Beror Bandh

India / Bangla / Raghunathpur /
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It is a beautiful large pond full of all kinds of water lilies and lotuses. It is fed by a natural spring from the Bero Pahar, which in turn gives rise to a little stream on the other side of the pond.
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Coordinates:   23°31'57"N   86°45'20"E

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  • We used to visit Patit Mama's house a lot with my family. I specially remember the visit when we stayed for a few days in his house during Patit Mama's elder daughter Uma Didi's wedding. We stayed there for almost a week. Everyday, I used to take bath in the Beror Bandh and enjoyed walking there and swimming in this big pond.
  • Bero is renowned for this lake which sustained the adjoining villages by supplying drinking water during summer. The other identity of the village is the temple of Lord Keshav also fondly called as Keshav Chand. There was a popular rhyme—“ Beror bandh, Keshav Chand ; Gai piyalo bachhur bandh “ ( the calf is drinking the milk, tie it ) Beror bandh is believed to have been created by blocking the stream during the early days of settlement of the Mahaprabhus. A generous lady of the Mahaprabhu dynasty gave away her wealth for the construction of the badnh. After the stream was blocked from all the sides , it was breaking out at one point again and again. This point is known as Tetultala (near a Tamarind tree). The story goes that an old couple from the Ghunya community (Fishermem—also known as the Dheevar community) offered to sacrifice their lives to satisfy the supernatural force. They lay down at the place and the bandh built over their bodies did not give way thereafter. This act of supreme sacrifice is believed to have conferred the Ghunya community with the perpetual fishing right in the lake. Similar stories can be heard in connection with old river bridges in the country.
  • The Bara Pahar does not appear to be the main source of water for this great lake. That flow is directed along Damur Bandh, Moysa Nadi, Phool Bari, Bamun Pokhor onto Beror Bandh Jore. The main catchment areas for Bara Bandh stretch from Dhoba Pahar to the uplands on the souther eastern side, from where the accumulated water gushes in during the rainy season under the Bara Pool.
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