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Tarapith
Tarapith is a town and Hindu pilgrimage site located in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The town is particularly known for the Tarapith Temple and its adjoining Hindu crematory ground. The tantric Hindu temple is dedicated to the goddess Tara. Tarapith is also famous for Tantric saint Bamakhepa, who worshipped in the temple and resided in the cremation grounds. His ashram An ashram (, ) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions, not including Buddhism. Etymology The Sanskrit noun is a thematic nominal derivative from the root 'toil' (< Dwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tarapith Temple
Tarapith Temple is a 13th century Hindu temple in Tarapith, Birbhum, West Bengal in India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Tara (Mahavidya), Tara,the second mahavidya among the Mahavidya, Mahavidyas in Hinduism. It is one of the 51 ''Sati Pithas'' in India. As per the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, Markandeya Purana and Shakti Peetha Stotram, the third eye of Sati (Hindu goddess), Goddess Sati fell here, after Lord Vishnu's Sudarshan Chakra splintered her body into many parts to calm down Shiva, Mahadev's rage, during his cosmic dance. Vashistha, Vashishta Muni, who first saw it, started worshipping there and the place was later developed into a temple. In addition to the temple, Tarapith is closely associated with the mystic saint Bamakhepa, who is said to have had deep spiritual experiences in this area. The Shmashana, cremation ground accompanying the temple is one of the most revered and popular sites for Tantrism, tantric practices in Shaktism. Geography Tarapith t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rampurhat
Rampurhat is an important city and a municipality in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Rampurhat subdivision. According to the 2011 census, Rampurhat is the third most populous city in Birbhum district and 82nd most populous city in West Bengal.Rampurhat is a rapidly growing township It is near the West Bengal / Jharkhand border. Rampuhat has dynamic connectivity with the other places of West Bengal and neighboring states via state highways, national highway and rail route. Rampurhat Junction is the seventh busiest railway stations in eastern India. Geography Location Rampurhat is located at 24.17 North and 87.78 East. Police station Rampurhat police station has jurisdiction over Rampurhat municipality and Rampurhat I CD Block. CD block HQ The headquarters of Rampurhat I CD block are located at Rampurhat. Overview The northern portion of Rampurhat subdivision (shown in the map alongside) is part of the Nalhati Plains, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bamakhepa
Bamakhyapa (; 1837–1911Kinsely, p. 111), born Bamacharan Chattopadhyay, was an Indian Hindu saint who resided in Tarapith and whose shrine is also located in the vicinity of the Tarapith Temple in Birbhum. He was born at Atla village in the Rampurhat subdivision of the Birbhum district. He was an ardent devotee of Goddess Tara and lived near the temple and meditated in the cremation grounds. He stayed in Mouliksha temple for continuing the worship of Holy Mother. Bamakhyapa was fed first in the temple before the deity and nobody obstructed him. It is believed that Goddess Tara gave a vision to Bamakhaypa in the cremation grounds in her ferocious form. Popular culture Beginning in 2007, a teleserial named '''Sadhak Bamakhepa about Bamakhepa ran on television in Bengal. By late 2011, it had run for 1500 episodes.Gomolo news desk. (29 Nov 2011)"Sadhok Bamakhyapa becomes highly popular" (accessed 31 Jan 2013) In 2019 the teleserial '' Mahapeeth Tarapeeth'', the life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rampurhat Subdivision
Rampurhat subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The northern portion of Rampurhat subdivision is part of the Nalhati Plains, a sub-micro physiographic region, and the southern portion is part of the Brahmani-Mayurakshi Basin, another sub-micro physiographic region occupying the area between the Brahmani in the north and the Mayurakshi in the south. There is an occasional intrusion of Rajmahal Hills, from adjoining Santhal Parganas, towards the north-western part of the subdivision. Geography Subdivisions Birbhum district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Rampurhat subdivision has 5 police stations, 8 community development blocks, 8 panchayat samitis, 65 gram panchayats, 760 mouzas, 725 inhabited villages, 2 municipalities and 6 census towns. The municipalities are: Rampurhat and Nalhati. The census towns are: Murarai, Barua Gopalpur, Ambhua, Kashimna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hindu Pilgrimage Sites In India
In Hinduism, the yatra (pilgrimage) to the tirthas (sacred places) has special significance for earning the punya (spiritual merit) needed to attain the moksha (salvation) by performing the darśana (viewing of deity), the parikrama (circumambulation), the yajna (sacrificial fire offering), the Dhyana (spiritual contemplation), the puja (worship), the prarthana (prayer, which could be in the form of mantra - sacred chants, bhajan - prayer singing, or kirtan - collective musical prayer performance), the dakshina (alms and donation for worthy cause), the seva (selfless service towards community, devotees or temple), the bhandara (running volunteer community kitchen for pilgrims), etc. These sacred places are usually located on the banks of sacred waters, such as sacred rivers or their tributaries (among the rigvedic rivers of sapta sindhu the trio ganges-yamuna-saraswati are considered most sacred), the kundas (pond or lake, among these the Lake Manasarovar is considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Birbhum District
Birbhum district () is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other important cities are Bolpur, Rampurhat and Sainthia. Jamtara, Dumka and Pakur districts of the state of Jharkhand lie at the western border of this district; the border in other directions is covered by the districts of Bardhaman of Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman and Murshidabad of West Bengal. Often called "the land of red soil",Rahim, Kazi MB, and Sarkar, Debasish, ''Agriculture, Technology, Products and Markets of Birbhum District'', ''Paschim Banga'', Birbhum Special Issue, pp. 157–166, Information and Cultural Department, Government of West Bengal. Birbhum is noted for its topography and its cultural heritage which is somewhat different from the other districts in West Bengal. The western part of Birbhum is a bushy region, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dwarka River
The Dwarka River (also called Babla) is a tributary of Bhagirathi. Course The Dwaraka originates in Santhal Parganas in Jharkhand, flows through Deucha, and then through Mayureswar and Rampurhat police station areas of Birbhum district. It finally flows through Murshidabad district, where it joins the Bhagirathi. Total length of Dwarka river is 156.5 km. Though a moderate river, it has several names and many small tributaries and estuaries. It flows through Kandi subdivision and near Kalyanpur (Murshidabad) this river merged with Bhagirathi. Its many backwaters and side channels also connect with the Bhagirathi. It is a hill stream with beds full of pebbles and yellow clay. Deucha barrage A barrage at Deucha on the Dwarka river has a capacity of . It is on the west side of NH 60, in Birbhum district . See also List of rivers of India With a land area of consisting of diverse ecosystems, India has many river systems and perennial streams. The rivers of India ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tara (Devi)
In the Shaivism and Shaktism tradition of Hinduism, the goddess Tara (, ) is the second of the ten Mahavidyas. She is considered a form of Adishakti, the tantric manifestation of Parvati. Her three most famous forms are Ekajaṭā, Ugratara, and Nīlasarasvatī (also spelled Neelasaraswati, Neela Saraswati, or Neelsaraswati). Her most famous centre of worship is the temple and the cremation ground of Tarapith in West Bengal, India. Legends The commonly known origin of Tara is from the 17th chapter of the '' Rudrayāmala'' which describes the initial unsuccessful attempts of the sage Vasiṣṭha in worshipping Tara, and the subsequent meeting with the god Vishnu in the form of Buddha in the region called Mahācīna (Tibet) and his eventual success by the means of '' kaula'' rites. She is also described as the form of the ''Atharvaveda''. Her Bhairava is named Akṣobhya. According to the ''Svatantratantra'', Tara protects her devotees from difficult (ugra) dangers and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hindu Temples In West Bengal
Hindu temples in West Bengal or Bengal Temples are a special form of the Hindu temple in India. They are mostly from the 17th to the 19th century and are mainly located in the present-day Indian state of West Bengal. A few – but often ruined-buildings are also on the territory of today's Bangladesh. The major Hindu temples of West Bengal are Cooch Behar, Madan Mohan Temple, Jalpesh Temple, Tarapith Temple, Kiriteswari Temple, List of temples in Bishnupur, Bishnupur Terracotta temples, Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir, Naba Kailash Mandir, Matua Mahasangha, Thakurbari Matua Dham, Taraknath Temple, Tarakeshwar Temple, Hangseshwari Temple, Bargabhima Temple, Belur Math, Kalighat Temple and Dakshineswar Kali Temple. Materials Bengal is in large Parts of the fertile alluvial plain of the Ganges/Hooghly river, Hooghly and Brahmaputra, as well as a number of tributaries, the largest of which is Meghna. Natural stone deposits are almost unknown, and so the residential houses in the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Times Now
Times Now is an English-language news channel in India owned and operated by The Times Group. The channel launched on 23 January 2006 in partnership with Reuters. It is a pay television throughout India. Until 2016, it was India's most popular and the most viewed English news channel. The channel is widely seen as supportive of Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Times Now has been criticised for reporting misinformation. History In 2016 Arnab Goswami (the earlier editor-in-chief) left the channel to launch Republic TV; S. Sundaram, who had served as the CFO for Times Now between 2005 and 2012, was named the Group CFO. Goswami resigned as editor-in-chief of Times Now on 1 November 2016, citing editorial differences, lack of freedom and newsroom politics. He hosted the last edition of his show, ''The Newshour Debate'', a fortnight later. This came after the show had been subject to an investigation by Ofcom, the UK broadcasting regulatory authority, in August and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cremation Ground
A shmashana outside an Indian village A shmashana () is a Hindu crematory ground, where dead bodies are brought to be burnt on a pyre. It is usually located near a river or body of water on the outskirts of a village or town; as they are usually located near river ghats, they are also regionally called ''smashan ghat''s. Etymology The word has its origin from Sanskrit language: ''shma'' refers to ''shava'' ("corpse"), while ''shana'' refers to ''shanya'' ("bed"). The other Indian religions like Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism also use ''shmashana'' for the last rites of the dead. Hinduism As per Hindu rites of Nepal and India, the dead body is brought to shmashana for the ritual of ''antyesti'' (last rites). At the cremation ground, the chief mourner has to obtain the sacred fire from one who resides by the shmashana and light funeral pyres (''chita'') for a fee. Various Hindu scriptures also give details of how to select the site of shmashana: it should be on the northern si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
States And Union Territories Of India
India is a federalism, federal union comprising 28 federated state, states and 8 union territory, union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 List of districts in India, districts and smaller administrative divisions of India, administrative divisions by the respective subnational government. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a State governments of India, state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the Government of India, union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government. History 1876–1919 The British Raj was a very complex political entity consisting of various imperial divisions and states and territories of varying autonomy. At the time of its establishment in 1876, it was made up of 584 princely state, constituent states and the prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
