Friday 30 November 2012

IN THE OBYSS OF OBLIVION.


                  GARIA (BORAL-BURNING GHAT)

                                        & 

                   the most part TATULTALLA.




 
                        The extinct pit of ADI GANGA ‘s(ALSO KNOWN AS GOBINDAPURCREEK,SURMAN’S NALLAH &TALLY’S NALLA,WAS THE MAIN FLOW THE HOOGHLY RIVER FROM 15TH TO 17TH CENTURY) on the river side area’s see the ruins of “PRACHIN GHAT” & TEMPLE. People try to obliterate it. There are many temples (“Art chala” type) in GARIA (BORAL-BURNING GHAT)&  the most part TATULTALLA.These temples are very extremely old, understand from masonry structure. This place was possessed of ‘ Tranta’.
 

       On 1495 (Bengali year) BIPRADAS (CHAKRABORTY) PIPLAI wrote poem “MANSHA VASAN”.(VILLAGE-BADERIA,BASHIRHAT).

 On the way of ADI GANGA .(TWO THOUSEND YEARS AGO -ADI GANGA)
(CHITPUR ~BETORE ~ KALIGHAT ~ CHURAGHAT ~ BARUIPUR ~ CHHATRABHOG ~ BADRIKUNDA ~CHOUMUKHI ~ SATAMUKHI & GANGASANGAM. (MONOSAMONGAL TO A LARG EXTENT WITH VANDEN BROUCK’S MAP(1660). 

Chand Sawdagar (MERCHANT) journey to SINGHAL ( PATNA TO SINGHAL,BY 14 BOATS).Many person think ancestors of Chand Sawdagar built this temple.





HISTORIAN SAID THAT THE GREAT ANCIENT BENGAL BUSINESSMAN CHAND SADAGAR THROW A PUGA ALL OVER  BIRGHUM .

HIS TREAD FLOURISHED THROUGH ADI GANGA  TO SRI LANKA.HIS SON SRIMANTA SADAGAR ALSO FALLOW THE SAME ROUTE TO ESTABLISHED HIS TREAD . IT IS HEARD THAT SRIMANTA SADAGAR  GOT BLESSING FROM HINDU GOD LAXMI IN HIS DREAM.HE ALSO  MARRIED A SRI LANKAN  PRINCESS  TO KEEP A STRONG HOLD TO HIS BUSINESS. ALTHOUGH AT PAST HE MARRIED ANOTHER GIRL NAMED UJAYANI.

HE WANTED TO ESTABLISHED A TEMPLE BETWEEN BIRGHUM TO SRILANKA SO AT GARIA HE ESTABLISHED (JORA MANDIR) AT ONE HE ESTABLISHED LORD SIVA AN ON ANOTHER HE ESTABLISHED KALI.















                     
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

BOULIYA (Bowali)





BOULIYA /Bowali is a non - descript village near the industrial town of Budge - Budge in 24 Parganas (South), West Bengal. Today Bowali is well connected from Amtala on the Diamond Harbour Road.

INCLUDED IN BAJBAJ THERE WERE “BOULIYA”, LIVED WILD ANIMALS.TWO TYPE OF WOODCUTTER ARE THERE, ONE OF THEM CUT WOOD REGULARTY, OTHER WAS LEISUR HOUR. FIRST TYPE IS CALLED “BOULIYA”.

 THE HELP OF BOULIYA, HARANANDA MONDAL NEATS JUNGAL & FOUND VILLAGE.BUT BASUDEV MONDAL ESTABLISHED (A.D .1700) MONDEL FAMILY .THERE ARE MANY TEMPLES WHICH ARE DILAPIDATED OF MONDALS’. (Human neglect and forces of nature have reduced most of this age old temple to dust).THE STRUCTURED OF EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE.BE VASHNAVA’S FOLLOWERS MOST OF TEMPLES.AREMARKED WITH “RADHA-KRISHNA”….
ESTABLISHED OF HARANANDA MONDAL FACING SOUTHWORDS “ATCHALA”, THE TEMPLE OF “RADHAKANTA” (A.D.1771/1693 Bengali year) IS AN ANCIENT TEMPLE. ARCHITECTURE BY BULA CHANDRA MISTERY.THIS TEMPLE IS DECORETED BY “TERACOTTA” ART. NEXT (A.D.1794) THE PILLORS OF “NAVARATNA”TEMPLE RELETATED EUROPIAN ARCHITECTURE.

ESTABLISHED   -- (ACCORDING BENGALI YEAR)
1200---------- 12 TH“SIVA” TEMPLE BY MANIKNATH MONDAL.
1235---------- “RADHA MODON MOHON” TEMPLE BY UDAYANARAYAN MONDAL.
1253------------ “HARI HAR DHAM” .

Gopinath Temple is the oldest & largest temple of Bowali. A massive naba ratna (nine pinacled)temple. Built in 1794 by Manik Mondal. The temple is in dilapidated condition.( Sadly most of the temples of Bowali didn't survive the test of time). It is flanked by a Natmandir, whose roof have completely collapsed. Even today the Naba Ratna (nine - spired) Gopinath Temple still stands and so does the Jal Tungi (water folly), a strange octagonal structure located at a centre of a pond, where the Mondals once enjoyed the cool breeze.

















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