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'''Ker puja''' is a [[festival]] held in [[Tripura]], India. Performance of the [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]], which is typically held in August,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=aug0210/oth04 |title=Ker puja |publisher=Assam Tribune |accessdate=26 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050736/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=aug0210%2Foth04 |archivedate= 4 March 2016 }}</ref> benefits the people and the state.<ref name="Barthakur2003">{{cite book|last=Barthakur|first=Dilip Ranjan|title=The Music And Musical Instruments Of North Eastern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oP4vH-4oSEcC&pg=PA57|accessdate=28 April 2013|year=2003|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-881-5|pages=57–}}</ref> The celebration occurs two weeks after the Kharchi Puja to honor [[Ker (deity)|Ker]], the guardian [[deity]] of Vastu Devata. It includes offerings, [[sacrifice]]s, and a prescribed boundary which both safeguards people from calamities and saves them from external [[aggression]].<ref name="Sharma2010">{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=A. P.|title=Famous Festivals of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VRgD7cga54EC&pg=PT188|accessdate=28 April 2013|date=8 May 2010|publisher=Pinnacle Technology|isbn=978-1-61820-288-8|pages=188–}}</ref><br />
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The puja was initiated by the Tripura [[raja]]s. Participation in the puja is required for the [[Halam tribe]]. For 2.5 days during the festival, entrances to the capital are closed, and participants, including the reigning [[sovereign]], are not allowed to wear shoes, light a fire, dance, or sing.<br />
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Ker Puja fell on 15 July in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tripura.gov.in/holiday/2017 |title=Public Holidays for the year 2017 {{!}} Tripura State Portal |website=tripura.gov.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106073713/http://tripura.gov.in/holiday/2017 |archive-date=2017-01-06}} </ref><br />
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