Thursday, July 31, 2014

Kurumbera Fort

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Although called a Fort it is a massive enclosure 172'9" north-south and 253'6" east-west and built of laterite blocks. The enclosure contains the ruins of a Siva Temple and a Mosque built by Muhammad Tahir 1691 AD. Entrance on north side and arcade around.
The Kurumbera Fort is situated in Gaganeshwar village, southeast of Keshiari, at about four kilometers from that town. The fort is a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India.

Reaching Kurumbera Fort :

Kurumbera Fort is situated in a village named Gaganeshwar. To reach Gaganeshwar, take the NH 60 to Belda, at about 40 km from Kharagpur, turn right towards Keshiari and reach a village junction called Kukai, at about 4 km from Belda. Turn to the left, Gaganeshwar village lies at about 2 km from Kukai. Gaganeshwar village (Kueumbera Fort) lies at about 16 km from Great Mogalmari Buddhist Monastery.

Structures inside the fort :

The fort contains a three domed structure over a platform, along with a sacrificial altar. Though the most parts of this fort and its structures are in ruins, the ASI, has taken considerable effort to protect the structures from collapsing by using cement and lime mortar for holding the external pillars. The pillars hold a roofing which is shaped as a flower. The usage of circular pillar to the rear of the left-dome seems interesting.

About the fort :

Built in 1438-1469 (written in Oriya inscription) during the rule of Surya Vamsi king of Orissa Gajapati Kapilendra Dev, it also has structures built during the Aurangazeb's period by Mohammed Tahir (stone inscription). Despite being a protected monument, under the ASI, there is no data available about this fort.
In local language kurum means stone & bera means fence. So it is easy to understand that the name contains a meaning of an arena fenced by stone. The stone used here is makra or red laterite. The boundary wall is nearly 12 feet in height & 3 feet in width. The main gate faces north & the entire arena is circles by an 8 feet wide pillared balcony. The area covers 67500 sq ft.
Unfortunately history is silent on it’s past. The only saving grace is an inscription written in Oriya. The inscription is badly defaced & legibility is almost lost except for two words : Budhbar & Mahadebanka Mandir . According to folklore this fort was built overnight to honor Lord Ram & his consort Sita when they visited the place during their vanavas ( exile ).
Legend has it that the temple was built by one Kapileshwar Deb of Devraja family of Orissa during the period 1438 to 1469. The shiva installed inside of the temple was known as Kapileshwar Shiva. The place was originally a temple complex which was later on expanded to provide shelter to pilgrims.
Later it was converted into a military cantonment by the mughal & Maratha soldiers who invaded Bengal. That was when the temple complex was known as fort. Modern era British documents describe it as a fort. Another inscription written in Oriya found in the compound says it had many new structures built by one Mohanmmed Tahir during the period of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb that includes a three domed mosque built in 1699.
It is assumed that the hindu temple was demolished during this period & it was converted into a military cantonment Later on in 18th century when Marathas from west stormed Orissa & Bengal under the command of Bhaskar Rao Holker & Raghuji Bhonsle it was wrested from the muslim but the temple was never rebuilt.
 



Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Anandabazar Patrika 16-July'2014

āĻŦāϰ্āώা⧟ āĻŽোāĻ—āϞāĻŽাāϰিāϰ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āύি⧟ে āωāĻĻ্āĻŦেāĻ— āĻŦা⧜āĻ›ে। āϏেāχ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Š āϏাāϞ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽে āĻ•āϞāĻ•াāϤা āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞ⧟ āĻ“ āĻĒāϰে āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰেāϰ āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—ে āĻāχ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰেāϰ āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰা āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে। āϏাāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ• āĻ–āύāύāĻ•াāϰ্āϝে āϜাāύা āĻ—ি⧟েāĻ›ে, āĻāĻ–াāύে āϏāĻŽ্āĻ­āĻŦāϤ āĻĻু’āϟি āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻ›িāϞ। āĻŽিāϞেāĻ›ে āϏীāĻŽাāύা āĻĒাঁāϚিāϞ, āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦেāĻļāĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰ, āĻ…āϞāĻ™্āĻ•ৃāϤ āĻĻেāĻ“ā§ŸাāϞ, āĻ•াāϰুāĻ•াāϰ্āϝে āĻŽো⧜া āχāϟ, āĻĒো⧜াāĻŽাāϟিāϰ āĻŦাāϏāύāĻĒāϤ্āϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāϰ্āĻ— āĻĢāϞāĻ•। āĻŦৃāώ্āϟিāϰ āĻšাāϤ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻāχ āĻĒুāϰাāĻ•ীāϰ্āϤিāĻ•ে āĻŦাঁāϚাāϤে āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ›াāωāύি āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻļুāϰু āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰ। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āύা āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা⧟ āϏ্āϟ্āϝাāĻ•োāϰ āϤৈāϰি āĻĻেāĻ“ā§ŸাāϞেāϰ āĻŽূāϰ্āϤিāĻ—ুāϞিāϰ āĻ—া⧟ে āϜāϞ āϞাāĻ—āĻ›ে। āĻĒāϞিāĻĨিāύেāϰ āφāϏ্āϤāϰāĻŖ āĻĻি⧟ে āϤা āĻŦাঁāϚাāύোāϰ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϚāϞāĻ›ে। āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—ী āϏ্āĻĨাāύী⧟ āĻŽাāύুāώāĻ“।

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Sangbad Pratidin (19/01/2014)


Bartaman Patrika - 19.01.2014



AnandaBazar Patrika (19.01.2014)



āĻāĻ•āϟি āύāϝ়, āĻĻুāϟি āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧāĻŦিāĻšাāϰেāϰ āϏāύ্āϧাāύ āĻŽিāϞāϞ āĻŽোāĻ—āϞāĻŽাāϰিāϤে

āĻāĻ•āϟি āύāϝ়, āĻĻুāϟো āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧāĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻŽুāĻ–োāĻŽুāĻ–ি āĻĻুāϟিāχ āώāώ্āĻ  āĻļāϤāĻ•েāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟিāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻĒāĻĄ়া āĻ—িāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻŦāύ্āĻĻāĻ• āĻ…āύ্āϝāϟিāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻĒāĻĄ়াāϰ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϚāϞāĻ›ে āĻšিāωāϝ়েāύ āϏাং āĻŦা āϜুāϝ়াāύ āϜ্āϝাং āĻ•āĻĨিāϤ āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧāĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻ—ুāϞিāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāχ āĻĻুāϟি āύāĻŦāϤāĻŽ āφāĻŦিāώ্āĻ•াāϰāĻĒāĻļ্āϚিāĻŽ āĻŽেāĻĻিāύীāĻĒুāϰেāϰ āĻŽোāĻ—āϞāĻŽাāϰি āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āύāϏ্āĻĨāϞে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰে āĻāχ āĻĻুāϟি āĻŦিāĻšাāϰেāϰ āϏāύ্āϧাāύ āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻ›েāύ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻেāϰা āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰেāϰ āωāĻĒ āĻ…āϧিāĻ•āϰ্āϤা āĻ…āĻŽāϞ āϰাāϝ় āĻŦāϞেāύ, “āĻĒুāĻŦ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻļ্āϚিāĻŽ āĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻŽুāĻ–োāĻŽুāĻ–ি āĻĻুāϟি āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻ›িāϞāĻĻুāϟিāχ āϏāĻŽāϏাāĻŽāϝ়িāĻ•āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻāχ āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āύāϏ্āĻĨāϞ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŽোāϟ āϚাāϰāϟি āĻĒোāĻĄ়াāĻŽাāϟিāϰ āύাāĻŽāĻĢāϞāĻ• āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়া āĻ—িāϝ়েāĻ›ে āϤাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻĻুāϟি āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় āĻ…āĻ•্āώāϤ āĻ…āĻŽāϞāĻŦাāĻŦু āĻŦāϞেāύ, “āĻŽোāϟাāĻŽুāϟি āĻ…āĻ•্āώāϤ āĻĢāϞāĻ• āĻĻুāϟিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ• āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻĒাāĻ োāĻĻ্āϧাāϰ āĻ•āϰা āĻ—িāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻāχ āĻĻুāϟিāϤেāχ āώāώ্āĻ  āĻļāϤāĻ•েāϰ āĻŦ্āϰাāĻš্āĻŽী āĻšāϰāĻĢে āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤ āĻ­াāώাāϝ় āϞেāĻ–া āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে, ‘āĻļ্āϰী āĻŦāύ্āĻĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰে āφāϰ্āϝ āĻ­িāĻ•্āώুāϏāĻ™্āϘঃ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨাā§Ž, āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŦিāĻšাāϰেāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻ›িāϞ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻāĻ•āĻ…āύ্āϝ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰāϟিāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻĒāĻĄ়াāϰāĻ“ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϚāϞāĻ›েāĻĒ্āϰাāϚীāύ āϞিāĻĒি āĻ“ āĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰা āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻž āϏুāϰেāĻļāϚāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āĻ­āϟ্āϟাāϚাāϰ্āϝ āĻŦāϞেāύ, “āφāϰ্āϝ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟিāϰ āĻāĻ–াāύে āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽাāύিāϤ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨাā§Ž āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϟিāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে, āĻāχ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰে āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽাāύিāϤ āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ­িāĻ•্āώুāĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻ™্āϘ āĻ›িāϞāĻĻুāϟি āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় āĻ…āĻ•্āώāϤ āύাāĻŽāĻĢāϞāĻ•েāϰ āωāĻĒāϰে āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে āϧāϰ্āĻŽāϚāĻ•্āϰেāϰ āĻĻুāĻĻিāĻ•ে āĻšāϰিāĻŖেāϰ āĻ›āĻŦি āϏুāϰেāĻļāĻŦাāĻŦু āϜাāύাāύ, āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϧāϰ্āĻŽāϚāĻ•্āϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞেāύ āϏাāϰāύাāĻĨে āϝাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāϚীāύ āύাāĻŽ āĻ›িāϞ āĻŽৃāĻ—āĻĻাāĻŦ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨাā§Ž āĻšāϰিāĻŖেāϰ āωāĻĻ্āϝাāύ āϤাāχ āϏাāϰāύাāĻĨেāϰ āĻāχ āĻĒ্āϰāϤীāĻ•ী āĻ›āĻŦিāϟি āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧāϰা āĻ…āύেāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝ়েāχ āϏāϏāĻŽ্āĻ­্āϰāĻŽে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤেāύ āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰেāĻ“ āϏেāχ āϚিāϤ্āϰ āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়া āĻ–ুāĻŦāχ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ•āĻāϰ āφāĻ—ে āĻĒāĻļ্āϚিāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™্āĻ—ে āφāϰāĻ“ āĻĻুāϟি āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āφāĻŦিāώ্āĻ•ৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŽুāϰ্āĻļিāĻĻাāĻŦাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•āϰ্āĻŖāϏুāĻŦāϰ্āĻŖেāϰ āϰāĻ•্āϤāĻŽৃāϤ্āϤিāĻ•া, āĻ…āύ্āϝāϟি āĻŽাāϞāĻĻāĻšেāϰ āϜāĻ—āϜীāĻŦāύāĻĒুāϰে āύāύ্āĻĻāĻĻীāϰ্āϘিāĻ•া āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻāχ āĻĻুāϟি āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•েāχ āύাāĻŽāĻĢāϞāĻ• āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়া āĻ—িāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ āϰāĻ•্āϤāĻŽৃāϤ্āϤিāĻ•া āώāώ্āĻ -āϏāĻĒ্āϤāĻŽ āĻļāϤāĻ•েāϰ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰ, āύāύ্āĻĻāĻĻীāϰ্āϘিāĻ•া āύāĻŦāĻŽ āĻļāϤāĻ•েāϰ āĻŽাāĻাāĻŽাāĻি āϏāĻŽāϝ়েāϰ āϜুāϝ়াāύ āϜ্āϝাং āϏāĻĒ্āϤāĻŽ āĻļāϤāĻ•ে āϜাāύিāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞেāύ, āϤাāĻŽ্āϰāϞিāĻĒ্āϤেāϰ āφāĻļেāĻĒাāĻļেāĻ“ āĻŦেāĻļ āĻ•āϝ়েāĻ•āϟি āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻŽোāĻ—āϞāĻŽাāϰিāϰ āĻāχ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰāϟি āϏেāχ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻ—ুāϞিāϰāχ āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāϞে āĻŽāύে āĻ•āϰāĻ›েāύ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻেāϰা āĻ…āĻŽāϞāĻŦাāĻŦু āĻŦāϞেāύ, “āĻŽোāĻ—āϞāĻŽাāϰিāϰ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻ—ুāϞিāϤে āώāώ্āĻ  āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏāĻĒ্āϤāĻŽ āĻļāϤāĻ•েāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝেāχ āϤিāύ āĻĻāĻĢাāϝ় āĻĒুāύāϰ্āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ āĻŦāϞে āĻĒ্āϰāĻŽাāĻŖ āĻĒাāĻ“āϝ়া āĻ—িāϝ়েāĻ›ে āϏেāĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻāχ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻ—ুāϞি āϏে āĻ•াāϞে āĻ–ুāĻŦāχ āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻ›িāϞ āĻ…āύ্āϤāϤ āĻĻুāĻļো āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰে āϏāϜীāĻŦ āĻ“ āĻ›িāϞāϏুāϰেāĻļāĻŦাāĻŦু āϜাāύাāύ, āĻāχ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻŦা āϤাāϰ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āφāĻ•াāϰে āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻ—ুāϞিāϤে āĻĒুāϜাāϰ্āϚāύা āĻšāϤ, āϞেāĻ–াāĻĒāĻĄ়াāĻ“ āĻšāϤ āĻĒুāĻĨি āύāĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϤ āϏে āĻ•াāϰāĻŖেāχ āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ­িāĻ•্āώু āϏেāĻ–াāύে āύিāϝ়āĻŽিāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•āϤেāύ āφāϏāϤেāύ āĻ…āϤিāĻĨিāϰাāĻ“ āϤাāχ āϰীāϤিāĻŽāϤো āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻāĻļাāϞীāĻ“ āĻ›িāϞ āĻāχ āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āωāĻĒাāϏāύা āĻ“ āĻĒাāĻ āϏ্āĻĨাāύāĻ—ুāϞি āĻŽোāĻ—āϞāĻŽাāϰিāϰ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰāϟি āĻĨেāĻ•েāĻ“ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŽিāϞেāĻ›ে āϧাāϤুāĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰা āϏুāϰেāĻļāĻŦাāĻŦু āĻŦāϞেāύ, “āĻ“āχ āϧাāϤুāĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰাāϟিāϰ āĻ—াāϝ়েāϰ āϞিāĻĒি āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦোāĻা āϝাāϚ্āĻ›ে, āϤা āϰাāϜা āϏāĻŽাāϚাāϰ āĻĻেāĻŦেāϰ āĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰা āĻ…āϤিāĻĨিāĻĻেāϰ āĻšাāϤ āϧāϰেāχ āĻŦা āĻĻাāύ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻ“āχ āĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰা āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰে āφāϏāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāĻāχ āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āύāϏ্āĻĨāϞāϟিāϰ āϏংāϰāĻ•্āώāĻŖে āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—ী āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻŽোāĻ—āϞāĻŽাāϰি āϤāϰুāĻŖ āϏেāĻŦা āϏāĻ™্āϘ āĻ“ āĻĒাāĻ াāĻ—াāϰ āύাāĻŽে āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏংāĻ—āĻ āύāĻ“ āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰেāϰ āĻĒāĻ•্āώে āϜাāύাāύো āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে, ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧍ āϏাāϞ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻāχ āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āύāϏ্āĻĨāϞেāϰ āĻ–āύāύāĻ•াāϰ্āϝ āĻļুāϰু āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ āĻŽাāϟি āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϤুāϞে āφāύাāϰ āĻĒāϰে āϰোāĻĻ-āĻšাāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āϏংāϏ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻļে āĻāϏে āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻĒুāϰাāĻŦāϏ্āϤুāϰ āĻ•্āώāϤিāĻ“ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ āϤāĻŦে āϤাāϰ āĻ…āύেāĻ•āϟাāχ āχāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝেāχ āϏংāϏ্āĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϝ়ে āĻ—িāϝ়েāĻ›ে

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