Krishnanagar Rajbari (Palace) Compound (Krishnanagar)
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palace, place with historical importance, heritage
This is the traditional rajbari of Maharaja Krishnachandra. If you visit this place you can get flavour "RajGharana". One more thing obvously you listen about famous Gopal Bihar. Once upon a time he used to entertain Maharaja Krishnachandra at this place. its a gr8 place.One of the most heritage place of Krishnanagar.
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Illuminated by earthen lamps and torches (mashals), the idol of Ma Raj Rajeshwari looks resplendent in the Akbar-era Natmandir at the Krishnagar Maharaja's palace.
The serenity is suddenly shattered by the town crier's shrill call: "Attention! Agnihotri Bajpeyi Raj Rajendro Maharajadhiraj Nabadwipadhipati Mahashaya Krishno Chandro Roy Bahadur is arriving."
On cue, 108 dhakis beat drums to frenzy.
The Maharaj arrives in an elaborately carved silver palanquin that was gifted to one of his forefathers by Emperor Jahangir. He approaches the pulpit. Shortly thereafter, the palace cannon booms, a signal for the beginning of sandhi puja. A hundred and eight buffaloes are assembled before the Goddess. At shandhikshan, the heads are severed and placed before the Goddess as offering to cleanse the human spirit of its evils. "As a child, I grew up watching these rituals being performed while sitting on my grandmother Maharani Jyotirmoyee Debi's lap. Growing up, I always held a grudge against Ma Raj Rajeshwari. How could the divine mother, the supreme protector of good and the destroyer of evil, devour so many harmless, helpless lives? I would often bring this up with my father. Being a God-fearing man, he would stick to tradition till the resistance melted away when he saw my infant son Manish crying on witnessing the sacrifice.The practice was stopped in 1987," said Saumish Chandra Roy , the 39th descendant of Nadia royal family .
Nadia Rajbari's Durga Puja remains the oldest puja in what was then Anga-Banga-Kalinga or undivided eastern India region. Started in 1603 by Maharaj Rudra Rai, the great grandfather of Krishno Chandro, it has continued uninterrupted till date. "The puja began two years before the death of Emperor Akbar. Since it all happened at the height of the Mughal era, the influence is very strong in the architecture of the natmandir," said Saumish's son Manish. However, though the gran deur of celebrations have shrunk over the centuries, the rituals have remained intact.
Ma Raj Rajeshwari has seen Nadia during the most tumultuous of times.In medieval India, persecution and heinous tyranny on the grounds of religion was common.
Blood was split for the protection and defense of Nadia's "honour", for the protection of the freedom to choose and profess the religion of our choice."Jato dharma Stato jayo" (Stay in the path of good dharma and victory will be yours) is embedded in the Krishna gar royal family's coat of arms.
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Illuminated by earthen lamps and torches (mashals), the idol of Ma Raj Rajeshwari looks resplendent in the Akbar-era Natmandir at the Krishnagar Maharaja's palace.
The serenity is suddenly shattered by the town crier's shrill call: "Attention! Agnihotri Bajpeyi Raj Rajendro Maharajadhiraj Nabadwipadhipati Mahashaya Krishno Chandro Roy Bahadur is arriving."
On cue, 108 dhakis beat drums to frenzy.
The Maharaj arrives in an elaborately carved silver palanquin that was gifted to one of his forefathers by Emperor Jahangir. He approaches the pulpit. Shortly thereafter, the palace cannon booms, a signal for the beginning of sandhi puja. A hundred and eight buffaloes are assembled before the Goddess. At shandhikshan, the heads are severed and placed before the Goddess as offering to cleanse the human spirit of its evils. "As a child, I grew up watching these rituals being performed while sitting on my grandmother Maharani Jyotirmoyee Debi's lap. Growing up, I always held a grudge against Ma Raj Rajeshwari. How could the divine mother, the supreme protector of good and the destroyer of evil, devour so many harmless, helpless lives? I would often bring this up with my father. Being a God-fearing man, he would stick to tradition till the resistance melted away when he saw my infant son Manish crying on witnessing the sacrifice.The practice was stopped in 1987," said Saumish Chandra Roy , the 39th descendant of Nadia royal family .
Nadia Rajbari's Durga Puja remains the oldest puja in what was then Anga-Banga-Kalinga or undivided eastern India region. Started in 1603 by Maharaj Rudra Rai, the great grandfather of Krishno Chandro, it has continued uninterrupted till date. "The puja began two years before the death of Emperor Akbar. Since it all happened at the height of the Mughal era, the influence is very strong in the architecture of the natmandir," said Saumish's son Manish. However, though the gran deur of celebrations have shrunk over the centuries, the rituals have remained intact.
Ma Raj Rajeshwari has seen Nadia during the most tumultuous of times.In medieval India, persecution and heinous tyranny on the grounds of religion was common.
Blood was split for the protection and defense of Nadia's "honour", for the protection of the freedom to choose and profess the religion of our choice."Jato dharma Stato jayo" (Stay in the path of good dharma and victory will be yours) is embedded in the Krishna gar royal family's coat of arms.
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Coordinates: 23°23'50"N 88°29'50"E
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