia (history section) Encyclopedia