''Mahapeeth Tarapeeth'' was a

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mythological show that was aired on

Star Jalsha Star Jalsha is an Indian Bengali language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It broadcasts Bengali-language programming, such as family dr ...

and is also available on

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. The show narrates the origin of

Tarapith Tarapith is a 13-century Hindu temple in Chandipur village Rampurhat II CD block in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district of the Indian state of West Bengal, known for its Tantric temple and its adjoining cremation (Maha Shmashan) groun ...

shrine- the journey from fear to faith and chart the various phases of Maa Tara and

Bamakhepa Bamakhyapa ( bn, বামাখ্যাপা, Bamakhæpa, mad saint; 1837–1911Kinsely, p. 111), born Bamacharan Chattopadhyay, was an Indian Hindu saint who is held in great reverence in Tarapith and whose shrine is also located in the vi ...

’s journey to fight against societal evils. This show was produced by Max Entertainment, Surinder Films.

Plot

The show revolves around the manifestation of the unparalleled

, which according to legends is home to one of the 51 parts (Tara-eyeball) of Maa Sati. It depicts how the Tantric Hindu temple became the revered Shakti Peeth by regaling tales known and unknown that surround it. Set in 19th century Bengal, the show narrates the journey of the omnipotent goddess’ origin and her miracles, her connection with her ardent devotee

and the obstacles they overcome to abolish malpractices and superstitions in tumultuous times.

Cast

*Nabanita Das as Maa Tara *Dhrubojyoti Sarkar as Mahadev *Jasmine Roy as Maa durga * Sabyasachi Chowdhury as Bama Charan Chotopadhay / Sadhak Bamakhyapa / Bama / Bamdev *Sarbik Pal as Child Bama *

Sayak Chakraborty Sayak Chakraborty (born 27 September 1994) is a Bengali actor who works in Bengali cinema. He is known for his portrayal as Krishna in the TV serial ''Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya'', a mythological show, and ''Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni'' a historic ...

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* Pradip Dhar as morol moshai of Atla village *Jeetu Kamal as Anandanath / Choto Kumar (deceased) *Roosha Chatterjee as Rani Annada Sundari *

Kushal Chakraborty Kushal Chakraborty ( bn, কুশল চক্রবর্তী) (born 21 July 1968) is a Bengali actor and film director. At the age of six, he played the role of Mukul in Satyajit Ray's film ''Sonar Kella'' for which he won National Film A ...

as Sarbanandho Chotopadhay (Bama's father) (deceased) *Aditi Chatterjee as Rajkumari (Bama's Mother) (Deceased) *Indranil Mallick as Bama's childhood friend *Arindam Halder as Neel Madhob *Anindya Banerjee as Durga Das * Sagnik Chatterjee as Borendronath / Boro Kumar * Riju Biswas as Birendranath *Suchandra Banerjee as Labanya *Sourav Chatterjee as Labanya's husband * Gourob Chatterjee as

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

*Palash Debnath as the Nayeb of young

*Niladri Lahiri as

Debendranath Tagore Debendranath Tagore (15 May 1817 – 19 January 1905) was an Indian Hindu philosopher and religious reformer, active in the Brahmo Samaj (earlier called Bhramho Sabha) ("Society of Brahma", also translated as ''Society of God''). He joined Brahm ...

Goutam Halder Goutam Halder is an Indian theatre actor and director from Kolkata. He has a graduate degree from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary (V.C.) College, Rahara. Theater career Goutam Halder was a member of the theatre group Nandikar and perf ...

as Aghoreshwar Thakur *Samir Biswas as Tantraguru of Aghoreswar *Debraj Mukherjee as Rudranath *Mousumi Bhattacharya / Indrakshi Nag as Madhobi: Bama's Boro rani maa *Mishmee Das *Avijit Sarkar *Mimi Dutta *

Rupankar Bagchi Rupankar Bagchi, also known mononymously Rupankar is a Bengali singer-songwriter, playback singer and actor from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He has sung many famous songs in recent Bengali films like ''Chalo Let's Go'' (2008), ''Baishe Srabo ...

*Biswabasu Biswas *Aritra Dutta *Sambhabhi *Dev Chhat as greedy Zamindar *Ayesha Bhattacharya as Dakini *Soumi Chakraborty as Yogini *Sayantani Sengupta as Lalita *Saptarshi Ray as Borothakur of Tarapeeth *Surojit Banerjee *Kaushambi Chakroborty / Alokananda Guha as Maa Bipatarini * Sohini Banerjee as Jhunjhuni *Judhajit Banerjee *Arijit Chowdhury *Bimal Chakraborty as Kapalik *Hirojeet Chatterjee *Deerghoi Paul *Tramila Bhattacharya *

Sanchita Bhattacharya Sanchita Bhattacharya (born 19 February 1992) is an Indian playback singer, composer and television personality. At the age of 14, this makes her the oldest winner in the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs history as well as the first female winner wi ...

as payesh mata *Priyanka Chakraborty *Biplab Chatterjee as Bishnu Das *Avrajit Chakraborty as Shymananda *Sumanta Mukherjee as Nidhu Sardar *Sancharee Mukherjee as Sulakkhana's mother * Anamika Saha *Nishantika Das *Anamika Chakraborty *Partha Sarathi Deb *Moumita Chakrabarty *Arindam Ganguly *Pallavi Sharma *Sudip Mukherjee *Raja Goswami as Tarananda *Biswarup banerjee as mahadevananda(mahadev thakur) *Madhupriya Chowdhury

Reception

In week 22 of 2021, the series has risen to fifth place with 3.546 million impressions for the most watched television series in Bengal.

References

External links

* {{Star Jalsha Shows Star Jalsha original programming Indian television series about Hindu deities 2019 Indian television series debuts 2022 Indian television series endings Bengali-language television programming in India