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The fabled palace of Raja Krishna Chandra Ray. Dilapidated. The Gate is the only part which has been renovated. Locals talk proudly of this palace. Wouldn’t recommend mend visiting the place unless you really have to visit Krishnanagar for work. The local trains from the station to Sealdah in Kolkata are far more interesting and equally unkempt.
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The main attraction of the lingam is that, it is the largest Shiva lingam of Eastern India. The main temple of the village is that of Lord Raj Rajeswar‘s temple. It is a huge black ‘kashti – pathar’ Shiva lingam of nearly 12 ft height. In front of the lingam; there are multiples of tridents soaked with ‘sindoor’. (Vermilion).
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The brick built south facing char – chala temple (four sloped roofs meeting at a pinnacle) stands on a raised plinth and is believed to be built by Gandharba Roy in seventeenth century, although the foundation plaque containing necessary information like name of founder and year of foundation has long been lost. The temple standing on a square base, and crowned with the four sloping roofs, rises to a height of 21 meters.
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The mosque was built during the reign of Sikandar Shah, the second sultan of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty in the Bengal Sultanate. The mosque was designed to project the kingdom’s imperial ambitions after its two victories against the Delhi Sultanate in the 14th century. The mosque was probably constructed on the ruins of Hindu-Buddhist temples and monasteries.
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Big old structure. most provably it was the boundary wall to protect a building called Ballal Bati.
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Baroduari mosque is a gigantic rectangular structure of brick and stone, this mosque is the largest monument in Gour. Though the name means Twelve Doors, this monument actually has eleven. The construction of this huge mosque was started by Allauddin Hussein Shah and was completed in 1526 by his son Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah.
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The mosque was built during the reign of Sultan Hussain Shah, between 1493 and 1519. The fifteen domes of the mosque were once gilded, giving the mosque the name of Choto Shona Masjid (Small Golden Mosque).
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The Eklakhi Mausoleum is the most elegant monument in Pandua. One of the first square brick tombs in Bengal, with a carved Ganesh on the doorway, it is the tomb of the convert son of a Hindu Raja.
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A kilometre away from the Dakhil Darwaza, is the Feroze Minar. It was built by Sultan Saifuddin Feroze Shah during 1485-89. This five-storey tower, resembling the Qutb Minar, is 26 m. high and 19 m. in circumference. The first three storeys of the tower have twelve adjacent faces each, and the uppermost two storeys are circular in shape
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Lattan Mosque, legend attributes the building of this mosque to a dancing girl of the royal court. However, historians believe it was built by Sultan Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah in 1475. Traces of intricate mina work in blue, green, yellow, violet and white on the enamelled bricks lining the outer and inner walls are still visible.
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Built by King Raghunath Singha in 1643. It stands on a low square plinth and consists of an ambulatory pathway with a porch opened by three arches on the four sides of the temple. The central sikhara is octagonal, while the rest four are square. The walls are richly decorated with terracotta carvings featuring aspects of Lord Krishna’s life.
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Built (1656) by King Raghunath Singha in ekratna style with laterite stone.
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The mysterious structure which once was responsible for the disappearance of the evil doers.
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The Rashmancha is a historical building located at Bishnupur. It was commissioned by Malla king Bir Hambir in 1600 CE. During the Vaishnava Ras festival, all the Radha Krishna idols of Bishnupur town used to be brought here to be worshipped by the citizens.
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Garh Darwaja is a terracotta gateway situated in Bishnupur, a destination famous for its terracotta masonry. Built during the rule of the Malla Kings, this gateway is also known as the Chota Patthar Darwaja or Small Gateway of Bishnupur. Garh Darwaja is an arched terracotta structure with a plain exterior.
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According to the Hindu mythology, when Mahadeva danced around with Sati’s dead body cutting it to pieces, the lip fell at Fullara. There is a big pond beside the temple. According to hearsay, Hanuman collected 108 blue lotuses from the pond when Sri Ramachandra required them for the worship of goddess Durga.
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The House of Hetampur Raj rose from obscure origins to the status of the most powerful Kingdom and later Zamindari of Birbhumdistrict. Muralidhar Chakravarty, an ancestor of the Hetampur Raj family, emigrated from Bankura district to Birbhum in the late seventeenth century.
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Hanseswari Temple was built in 1814. It was constructed by the wife of Nrisinghadeb, the grandson of Rameshwar. Nrisinghadeb was a follower of a Tantric cult and had spent his last seven years (1792-99) in Varanasi practicing its rites. The temple was constructed after his death by his wife Sankari, as a tribute to him.
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Hooghly Imambara is a mosque cum imambarah administered by the Shia astna-ashari sect of Muslims, in Hooghly, West Bengal. The construction of the building was started by Muhammad Mohsin in 1841 and completed in 1861.
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Joyrambati is three miles to the west of Kamarpukur and two miles to the east of Shihar – the birthplaceof Hridayrama Mukhopadhyaya, a nephew of Bhagwan Sri Ramakrishna Dev. Bishnupur and Arambag are twenty-seven miles and twelve miles distant respectively from Joyrambati.
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Cooch Behar Palace, also called the Victor Jubilee Palace, is a landmark in Cooch Behar city, West Bengal. It was modeled after the Buckingham Palace in London in 1887, during the reign of Maharaja Nripendra Narayan.
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Situated in the heart of the Cooch Behar town. Constructed by Maharaja Nripendra Narayan during 1885 to 1889. The deities include Lord “Madan Mohan“.
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One of the very unique things that Medinipur offers is that you can find places of worship for nearly every religion in this rather small town. The St. John Church is one of the most popular Churches in the entire district. The ancient looking small church has a graveyard next to it.
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The Jora Masjid, literally mean twin mosques, as these are two mosques built side by side. The Masjid is built with white marble in ancient Islamic architectural styles. The entire place is decorated with lights and flowers, spell binding every on looker.
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Tomb of Azimunnisha Begum daughter of Murshid Quli Khan.
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Cossimbazar Boro Rajbari.
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Cossimbazar Royal Palace and Murshidabad tour by Touriana will bring alive history of Bengal. Murshidabad is known as the place of last Independent Nawab (King) of Bengal. Cossimbazar Royal palace is a palce of Jamindar Roy’s. Here you can find history in every steps.
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Locales say that this mosque was started to complete overnight by the then Nawab Sarfaraz Khan to compete with his grandfather Murshid Quli Khan who had built the Katra Masjid. However he lost his bet to complete it over a night and thus the incomplete masjid came to be known as Footi masjid with time.
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This palace was constructed in the 19th century when Murshidabad was under the sovereignty of Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The Nizamat Kila (Fortress of the Nawabs) is the site where there was an old fort which was demolished in order to create the glorious Hazaarduari Palace or the Palace with a Thousand Doors.
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Just opposite the Hazaarduari Palace lies the Nizamat Imambara, a shrine. The old shrine was built by Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah which got destroyed by fires twice. In 1847, the new shrine was constructed by Nawab Nazim Mansur Ali Khan. There is the old Madina mosque which is between the Palace and the Nizamat Imambara.
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Kathgola often refers to the Kathgola Palace. Kathgola Gardens, also known as the Kathgola Temple, was built by Lakshmipat Singh Dugar.
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