Jainagar's 200-Year Dol Festival: Unity Born from Landlord Disputes

• Jainagar's Dol festival in South 24 Parganas is over 200 years old, celebrated with traditional rituals.
• The festival began around 1820 to resolve constant disputes among seven prominent landlord families.
• Known as 'Saat Satiner Dol Khela' (Seven Co-wives' Dol Play), symbolizing the landlords' quarrels.
• Originally, seven Dol platforms belonged to families like Modak, Acharya, Muhuri, Bandyopadhyay, Chakraborty, Chowdhury, and Bose.
• The celebrations commence with the Chanchar festival on the night before Dol, continuing a long-standing tradition of unity.