Baidyapur is a village in

Kalna II Kalna II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kalna subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It has a population of 167,335 as of 2011. Geography Location Singarkon is locate ...

CD block in

Kalna subdivision Kalna subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview Kalna subdivision is spread mostly across the Bhagirathi basin, with its western part intruding into the Bardhaman p ...

Purba Bardhaman district Purba Bardhaman district is in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Suba ...

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

, India.

Origin of the village name

The name of this village is given in the

Manasamangal Kāvya ''Manasamangal Kāvya'' () is recognized as the oldest of the Bengali language, Bengali Mangal-Kāvyas, chronicling the establishment of the snake-goddess Manasa's worship in Bengal. The goddess holds alternative names such as Bisahari, Janguli, ...

. When the daughter-in-law of Chand Soudagar, Behula, was taking her dead husband, Lakhindar, in a boat; the doctors of the village attempted to cure Lakhindar, but they failed. The doctors were called 'Baidya' in the local language, so the village was named Baidyapur.

Geography

The village is 12 meters above sea level. It has a post office, but the local police station is in Kalna. The village consists of several areas, including Rathtala, Rastala, Gholar Par and Nandipara.

Education

The village has 2 primary schools, 2 higher secondary schools and a school for the deaf and dumb. One of the higher secondary schools, Baidyapur Ramkrishna Vidyapith, is over 100 years old, the other Higher Secondary School is Baidyapur Rajrajeswar Girls' High School. The primary schools are Ranjan Club & Basic School. The school for the deaf & dumb is Baidyapur Bikash Bharati Muk Badhir Pratibandhi Vidyalaya.

Transport

Boinchi Boinchi (also spelt Bainchi or Boinchee) is a Census town located in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Pandua Police Station in Chinsurah subdivision. The town is located approximately 71 kilometers from Kolkata vi ...

is the nearest railway station of Baidyapur.

- Kalna road passed through middle of this village.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India Baidyapur had a total population of 4,065, of which 2,049 (50%) were males and 2,016 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 335. The total number of literates in Baidyapur was 3,134 (84.02% of the population over 6 years).

Culture

The main festivals of this village are Rathyatra and

Saraswati Puja Vasant Panchami , also rendered Vasanta Panchami and Saraswati Puja in honour of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring. The festival is celebrated in Indian religions in different ways ...

. Narkeldanga, a village on the outskirts of Baidyapur celebrates Jagatgouri Jhanpan. The main places of worship in Baidyapur are: the

navaratna ''Navaratna'' () is a Sanskrit compound word meaning "nine gems" or "ratnas". Jewellery created in this style has important cultural significance in many southern, and south-eastern Asian cultures as a symbol of wealth, and status, and is claim ...

(nine towers) temple of Vrindaban Chandra, the

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temple of the Nandi family and the Shalagram Shila of Raj Rajeswar. David J. McCutchion mentions the Bengal deul (1598) with

terracotta Terracotta, also known as terra cotta or terra-cotta (; ; ), is a clay-based non-vitreous ceramic OED, "Terracotta""Terracotta" MFA Boston, "Cameo" database fired at relatively low temperatures. It is therefore a term used for earthenware obj ...

designs on four sides, the Jora Shiva temple and Shiva temple of the Nandi family (1802) with rich terracotta

façade A façade or facade (; ) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loanword from the French language, French (), which means "frontage" or "face". In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important asp ...

, the straight corniced navaratna temple (1845) of Vrindavana Chandra with plaster festoons and the brick-built, ridged twin deul

Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...

temple (1598) with rich terracotta on all sides. He also mentions the navaratna with ‘baroque’ vase turrets at Amdabad, near Baidyapur. According to the

List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal This is a list of Monuments of National Importance (ASI) as officially recognized by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India in the Indian state West Bengal.

the two ancient temples (joined) at Baidyapur or

Baidyapur Jora Deul Baidyapur Jora Deul is a 16th-century temple at Baidyapur in the Kalna II CD block in the Kalna subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Location Baidyapur is on the Boinchi-Kalna Road and the nearest ...

is a monument of national importance.

Gallery

File:Ancient twin temples WLM2016-5718.jpg, Jora Deul File:WLM@WB-Terracotta Panel 06 of Two Ancient Temples of Baidyapur.jpg, Terracotta panels at Jora deul File:Panchratna Brick Temple at Baidyapur 01.jpg, Pancharatna Temple