Don murnar zagayowar ranar haihuwar Shri Harichand Thakur, Matua Dharma Maha Mela 2023 All-India Matua Maha Sangha ne ke shirya shi daga shekara 19th Maris zuwa 25th Maris 2023 a Shreedham Thakur Nagar, Thakurbari (wurin aikin hajji na al'ummar Matua) a yankin Bongaon na gundumar Parganas ta Arewa 24 a Yammacin Bengal. Mela wani muhimmin lamari ne wanda kuma ke nuna al'adun gargajiyar al'ummar Matua.
Shahararren bikin yana farawa kowace shekara a cikin watan Chaitra kuma yana ɗaukar kwanaki bakwai. Masu bautar Matua daga kusan ko'ina suna zuwa Thakurbari a kusa da bikin. Da yawa kuma sun fito daga Bangladesh da Myanmar. An fara bikin baje kolin da wanka mai tsarki a cikin 'Kamana Sagar' akan Madhu Krishna Trayodashi, ranar tunawa da haihuwar Harichand Thakur.
An fara bikin baje kolin ne a kauyen Orakandi (wurin haihuwar Harichand Thakur) a gundumar Gopalganj na kasar Bangladesh a shekara ta 1897. Bayan samun 'yancin kai, Pramatharanjan Thakur (babban jikan Harichhand Thakur) ya fara baje kolin a Thakurnagar a shekara ta 1948. Tun daga nan ne ake gudanar da bikin baje kolin. duk shekara anan Thakurbari.
Matua ƙungiya ce ta Hindu bisa sabuwar falsafar addini ta tushen bhakti wanda Harichand Thakur (1812-1878) da ɗansa Guruchand Thakur (1847-1937) suka faɗa a cikin al'ummar Namasudras da ba za a iya taɓa su ba, (wanda aka fi sani da 'Chandalas'). waɗanda suka yi waje da tsarin al'ada huɗu na Varna na al'ummar Hindu. Ya taso ne a matsayin martani ga wariyar da aka yi wa al'ummar Hindu a Bengal a lokacin. Ta wannan ma'ana, Matua shine mafi dadewa da kungiyar Dalit ta gyara addini.
A cewar Shri Harichandra Thakur, wanda ya assasa darikar Matua, duk wasu al’adu na al’ada, in ban da ibada ga Allah, da imani ga dan Adam, da son masu rai, ba su da ma’ana. Falsafarsa ta mai da hankali kan ƙa'idodi guda uku kawai - gaskiya, ƙauna, da hankali. Ya ƙi gaba ɗaya ra'ayin na barin gidan duniya don ceto. Ya jaddada karma (aiki) kuma ya nace cewa mutum zai iya samun ceto kawai ta hanyar ƙauna mai sauƙi da sadaukarwa ga Allah. Babu buqatar qaddamarwa ta guru (Diksha) ko aikin hajji. Duk sauran mantras in ban da sunan Allah da Harinam (Haribol) ba su da ma'ana kuma karkatattu ne. A cewarsa, dukkan mutane daidai suke kuma suna son mabiyansa su rika girmama kowa da mutunci. Wannan ya jawo hankalin marasa galihu wadanda ya shirya su kafa darikar Matua ya kafa Matua Mahasangha. Da farko, Namsudras ne kawai ya shiga tare da shi amma daga baya sauran al'ummomin da aka sani da suka hada da Chamars, Malis, da Teli sun zama mabiyansa. Sabon addinin ya ba wa waɗannan al'ummomin asali kuma ya taimaka musu su kafa nasu 'yancin.
Mabiya Matua suna da gagarumin halarta a yankuna da yawa na West Bengal, kuma suna tasiri sakamakon zaɓe a mazabu da yawa. A cikin yanayin siyasar da ake ciki yanzu, goyon bayan mabiya Matua yana da mahimmanci ga BJP da TMC waɗanda ke fafatawa da juna don fafatawarsu musamman buƙatarsu ta ba da izinin zama ɗan ƙasar Indiya ga waɗanda suka yi ƙaura daga gabashin Pakistan ko Bangladesh zuwa Indiya saboda zaluncin addini. .
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