Temple with Ancient Monuments
Bengali Mandir is one of the oldest temples (Temple with ancient monuments) and one of the most loved tourist places in the Murshidabad district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in Adim Ganj under Baranagar Assembly of Murshidabad. Which in Bengali means four temples. There are four Shiva temples here. Each temple has three gates and two siblings inside the temple. Here, on the walls of the temples, there are various types of Terracotta full of incredible beauty, which were created by various artists in the areas of Murshidabad including Bankura, Burdwan.
If you look at these records, you can see that various scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharata are shown here. However, the temple currently contains many parts of the temple ruins. During that time Rani Bhavani of Natore built many Shiva temples including this one. According to some historians this area was once home to 108 Shiva temples. Later it was mostly extinct. Baranagar place in Murshidabad was called second Varanasi then. Rani Devi Bhavani of Natore established the Char Bangla Temple in 1755 AD, that is, about two years before the Battle of Siraj Udd Daulah of Murshidabad and East India Company’s Palashi. Rani Bhabani was the queen of the Zamindar dynasty. She was given the title of queen by the people. His achievements spread to West Bengal as well as Bangladesh at that time.
Rani Bhabani was born in 1716 AD in Chatia village of Adamdih in Bogra district of Bangladesh. His father was a zamindar named Atmaram Chowdhury. At the age of 13, Rani Bhavani was married to Ramakant Roy, a zamindar of Natore. Ramakant Roy was the owner of vast properties in West Bengal. After the death of Rani Bhavani’s husband Ramakant Roy in 1748 AD, Rani Bhavani sat on the zamindar throne. 1748 to 1795 A.D. Helping poor people and living like a very common man after her recent stay won a place in the hearts of the people for which she took the title of queen from the people. Rani Bhavani’s zamindari empire was expanding so much that she spent a lot of money fighting the Nawab of Murshidabad, Siraj Udd Daulah.
In 1788 AD, Rani Bhavani moved to Baranagar in Murshidabad, handing over the zamindari to her adopted son Ramakrishna. And until his death he lived in Baranagar. He died in 1795 AD at the age of 79. Temple Sadar is always open for tourists during the day. The temple is almost in ruins and is not worshiped regularly. However, this place is very popular for tourists. Bhagirathi river flows here. The nearest station here is Murshidabad or Baranagar. The distance to the Bengali temple of Rani bhavan is about 200 km. There are many express from Howrah and Sealdah to Murshidabad. And there are various buses from Dharmatala or Howrah to Murshidabad. However, if there is no overnight accommodation in the vicinity of the temple premises, there is certainly accommodation for tourists at some distance.
