This word literally means fish and cooked rice. On any Tuesday or Saturday of the
dark fortnight in the lunar month of Pausha, except when there is panchak, fish is specially prepared
and near ones are invited to the dinner. First of all a plateful of rice and fish is arranged and it is
placed at a clean place in a room on the top floor, called Kaeni. This is meant for the deity of the
house referred to as Ghar Devata. The plate is properly covered with an up-turned basket and
nearby is placed a glass of water. Some house-holds even serve a raw fish. There are eye witness
accounts that the next morning the food is found consumed and even the fish bones are found lying
by the side of the empty plate. After placing the plate at the fixed place for the deity, a feast of rice
and fish is held along with near and dear ones.
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