Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Kamarpukur, Hoogly, WB,India

Kamar pukur and Jairambati
Kamarpukur (Bengali: কামারপুকুর) is a village situated in the Arambag subdivision of theHooghly District in West Bengal state of India. It is famous for being the birthplace ofRamakrishna. It is the block headquarters of the Goghat –II community development block.
On the western border of Kamarpukur, the canal Bhutir-Khal flows in a zigzag course from the north to the south and joins the Amodar river at a little distance



Two cremation grounds called Budhui Moral and Bhutir-Khal

lie on the north-east and north-west of the village

 respectively. Along the eastern border of the village a

 spacious road runs from Burdwan (32 miles from

 Kamarpukur) to Puri in Orissa.

To the south-east are the ruins of Fort Mandaran and the

 ancient temple of Saileswara Shiva, which bear witness to

 the prosperous days of the Pathan rulers.
About 30 miles to the east, is the famous temple

of Tarakeswar Shiva, which is connected with Kamarpukur

 by a road running via Jahanabad (or Arambagh). Besides

 this, Ghatal (18 miles to the south) and Vishnupur (30 miles

 to the west) are joined with Kamarpukur by another road that

 abouts on the aforesaid road to Puri, after passing through

 the village via Kotulpur and Koalpara

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