[2][3] Huge number of devotees visit this temple every Saturday and Tuesday and offers prayer to Maa Manasa.
In the months of "Sravana" and "Bhadra", they worshipped Maa Manasa on Tuesdays and Saturdays to keep them protected from snakes.
Porer bochor jeno abar chash kore tomake foshol diye pujo dite pari maa."
Around 400 years ago, Jogeshwar Roy, the zamindar of Jakpur received swapnadesh from Maa Manasa.
Adorned in her chaturbhuj rup, she told him that she is present in the nearby Manasa forest and instructed him to preach about her puja.
Jogeshwar Roy ordered the woodcutters to cleanse the area with their axes and instructed the villagers to start worshipping Maa Manasa everyday.
[3] Daily puja is performed by the villagers while large crowds gather on Tuesdays and Saturdays to worship Maa Manasa.
Since there are no priests to read aloud the mantras, people do their "manat" with incense sticks, sindoor and flower garlands.