'BATHOU' (बाथौ) FESTIVAL (Bathou Puja)

Bathow Puja ( बाथौ फुजा)  (Assamese: বাথৌ পূজা) is an important religious festival of the Bodo-Kacharies of Assam, India. In this festival, the people worship a god known by different names like Gila Damra, Khuria Bwrai, Sri Brai (Shib bwrai), Bathow Bwrai etc. The different forms of this festival are-Garja, Kherai and Marai. Among these festivals Kherai is the most significant.

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