Mallarpur
Mollarpur ("মল্লারপুর") is a town with a rail station in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Mollarpur consists of two Gram panchayats, Mollarpur I and Mollarpur II. It is a small but good town. Mollarpur have approved by government of west Bengal as a municipality at June 2014. The name Mollarpur had come from Malla kings. Probably they had related with the great Malla king Hambir malla(?). Now Mollarpur is having government schools as well as private schools. The Mallarpur High School is the known school in the Mollarpur. Mollarpur is also having one hospital & Police substation.NH 60 is passing through Mollarpur to suri via Ganpur, Deucha. Tarapith temple which contains an important Hindu temple and famous for the Great devotee 'Bamakhepa'. It is also recognised as 'Shaktipith' as per Hindu belief is very near to Molecular and transport is available at all the time. Birchandrapur, 25 km from the town, is famous for the birthplace of Nityananda Swami, co founder of Baisnav religion with Shri Chityanyadev. Birchandrapur[1] of Mahabharata, named after Birchandra Goswami - the son of Nityananda, Various languages are spoken by the people of the town. Bengali, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Santahali, Marwari, Gujarati are common language of Mollarpur. People of Mollarpur celebrate all festival with same zeal. The main festivals are Durga puja, Kalipuja, Chhath, etc. Chhathpuja is celebrated by Bihari community at Kali Tala in Bahina village and Eid is celebrated by Muslims at Mollarpur Muslim Para.
Mollarpur is an important railway station, having connectivity to several places. Almost all of the local trains passing through Mollarpur, stop at the station and some express train also. One can reach Kolkata in around 3.5 hours. Naer about 20 villages are depending on the Mollarpur railway station. As Panagarh–Morgram Highway passes through the town so by road communication is well developed along with the railway communication.
Demographics
Mollarpur has seven bus stopage. They are
- Amba
- Bahina,
- Railgate -bypass,
- Hospital more,
- Raipara,
- Battala,
- College more.[2]
As you drive to Mallarpur, off the now busy highway, you will see a grand old ruin dominating the landscape for miles around. This is the Kacheri Baari or the Court House. Built in the late 18th century, this building must have been stunning in its heyday. As you enter through a once grand, but now rusted metal gate, you come into the front lawn, about 50 yards long. At the end of it, like a giant spider, sits the Kacheri Baari. A haunted house.[3][4] There is a "Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram Hostel" near Amba at mollarpur beside Ramkrishna ashram.[5] There is the burial place (samadhi) of Krishnananda Agamavagisha, at molleswar Shiva temple ground. Krishnananda Agamavagisha was the great tantrik and author of "Brihat Tantrasara" and inventer of Dakshina Kali " idol, and guru of Ramprasad Sen.[6]
Culture
Poush Sankranti fair is held at Shibpur in the Mayureswar police station. Shivratri fair is held at Dabuk. Gosaidas fair is held at Dakshingram.
Shivaratri and gajan held at Malleswar shiva temple at gram mallarpur. PHULKHELA (i.e. Literally play with flowers) held on charak Puja before malleswar. At this phulkhela bhaktas had walked on burning wood.
Dharma pujo fair is held at Ratma on the occasion of Buddha Purnima.
At shivaratri a grand fair is held at local Nimitala ground beside NH 60.
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Shiva temple Mollarpur birbhum -
References
- ^ "Ekachakra Dhama – The Birthplace of Lord Nityananda".
- ^ বীরভুমের কথা,
- ^ http://www.m.ndtv.com/video/travel/india-s-most-haunted/inside-a-haunted-house-called-kacheri-badi-203739
- ^ NDTV Good Times (1 July 2011). "Inside a haunted house called Kacheri Badi" – via YouTube.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Inside a Hindutva hostel: how RSS is rewiring the tribal mind".
- ^ "Krishnananda Agamavagisha".
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