07/05/2026
For 17 years, the Sri Sri Durga Mata Temple in the Bastin Bazar area of Asansol was permitted to open its gates for only four days in a year. On May 5, 2026, two days after the West Bengal Assembly Election results, those gates opened for year-round daily worship. For the first time in 17 years, devotees can offer puja to their Devi without waiting for a calendar window approved by the state.
This is the image we must hold as we process what is unfolding in Bengal.
The 2026 results (BJP: 207 seats, TMC: 80 seats) have been followed by several documented developments. The Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision resulted in 90.86 lakh names being removed from West Bengal’s voter rolls, identified as duplicate, deceased, or ineligible. The incoming administration has fast-tracked the 72 km missing stretch of the India-Bangladesh border fence, stalled for years. The new government’s manifesto commits to a Freedom of Religious Practices Act, and local Sevayat councils at Kalighat and other major shrines have begun asserting administrative control.
The new government takes oath on May 9, 2026, Rabindra Jayanti, with cultural reclamation listed as a primary policy pillar.
As Shakti Vriddhi, we observe this moment through a Dharmic lens.
Until a few years ago, a BJP victory in West Bengal seemed unthinkable. The demographic transformation of the state was actively aided by the previous administration for vote bank consolidation — ironically, the TMC had itself raised infiltration as a core concern during its own rise to power. Beyond the political acumen of the BJP and the organizational strength of the RSS, we hold that the Bhairava Japa initiated on Krishna Paksha Ashtami has played a decisive role. Bhairava, as KshetraPal, secures the physical borders of the Desha at the Bhautika level.
A renowned astrologer observed the omens and timing of the offering of the silver sword to Ma BhadraKali at Shakti Peetha No. 24, Ma Shravani, Kanyakumari, and specifically named West Bengal and Assam as regions where positive developments would soon manifest.
While offering the silver sword, the Devi called upon us to serve three more Shakti Peethas. It became clear to us that all Peethas are interconnected. We now witness positive developments across the sacred lands of the northeastern regions of Bharat — Kamakhya Peetha, Kalighat, Kankalitara, Vakreshwar, and other revered Peethas of the region, including the Siddhi Peetha of Tarapith, in the states of Assam and West Bengal — now being protected for the establishment of Dharma.
As Dharmikas, every effort in the physical realm must be accompanied by engagement in the subtle realm through Seva to our Deities in the form of Japa, Homa, Abhishekam, and Annadanam. The Deities express Their will through Their instruments.
