Once a year,go someplace you've never been before-Dalai Lama
Maa Baglamukhi is the 8th Vidya of Dasamahaavidya and is known as Mother Baglamukhi. She is worshiped as the Destroyer of Enemies and is said to have killed the demon Sumbha and the demon Nishumbha. She is also known to be the Goddess of Justice and is worshiped for her ability to win legal disputes. … Read more
Today, I will explore further the significance and origin of the names and history of Dum Dum Nager Bazar Road locations. This is the concluding section of this article. Dum Dum Nager Bazar Area- A Historical Overview Names Beyond Borders of Dum Dum Nager Bazar Area : Nearby Locales Unveiled Beer Para/Paik Para: The history … Read more
“DumDum” what ever the historical information available about ,there’s a chance that it was first settled by the Gangaridhi civilization. This is based on the artifacts found under the Clive House mound, which suggests a connection between them. Plus, lots of the names of the areas in DumDum are still associated with the Nawabi era. … Read more
The Afghanistan War Memorial was constructed in 1842 to commemorate the sacrifice of the soldiers who lost their lives in the first Anglo-Afghan war, which was fought between the European Indian Company (EIC) and the Afghans between 1838 and 1841. It is situated near the Ordnance Factory gates in Dum Dum on Jessore Road, Dum … Read more
An ancient Nrisimha Temple is there in Deulbari Debipur village, Kultali. Deulbari Debipur village, one of the rare Historical sites, is located in the Kultali subdivision of South Twenty-Four Parganas district in West Bengal, India. It is 15.9 km from the sub-district headquarters. Jamtalahat (the Tehsildar office) and 82.7 km from district headquarters in Alipore.The … Read more
“Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Sons” was established in 1918. In the year 1918, a young man from Gaya district in Bihar, opened a fritter eatery in Kolkata’s Cornwallis Street to make his living. His name is “Khendu Shaw”. That time was the active period of Indian freedom movement. In this place, various freedom fighters of … Read more
91, RastraGuru Aveneue Ramgarh, South Dumdum, West Bengal 700028, this is now the address of the one of the oldest existing buildings in Bengal. Clive house or DumDum house or borokuthi is a very important witness of Indian History. The significant architectural feature of this house is built on a raised mound and surrounded by … Read more
Bishnupur Rashmancha forced us to visit the place and one winter morning we reached in front of it . Bishnupur tour started with Bishnupur Rashmancha. Many books & research works on the history of Bishnupur are available in scattered form. I am trying to jot down a compact description of Bishnupur Rashmancha, so that anyone … Read more
At the end of the evening I went and stood in front of the “Denmark Tavern restaurant”. It standing majestically next to ‘NishanGaht’ (on the bank of river Hooghly). Who will say before 2015 this house was a pile of rubble! In 2010-2012, a restoration group of the ‘National Museum of Denmark’ rediscovered this historic … Read more
We decided to go to Serampore College on December 29th. The day was 29th December 2019. I and Sudeshna went to Srabonidi’s place. This time our destination was Serampore. I have never visited the old city, rich in history, on the outskirts of Kolkata. We aimed to explore Serampore’s history. Here I quote Gurudev “দেখাহয়নাইচক্ষুমেলিয়াঘরহতেশুধুদুইপাফেলিয়াএকটিধানেরশিষেরওপরএকটিশিশিরবিন্দু”. … Read more