Brief
Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple is a very popular Hindu temple in Bangladesh, dedicated to the goddess Kali. The name “Jeshoreshwari” means “Goddess of Jessore”. According to belief, it is said that people consider Jesoreshwari as one of 51 Peeths of Sati. It is where the various parts of Sati’s body are said to have fallen, in the course of Shiva’s Rudra Tandava. It is said by many that General of Maharaja Pratapaditya discovered a meditative ray of light which came from the bushes, and came upon a piece of stone carved in the form of a human palm.
Later, Pratapaditya started worshiping Kali and built the Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple. “Goddess of Jessore”, was named after Jessore. It is believed to have created by Anari who was a Brahman. A 100-door temple was created by him for the Jeshoreshwari Peeth. But the time is unknown. It was later modified by Laxman Sen and Pratapaditya in their time.
The temple is located in Ishwaripur, a village in Shyamnagar upazilla of Satkhira. The temple is visited by pilgrims from all over, irrespective of sectarian differences. Worship is done by the priest every Saturday and Tuesday at noon time. But before 1971, there was daily routine of worship. Every year on the day of Kali puja, the present Caretakers of the temple conduct a ceremony. There is also a Mela taking place around the temple compound.
Where to Stay
There are not many hotels in Satkhira and the few available places may not meet your standards. Accommodation facilities in Satkhira still need to improve. Our pick among the hotels in Satkhira is:
1. Mozaffar Garden & Resort, Satkhira
Phone: 01712104439, +8801719769009, +8801191812257
2. Borsha Resort
Manager: AKM Anisur Rahman
Address: Kolabari, 9 no. Burigoalini, Shamnagar, Satkhira.
Phone: 01715251963
3. Vai Vai Hotel
Manager/Owner: Babu Ram Mojumdar
Address: Ashasuni, Khajra Bazar.
Phone: 01913424633
4. Halima Hotel
Manager/Owner: Ms. Halima Begum
Address: Ashasuni, Khajra Bazar.
Phone: 01790227919
5. Sundarban Hotel
Manager/Owner: Mr. Dr. Shahjahan
Address: Nokipur Bus Stand, Shamnagar, Satkhira
Phone: 01710126624
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At Golapganj village about six kilometer distance of Dinajpur District head quarter there has an old temple name "Twin temple" locally known as "Jora Mandir". It records that the Jora Mandir was established by Raja Ramnath (1722-1752) in 1676 Shaka era (1754 AD). Now it almost in ruins cause of no care. If you go there you will find 2 Mandir (Temple). Distance between two Temple 100 meters. One of the two is a 25 ratna twelve-sided structure, while the other is a 5 ratna quadrangular temple. The vicinity area of the temples are acquired by the local people, and they have built their own houses around the temple. The area of the Mandir are acquired by the local people, and they have establish their own houses side the temple. Thereby causing serious damage to the structures. Both temple are beautiful.
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Naldanga Temple Complex was build in 1656 by Maharaj Indranarayan Debroy. The total number of temples amounts to six. The then government rebuilt those, but were destroyed due to riots. Rebuilding process is still being carried on.
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খুলনা বিভাগের ঝিনাইদহ জেলার কালীগঞ্জ উপজেলায় নলডাঙ্গা মন্দির কমপ্লেক্স অবস্থিত। ১৬৫৬ সালে মহারাজ ইন্দ্রানারায়ণ দেব রায় এই মন্দির কমপ্লেক্সটি নির্মাণ করেন। এই কমপ্লেক্সে মোট মন্দিরের সংখ্যা ছয়টি। সরকার এখানকার মন্দিরগুলো পুনঃনির্মাণ করলেও সেগুলো দাঙ্গার কারনে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হয়। বর্তমানে এই কমপ্লেক্সে পুনঃনির্মাণ কার্যক্রম অব্যাহত রয়েছে। এখানে অবস্থিত দেবতা কালীর মূর্তিটি ভারতের বেনারাস থেকে আনা হয়েছে।
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[post_content] => Radha Gobindo temple (রাধা গোবিন্দ মন্দির) is one of the most ancient temples in Munshiganj. Local people are barely familiar with the name of this temple. Even the temple's land owner doesn't know the actual name of this temple. So, we had to make people understand the nature of this temple to find it out.
After finding the temple, we came to know that this temple is familiar with the name Binoy Shadhur Mandir (মন্দির) rather 'Radha Gobindo' temple.
It's to be mentioned that Binoy Shadhu is taking care of this temple for long 80 years. He said, he was 120 years old. He along with his Shadhu named 'Mongola Rani Das' discovered this temple.
It was very hard to find out the real time period of this temple. Interviewing local people and Binoy shadhu, we could assume that it might be a thousand year old temple, which is very near to destruction. A big banyan tree has grown through the middle of this temple.
Every Bengali year, people arrange a fair in the month of Chaitro (চৈত্র). Basically, Chaitro Shonkrantir Mela (চৈত্র সংক্রান্তির মেলা) is a common festival in Bangladesh. In this event, Binoy Shadhu used to show some magic which has a long time Spiritual recognition to the normal people around there.
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The navaratna style of temple architecture (Sanskrit: नवरत्न, meaning "nine gems") incorporates two main levels, each with four spired corner pavilions, and a central pavilion above, for a total of nine spires. The style arose in Bengal during the eighteenth century as an elaboration of the pancharatna style that had five pavilions (four at the corners and one above).
Many other temples are located close to it. During the reign of Nawab Murshid Khan(1704-1720) estimated a guy named Nayeb Dewan Ramnath Vaduri built it. The main temple is three storied. It is said that during construction of the temple each brick was fried with ghee. This temple was taken by Archaeology department of Government for reformation.
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