500 Years Old Durga Puja In Burdwan

This puja is still performed at Baikunthapur of Burdwan (Bardhaman district). 500 years ago, one Tantrik (তান্ত্রিক) dreamt deity of Ma Durga, sunk in a pond. He recovered the deity and started 'puja' under a shed of palm leaves (made by him). Before his death, he asked a brahmin Tinkari Bandyopadhyay (তিনকড়ি বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) to perform puja of Ma Durga regularly, after his death. Since then, the Bandyopadhyay family used to perform regular puja of Ma Durga. On the other hand, the then Maharaja of Bardhaman - Raja Kirtichand dreamt the deity at Tantrik's den. Raja reached there and seen the deity of Ma Durga. He gifted some of his mouzas including paddy fields. The expenses of regular puja use to meet by the income of cultivation. Since then, the Bandyopadhyay family use to perform 'sankalp' of Durga puja to the name of Raja Kirtichand. The puja is being performed here following Tantra - sour of fish (মাছের টক) is offered to devi Durga as 'anno bhog'. And the deity is never immersed, time to time painted by local painters.

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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.

Kripamoyee Kali Mandir Of Baranagar

Kripamoyee Kali Mandir of Baranagar, popularly known as Joy Mitra Kali Bari, is situated on the bank of river Hooghly at Baranagar of Kolkata. Baranagar is a very old place, more than 500 years ago this place was existed. Famous zaminder Joyram Mitra of Sovabazar established this temple in mid-April of the year 1851. He bought about 3 bighas land at Baranagar from some James saheb and established the temple there similar to Brahmamoyee Kali temple of Mulajor of Shyamnagar.The goddess here is Dakshina Kali (দক্ষিণা কালী). If you walk from 'Kuthi ghat' of Baranagar river bank a few steps ahead, you'll reach to the temple - 171 years old this temple is situated by the side of Hara Kumar Thakur Strand. Twelve temples of lord Shiva are there beside the main temple. The array and formation of these Shiva mandirs are very innovative. Ramakrishna Paramahansa dev used to visit this temple frequently. This temple was erected as 'Navratna' art. But it is not the formal slop

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