Durga Temple in Taherpur | A glimpse of history

-


The "Durga Temple" in Taherpur of Rajshahi's Bagmara upazila. 





The last generation of King Kansa Narayan Roy built the temple in the 18th century, in memory of the late king who first introduced the festival of Durga Puja in a universal manner ensuring participation of all castes of the Hindus, as the saying goes. 




The temple's cleric Gopal Chandra Chakrawarty said the idol of Durga is available in the temple throughout the year. “After holding a Durga Puja, we keep idols until the next year for visitors. We immerse the old idols when new idols arrive,” he said. 





These days, the temple has already lost much of its grandeur in the absence of much-needed renovation work. 




In this regard, Kartik Saha, general secretary of the temple committee, said, “We maintain it [temple] with our limited resources. Therefore, the authorities concerned have to come forward to preserve the heritage site."

https://www.thedailystar.net/city/glimpse-history-1470346








Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Smugglers-BDR Affair on Barendra Express

-
Monday, December 7, 2009 Passengers halted an intercity train for three hours at Panchbibi station in Joypurhat yesterday protesting carrying of smuggled goods in trains and alleged harassment by border troops in the name of raids. Hundreds of passengers got down from Barendra Express that runs between Nilphamari and Rajshahi when it arrived at Panchbibi station at around 10:00am and staged demonstration for three hours until 1:00pm. They sat on the rail track just in front of the locomotive of the express train and held a rally, said sources in the headquarters of Bangladesh Railway's west zone in Rajshahi. The agitators said the smugglers were carrying Indian fertiliser at different compartments of Barendra Express since it started from Nilphamari. Half an hour before the train reached Panchbibi, some members of Bangladesh Rifles challenged the smugglers, they said. At this stage, the smugglers spread the fertiliser inside the compartments by cutting sacks and t
Read more

JMB Patron Aminul Jailed; Dulu given 8 yrs RI for arson, looting; Justice delivered to Fazlu; JMB ruled supreme with their blessings; Extortion charges against Minu

-
Image
  http://thedailystar.net/2007/07/27/d7072701011.htm     JMB patron Aminul jailed 24 others also handed 31 years behind bars for helping militants   Anwar Ali, Rajshahi Former post and telecommunications minister barrister Aminul Haque and 24 others were yesterday sentenced to 31 years and six months' imprisonment in the first-ever judgment of a case for patronising Islamist militants. The convicts also include Rajshahi district BNP Secretary Shish Muhammad. The Second Additional Sessions Judge's Court, Rajshahi convicted them for aiding and abetting the militants of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in extorting and torturing people in Bagmara upazila of the district in 2004. The convicts were also fined Tk 25,000 each and in default they will have to suffer three years more in jail. Two accused union council chairmen--Besharatullah and Rafiqul Islam--were acquitted in the case. Judge Rezaul Islam delivered the judgment amid tight security
Read more