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Kamarpukur is a village in the
Goghat II Goghat II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Arambag subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Goghat II CD Block is part of the western uplands, which is an extension ...
CD block in the
Arambag subdivision Arambag subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Arambag subdivision is a rural dominated area. All the blocks in the subdivision have cent percent population living in th ...
of the
Hooghly District Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...
in
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state of
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. It is the birthplace of Sri Ramakrishna. It is the block headquarters of the
Goghat Goghat is a village in the Goghat I CD block in the Arambag subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Goghat is located at . Area overview The Arambagh subdivision, presented in the map alon ...
–II community development block.


Geography


Location

Kamarpukur is located at .


Area overview

The Arambagh subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is divided into two physiographic parts – the Dwarakeswar River being the dividing line. The western part is upland and rocky – it is extension of the terrain of neighbouring Bankura district. The eastern part is flat alluvial plain area. The railways, the roads and flood-control measures have had an impact on the area. The area is overwhelmingly rural with 94.77% of the population living in rural areas and 5.23% of the population living in urban areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.


Around Kamarpukur

A mile to the north of Kamarpukur, is situated the village of Bhursubo where a well-to-do person named Manik Raja lived. The renowned tanks of Sukhasayer and Hatisayer excavated by him as also the mango-grove now almost extinct in the nearby meadows, testify to some of his noteworthy acts. 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 Bardhaman (, ) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of Purba Bardhaman district, having become a district capital during the period of British rule. Burdwan, an alternative name for the city, ...
(32 miles from Kamarpukur) to
Puri Puri () is a coastal city and a Nagar Palika, municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the district headquarters of Puri district and is situated on the Bay of Bengal, south of the state capital of Bhubaneswar. It is als ...
in
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. To the south-east are the ruins of
Gar Mandaran Gar Mandaran (গড় মান্দারন) is a village and a gram panchayat in the Goghat II CD block in the Arambag subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The ruins of a fort at Gar Mandar ...
and the ancient temple of Saileswara Shiva, which bear witness to the prosperous days of the
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rulers. About 30 miles to the east, is the temple of
Tarakeswar Tarakeswar (pronounced ''Tarokeshwar'') is a famous sacred city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Tarakeswar is called "Babar Dham" or "The city of Shiva". It is one of the major tourist and holy place ...
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 abuts on the aforesaid road to Puri, after passing through the village via Kotulpur and Koalpara. Three miles to the west, is
Jayrambati Joyrambati is a Village, in the jurisdiction of Kotulpur police station in the Bishnupur subdivision in Bankura district, West Bengal, India. Geography Location Joyrambati is three miles to the west of Kamarpukur and two miles to the east of ...
, the village in which the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi was born. Kamarkupur ''
gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...
'' (GP) is a constituent GP of Goghat–II community development block in
Arambag subdivision Arambag subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Arambag subdivision is a rural dominated area. All the blocks in the subdivision have cent percent population living in th ...
of the Hooghly district.


History

The signs of ancient prosperity are still visible everywhere at Kamarpukur. A number of
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, tanks and old buildings and dilapidated temples still bear witness to its old glory. In olden days Kamarpukur was surrounded by extensive fields, looked like an island floating in a vast sea of green. Apart from
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, it was noted for
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also. Sweet-meats like jilapi and nabat,
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pipes of ebony, yarns, towels, cloth, etc., were prepared here and sent out for sale to
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and also to nearby markets. To this day, in the month of
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(March—April), Kamarpukur reverberates with songs during the worship of Goddess
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and festival of Shiva, and in the following month, devotional choral songs of
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are sung for three days at a stretch. Even now people belonging to the different strata of society live in peace in the tranquil atmosphere of the village.


Ramakrishna

It was at Kamarpukur that Sri
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Ramakrishna Paramahansa ( bn, রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; , 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886),——— — also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya,, was an In ...
was born in 1836 in a poor
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family. With his advent and on account of the frequent visits of his disciples and devotees, this hamlet has become a place of
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. Thousands visit it every year from the various parts of the world and get spiritually refreshed and elevated. Through the help of the devotees and the management, and of the monks of the
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and
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, the temple of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna, with his marble statue installed in it, was built in 1951 at Kamarpukur. Later developments include the construction of guest houses, a library, a dispensary and schools and the re-excavation of the tank called Haldarpukur. Vishalakshi Temple - Situated at Anur, around 2 km from Kamarpukur, goddess Vishalakshi is a popular deity. People vow offerings to the goddess with the hope that the goddess will fulfil their desire. Not very long ago the goddess resided under the open sky at the place where the present temple is situated. Villagers were used to construct an ordinary leafy shed every year before the Makar Sankranti (Mid-January) when a fair was organised. The tradition of the fair is being followed till today. One anecdote, associated with goddess Vishalakshi, states that Gadadhar (Sri Ramakrishna in his childhood) was accompanying a group of pious ladies in their way to offer worship to goddess Vishalakshi. When he was singing the glory of goddess Vishalakshi, suddenly his body became stiff and tears flowed down his cheeks. Seeing these ladies realised that it might be due to the mystic influence of the goddess on the simple-hearted child. They immediately started praying to goddess Vishalakshi to save Gadadhar. Wonder! Gadadhar woke up with a brightened face.


Demographics

According to the
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, Kamarpukur had a total population of 3,121 of which 1,592 (51%) were males and 1,529 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 285. The total number of literate persons in Kamarpukur was 2,530 (89.21% of the population over 6 years).


Civic administration


CD block HQ

The headquarters of Goghat II CD block are located at Kamarpukur.


Education

* Sri Ramkrishna Sarada Vidyamahapith, a general degree college, was established at Kamarpukur in 1959, under the auspices of a trustee board – Anur Janasiksha Sansad. It is affiliated with the
University of Burdwan The University of Burdwan (also known as Burdwan University or B. U.) is a public university in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. It was established by the West Bengal Government as a teaching and affiliating university on 15 June 1960 wit ...
. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, economics, philosophy, political science, physics, chemistry, mathematics and computer science. *
Ramakrishna Mission Multipurpose School, Kamarpukur Ramakrishna Mission Multipurpose School, Kamarpukur is a secondary school in Kamarpukur, Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. It is part of the Ramakrishna Mission and affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. It was establi ...
a secondary boys' school in Westbengal. * Nayantara Girls School is a Higher secondary school and * St. Tomas Public School is an upper primary school


Transport

The State Highway 7 (West Bengal) passes through Kamarpukur. Those wanting to visit Kamapukur from Howrah can take a train to Goghat, next stop after Arambagh. Frequent bus services available for
Tarakeswar Tarakeswar (pronounced ''Tarokeshwar'') is a famous sacred city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Tarakeswar is called "Babar Dham" or "The city of Shiva". It is one of the major tourist and holy place ...
,
Ghatal Ghatal is a city and a municipality in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Ghatal subdivision. History In ancient times, when Tamralipta was an active port, Ghatal had its own ‘Bandar’ (port), 3&n ...
, Chandrakona, Bishnupur etc. Local on hire vehicles are available for reaching Kamarpukur


References


External links


Kamarpukur Jayrambati Official Website




Childhood locations of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. {{Temple towns in West Bengal Ramakrishna Villages in Hooghly district