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  • Gajan (festival)
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  • The word gajan in Bengali comes from the word garjan or roar that sannyasis (hermits} emit during the festivities.Alternatively, the word gajan is considered a combination of parts of two words - ga is from the word gram meaning village and jan is from the word janasadharan meaning folk. In this sense gajan is a festival of village folk.
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  • The word gajan in Bengali comes from the word garjan or roar that sannyasis (hermits} emit during the festivities.Alternatively, the word gajan is considered a combination of parts of two words - ga is from the word gram meaning village and jan is from the word janasadharan meaning folk. In this sense gajan is a festival of village folk.