Kamarpukur is a holy place situated in the Arambagh
subdivision of the Hooghly District in West Bengal, India.
It is famous for being the birthplace of sri Ramakrishna dev. It
is a block headquarters of the Goghat –II
community development block.
Geography
Kamarpukur is located at 22.91°N & 87.65°E. A mile to the
north of Kamarpukur, is situated a village of Bhursubo, where a Zamindar person named Manik Raja
lived. The renowned tanks of Hatisayer and Sukhasayer excavated by him and also
the mango-grove now almost extinct in the nearby meadows.
On the western side of Kamarpukur, the canal named Bhutir-Khal flows in a
zigzag course from the north to the south and joins the River Amodar at a little distance.
Two cremation grounds called Budhui Moral lies on the north-east and
Bhutir-Khal lies on the north-west of the village. Along the eastern side of
the village a spacious road runs from Burdwan to Puri in Orissa(32
miles from Kamarpukur to burdwan).
To the south-east part are the ruins of Fort Mandaran and the ancient
Saileswara Shiva temple, which bear witness to the prosperous days of the Pathan rulers.
About 30 miles to the eastern side, there is the famous temple of Tarakeswar Shiva,it is connected with Kamarpukur by a road running
via Arambagh (or Jahanabad). Besides this, Ghatal (18 miles to the southern
side) and Vishnupur (30 miles
to the western part) are joined with Kamarpukur by another road that abuts on
the aforestaid road to Puri, after passing through the villages via Kotulpur
and Koalpara.
Six kilometres to the west, is Jayrambati,
the village in which the Holy Mother Sri sri Sarada Devi was born.
Kamarkupur gram panchayat (GP) is a constituent Gram Panchayat of Goghat–II community development block in Arambagh
subdivision of the Hooghly district. It is the
block headquarters of the Goghat–II block.
History
The signs of ancient prosperity are still seen everywhere at Kamarpukur. A
lot of ponds, tanks and old buildings and dilapidated temples still bear witness
to its old glory. In ancient days Kamarpukur was surrounded by fields, looked like an island, floating in a
vast sea of green. Besides agriculture,
it was noted for cottage industries also. Sweets like jilapi and nabat, hookah pipes of ebony, yarns, towels, cloth, Achar, Juice,
sauce, snacks, essence sticks etc., were prepared here and sent out for sale to Kolkata as well as to nearby markets. To this day, in the month
of Chaitra (March to April), Kamarpukur reverberates with songs
during the worship of Goddess Manasa and
festival of Shiva, and in the following month, devotional choral songs of Hari are sung for 3 days at a stretch. Now people belonging to the different strata
of society live in peace in the tranquil atmosphere of the village.
Ramakrishna
It was at Kamarpukur which is adorned with the beauty of evergreens and nature,
that Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Dev was born in 1836 to a poor brahman family. With
his advent and on account of the frequent visits of his disciples and devotees,
Thousands of visitors visit it every
year from the various parts of the world and get spiritually refreshed and
elevated their mind.
The help of the devotees and the management, and of the monks of the Ramakrishna
Math and Ramakrishna
Mission, the beautiful temple of Bhagaban Sri Ramakrishna, with his
marble statue installed in it. It was built in 1951 at Kamarpukur. With the
construction of guest houses, a dispensary, a library, schools and the
re-excavation of the tank called Haldar pukur, also with the development of the
surroundings, the place has really become one of the beauty-views in the entire
locality.
Vishalakshi Temple - Situated at Anur, around 2 k.m
from Kamarpukur village, goddess Vishalakshi is a very popular deity. People
pray offerings to the goddess with the
hope of the goddess will fulfil their
desire. Not very long long ago the
goddess resided under the open sky at the place, the present temple is located.
Villagers were used to construct an ordinary leafy shed every year before the
Makar Sankranti (Middle January) when a fair was organised. Tradition of the
fair is being followed till today.
An interesting incident is associated with goddess Vishalakshi. Gadadhar (
named of Sri Ramakrishna in his childhood) was singing the glory of Maa
vishalakhshi, suddenly his body became
stiff and tears flowed down through his
cheeks. He was accompanying a group of ladies in their way to offer worship to
goddess Vishalakshi. Seeing this ladies realised that it might be due to the
mystic influence of the goddess on the simple hearted boy. They immediately
started praying to Maa Vishalakshi to save Gadadhar. Wonder! Then Gadai woke up with a brightened face.
Goddess Vishalakshi at anur
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