Loko Debotar Sondhan O Biborton/ লোক দেবতার সন্ধান ও বিবর্তন

Abstract

Since ancient times, a social harmony centered on worldly gods and goddesses has developed in various worship festivals and religious rituals. Our ancestors used to draw pictures of possible animals on the walls of caves before going hunting and pierce them with arrows. They believed that by doing this, the imaginary object would become real and an afterlife would help them achieve their goals. When they hunted the desired animal, they would sacrifice some part of the animal's body to that afterlife and then they themselves would consume it as food, because the main goal of primitive society was to survive and survive in the face of natural adversity, the first task was to ensure food supply; therefore, in their struggle for existence, such activities carried a kind of black magic. In addition, they believed that there was a supernatural being behind every natural phenomenon. At that time, since a sense of reason was hidden in people, they imagined the presence of a spirit in everything, like themselves. This idea began with the appearance of an invisible entity that controls our destiny from behind, that is, the emergence of gods/ goddesses.

Gradually, as society developed, the socio-economic infrastructure also changed, and towards the end of the Paleolithic era, signs of female idols were also found along with the development of matriarchal societies. In changing times, matriarchal societies also changed, in the socio-economic context, the first level was animal hunting and fruit gathering, and the second level was agriculture and building dwellings. Therefore, the difference in the work of boys and girls developed in the same way, and the concept of gods also developed in the same way, with male gods as well as female gods gaining prominence. A patriarchal society began.

The Middle Ages began with the Turkish invasions and Muslim rule of the 12th century, the nature of the discrimination that arose around the gods during this time, the discrimination between the upper and lower classes, has been discussed in detail in the main article. Also, the emergence of caste-centric deities like Dakshinaray, Kaluray, Banabibi, Narayani, Olaichandi, Manikpir, Dharmathakur, Pir Gorachand etc., which were worshipped by the lower caste people, later found coexistence and harmony among the deities of the caste Hindus.

The entire article discusses the underlying perspective of maintaining social respect and self-respect during the changes and transformations of the greatness of these deities from ancient times to the present.