An outstanding Hindu, Jain temple located 20 km far from IIT
kharagpur in the village of partha.There are hundred of temples, dating back
two hundred years back.
Partha exist from the Gupta age, when it was used as an hinterland
of Tamralipta port. It was important hub of Hindu, Jain and Budhists.Modern
world known about this place in the year of 1961, when a Vishnu Lokeshwar
statue dug out in the village of partha.
In the year of 1732, first temple built by Bidyanandaa
Ghosal,who was a revenue collector of
Nawab Alivardi Khan .The nawab not pleased by this work and ordered to
crush Bidyananda’s head by elephant but
elephant refused to do that.Lator on the ghosal family changed its surname from
ghosal to majumdar and continued building temples. Another branch of family
with surname bandopadhaya also starts constructing temples.
With effort of yeasin pathan and local residents ,Govt. grants and technical assistance from
IIT kharagpur a renovation plan passed
by Govt.At present 28 out of 34 temples in partha comes under the direct
supervision of Archaeological Survey of India.
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