''Mahapeeth Tarapeeth'' was a

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

mythological show that was aired on

Star Jalsha Star Jalsha is an Indian Bengali language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily broadcasts family dramas, comedies, reality shows and films. It launched ...

and is also available on

Disney+ Hotstar Disney+ Hotstar, also known as JioHotstar or simply Hotstar, is an Indian subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Disney Star. The brand was introduced as Hotstar for a streaming service carrying content from Di ...

. The show narrates the origin of

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 tant ...

shrine- the journey from fear to faith and chart the various phases of Maa Tara and

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 ...

’s journey to fight against societal evils. This show was produced by Max Entertainment,

Surinder Films Surinder Films is an Indian media and entertainment company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern port ...

Plot

The show revolves around the manifestation of the unparalleled

, which according to legends is home to one of the 51 parts (Tara-eyeball) of Maa Sati. It depicts how the Tantric Hindu temple became the revered Shakti Peeth by regaling tales known and unknown that surround it. Set in 19th century Bengal, the show narrates the journey of the omnipotent goddess’ origin and her miracles, her connection with her ardent devotee

and the obstacles they overcome to abolish malpractices and superstitions in tumultuous times.

Cast

* Nabanita Das as Maa Tara * Sabyasachi Chowdhury as Bama Charan Chotopadhay / Sadhak Bamakhyapa / Bama / Bamdev *Sarbik Pal as Child Bama *Roosha Chatterjee as Rani Annada Sundari / Choto Rani Maa *Jeetu Kamal as Anandanath Roy / Choto Kumar (deceased) *

Kushal Chakraborty Kushal Chakraborty (born 21 July 1968) is an Indian actor and film director associated with Bengali cinema. At the age of six, he played the role of Mukul in Satyajit Ray's film ''Sonar Kella'' for which he won National Film Award for best chi ...

as Sarbanandho Chotopadhay (Bama's father) (deceased) *

Aditi Chatterjee Aditi Chatterjee (also known as Adetee Chatterjee) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema and television. When she was in her fifth standard in South Point School, Chatterjee was spotted by Meenakshi Goswami who offe ...

as Rajkumari (Bama's Mother) (Deceased) * Sagnik Chatterjee as Borendronath Roy / Boro Kumar * Mousumi Bhattacharya / Moyna Bandyopadhyay / Indrakshi Nag as Madhabilata / Boro Rani Maa *

Goutam Halder Goutam Halder (born 9 December 1963) is an Indian theatre and film actor from Kolkata. He has appeared in more than 50 theatrical productions since 1981 across various troupes, and is the recipient of several accolades including a ''State Aw ...

as Aghoreswar (Deceased) * Riju Biswas as Birendranath Roy *Dhrubojyoti Sarkar as Mahadev *Jasmine Roy as Maa Durga * Sayak Chakraborty as

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Pradip Dhar Pradip is a given name of Indian origin. Pradip means Light, Shine, Lamp, Brilliant, One who is like a light or a lantern. People with that name include: *Pradip Baijal, retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service *Pradip Bhattacharya (bor ...

as Morol moshai of Atla village *Indranil Mallick as thakurdas Bama's childhood friend *Arindam Halder as Neel Madhob Chattopadhyay (deceased) *Anindya Banerjee as Durga Das *Suchandra Banerjee as Labanya *Sourav Chatterjee as Labanya's husband * Gourob Chatterjee as

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

*Palash Debnath as the Nayeb of young

*Niladri Lahiri as

Debendranath Tagore Debendranath Tagore (15 May 1817 – 19 January 1905; birth name: Debendronath Thakur) was an Indian philosopher and religious reformer, active in the Brahmo Samaj (earlier called Bhramho Sabha) ("Society of Brahma", also translated as ''Socie ...

*Samir Biswas as Joggyeswar Tantraguru of Aghoreswar *Debraj Mukherjee as Rudranath *Chandraneev Mukherjee as Kalachand Roy *Mishmee Das as Chandana *Mimi Dutta *

Rupankar Bagchi Rupankar Bagchi, also known mononymously Rupankar, is a Bengali singer-songwriter, playback singer and actor from Kolkata, India. He has sung many famous songs in recent Bengali films like '' Chalo Let's Go'' (2008), '' Baishe Srabon'' (2011 ...

*Biswabasu Biswas as

Shri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian yogi, maharishi, and Indian nationalist. He also edited the newspaper ''Bande Mataram''. Aurobindo studied for the Indian Civil Service at King's C ...

*Aritra Dutta as

Mukunda Das Mukunda Das (; 22 February 1878 – 18 May 1934) was a Bengali poet, ballad singer, composer and patriot, who contributed to the spread of Swadeshi movement in rural Bengal. He was commonly referred to as "Charankabi" (The Writer of Ballads) du ...

*Sambhabhi *Dev Chhat as greedy Zamindar *Ayesha Bhattacharya as Dakini *Soumi Chakraborty as Yogini *Sayantani Sengupta as Lalita *Surojit Banerjee *Kaushambi Chakroborty / Alokananda Guha as Maa Bipodtarini * Sohini Banerjee as Jhunjhuni *Judhajit Banerjee *Arijit Chowdhury *Bimal Chakraborty as Kapalik *Hirojeet Chatterjee *Deerghoi Paul *Tramila Bhattacharya *

Sanchita Bhattacharya Sanchita Bhattacharya (born 19 February 1992) is an Indian playback singer, composer and television personality. At the age of 14, this makes her the oldest winner in the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs history as well as the first female winner wi ...

as payesh mata *Priyanka Chakraborty *Biplab Chatterjee as Bishnu Das *Avrajit Chakraborty as Shymananda *Sumanta Mukherjee as Nidhu Sardar *Sancharee Mukherjee as Sulakkhana's mother *

Anamika Saha Anamika Saha is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Bengali film industry. Early life Saha was born in Jessore, Khulna, Bangladesh, Bangladesh as Usha. In 1961, she passed Higher Secondary examination from Deshbandhu Balika Vidyalaya ...

*Nishantika Das *Anamika Chakraborty *

Partha Sarathi Deb Partha Sarathi Deb (; 1955/1956 – 22 March 2024) was an Indian actor of Bengali film and television. He also acted in Telugu films. Early life and career Deb was born in Kolkata. Throughout a career longer than forty years, Deb acted in o ...

*Moumita Chakrabarty *Arindam Ganguly *Pranabhi Bose / Pallavi Sharma as Kamala *

Sudip Mukherjee Sudip Mukherjee is an Indian Bengali actor, who is predominantly known for his work in Bengali television and Cinema of West Bengal, cinema. He has also featured in Hindi-language and Tamil-language films. He has acted in many television serial ...

*Raja Goswami as Tarananda *Biswarup banerjee as mahadevananda(mahadev thakur) *Madhupriya Chowdhury *Mainak Dhol

Reception

In week 22 of 2021, the series has risen to fifth place with 3.546 million impressions for the most watched television series in Bengal.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt10157598 Star Jalsha original programming Indian television series about Hindu deities 2019 Indian television series debuts 2022 Indian television series endings Bengali-language television programming in India