Inauguration Of Digha Beach Festival 2012

Digha Beach Festival Mandarmani Udaypur 2012 Attractions: - West
Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the
Samudra Utsav (Beach Festival) 2012 at Udaypur Beach this evening, which is just 4Km
far from New Digha. All the sea beaches from
Udaypur to Mandarmani including Digha, Tajpur all are decorated for
Festival. Food
Stalls containing sea foods, & other delicious foods, various cultural
programs will be organized and an exclusive firework exhibition will
also took place at Digha Sea Beach Festival 2012. Most importantly, to
attract more tourists to Digha, Mandarmani beaches, from now on Water
Sports will be available at Digha- Mandarmani Beach. Rose Valley took
the initiative to produce Water Sport Boats and brought two expert
Water Sport players from Goa.

Comments

500 Year's Old Nimai Tirtha Ghat - Reminiscences Of Sri Chaitannya Deb

It says that Nimai Sri Chaitannya Deb once came to district Hooghly for the pilgrimage of Tarakeswar. So he bathed in river Ganga on the bathing ghat of Baidyabati. Then had started his journey to Tarakeswar on foot. It took about 12 hours to reach Tarakeswar. Later, the bathing ghat was named on him and now known to all as Nimai Tirtha Ghat. So, the ghat is about 500 year's old. Kabikankan Mukundaram mentioned this ghat in his mangal kabya, about 400 years ago. Raja Harishchandra of Seoraphuly constructed Nistarini Mandir and Bhadrakali Mandir in the year 1827 beside NimaiTirtha Ghat. then, lakhs of pilgrims take bath on river Ganga from this ghat and take holy water, visit Ma Nistarini and Debi Bhadrakali near, then use to go for Tarakeswar on foot to pour that Gangajal on the shiblinga of Baba Taraknath. The pilgrims use to go to Tarakeswar on the month of Shraban (July-August). Pic 1) The gate of Nimai Tirtha Ghat; Pic 2) The pilgrims are taking bath at the said gha

Highest Jagadhatri Idol Of Chandannagar : Fatakgora

No other idol of Jagadhatri will compete in regard to height with the idol of Fatakgora (height: 31 feet). -- A. B.

Jorasanko Tagore Family : Genealogical Table

-- A. B.

Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

Search This Blog