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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Kurumbera Fort
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 23, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Anandabazar Patrika 16-July'2014
āĻŦāϰ্āώাā§ āĻŽোāĻāϞāĻŽাāϰিāϰ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āύিā§ে āĻāĻĻ্āĻŦেāĻ āĻŦাā§āĻে। āϏেāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§Ļā§Š āϏাāϞ āĻĨেāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽে āĻāϞāĻাāϤা
āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞ⧠āĻ āĻĒāϰে āϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰেāϰ āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻে āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰেāϰ āĻāύāύ āĻāϰা āĻšā§েāĻে।
āϏাāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ āĻāύāύāĻাāϰ্āϝে āĻাāύা āĻিā§েāĻে, āĻāĻাāύে āϏāĻŽ্āĻāĻŦāϤ āĻĻু’āĻি āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻিāϞ। āĻŽিāϞেāĻে āϏীāĻŽাāύা
āĻĒাঁāĻিāϞ, āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦেāĻļāĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰ, āĻ
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āĻā§āϏāϰ্āĻ āĻĢāϞāĻ। āĻŦৃāώ্āĻিāϰ āĻšাāϤ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻ āĻĒুāϰাāĻীāϰ্āϤিāĻে āĻŦাঁāĻাāϤে āĻāĻāĻি āĻাāĻāύি āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰāϤে āĻļুāϰু
āĻāϰেāĻে āϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤা āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āύা āĻšāĻā§াā§ āϏ্āĻ্āϝাāĻোāϰ āϤৈāϰি āĻĻেāĻā§াāϞেāϰ
āĻŽূāϰ্āϤিāĻুāϞিāϰ āĻাā§ে āĻāϞ āϞাāĻāĻে। āĻĒāϞিāĻĨিāύেāϰ āĻāϏ্āϤāϰāĻŖ āĻĻিā§ে āϤা āĻŦাঁāĻাāύোāϰ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻāϞāĻে। āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻী
āϏ্āĻĨাāύীā§ āĻŽাāύুāώāĻ।
Friday, May 16, 2014
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
AnandaBazar Patrika (19.01.2014)
āĻāĻāĻি āύāϝ়, āĻĻু’āĻি āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧāĻŦিāĻšাāϰেāϰ āϏāύ্āϧাāύ āĻŽিāϞāϞ āĻŽোāĻāϞāĻŽাāϰিāϤে
āĻāĻāĻি āύāϝ়, āĻĻু’āĻো। āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧāĻŦিāĻšাāϰ। āĻŽুāĻোāĻŽুāĻি। āĻĻু’āĻিāĻ āώāώ্āĻ āĻļāϤāĻেāϰ। āĻāĻāĻিāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻĒāĻĄ়া āĻিāϝ়েāĻে। āĻŦāύ্āĻĻāĻ। āĻ āύ্āϝāĻিāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻĒāĻĄ়াāϰ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻāϞāĻে। āĻšিāĻāϝ়েāύ āϏাং āĻŦা āĻুāϝ়াāύ āĻ্āϝাং āĻāĻĨিāϤ āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧāĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻুāϞিāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāĻ āĻĻু’āĻি āύāĻŦāϤāĻŽ āĻāĻŦিāώ্āĻাāϰ।āĻĒāĻļ্āĻিāĻŽ āĻŽেāĻĻিāύীāĻĒুāϰেāϰ āĻŽোāĻāϞāĻŽাāϰি āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āύāϏ্āĻĨāϞে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻā§āĻāύāύ āĻāϰে āĻāĻ āĻĻু’āĻি āĻŦিāĻšাāϰেāϰ āϏāύ্āϧাāύ āĻĒেāϝ়েāĻেāύ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻেāϰা। āϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰেāϰ āĻāĻĒ āĻ āϧিāĻāϰ্āϤা āĻ āĻŽāϞ āϰাāϝ় āĻŦāϞেāύ, “āĻĒুāĻŦ āĻ āĻĒāĻļ্āĻিāĻŽ āĻĻিāĻে āĻŽুāĻোāĻŽুāĻি āĻĻু’āĻি āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻিāϞ।āĻĻু’āĻিāĻ āϏāĻŽāϏাāĻŽāϝ়িāĻ।” āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āύāϏ্āĻĨāϞ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŽোāĻ āĻাāϰāĻি āĻĒোāĻĄ়াāĻŽাāĻিāϰ āύাāĻŽāĻĢāϞāĻ āĻĒাāĻāϝ়া āĻিāϝ়েāĻে। āϤাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻĻু’āĻি āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় āĻ āĻ্āώāϤ। āĻ āĻŽāϞāĻŦাāĻŦু āĻŦāϞেāύ, “āĻŽোāĻাāĻŽুāĻি āĻ āĻ্āώāϤ āĻĢāϞāĻ āĻĻু’āĻিāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻĨāĻŽিāĻ āĻাāĻŦে āĻĒাāĻ োāĻĻ্āϧাāϰ āĻāϰা āĻিāϝ়েāĻে। āĻāĻ āĻĻু’āĻিāϤেāĻ āώāώ্āĻ āĻļāϤāĻেāϰ āĻŦ্āϰাāĻš্āĻŽী āĻšāϰāĻĢে āϏংāϏ্āĻৃāϤ āĻাāώাāϝ় āϞেāĻা āϰāϝ়েāĻে, ‘āĻļ্āϰী āĻŦāύ্āĻĻāĻ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰে āĻāϰ্āϝ āĻিāĻ্āώুāϏāĻ্āĻঃ’। āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§, āĻāĻāĻি āĻŦিāĻšাāϰেāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻিāϞ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻāĻ।” āĻ āύ্āϝ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻিāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻĒāĻĄ়াāϰāĻ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻāϞāĻে। āĻĒ্āϰাāĻীāύ āϞিāĻĒি āĻ āĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰা āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻ্āĻ āϏুāϰেāĻļāĻāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āĻāĻ্āĻাāĻাāϰ্āϝ āĻŦāϞেāύ, “āĻāϰ্āϝ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻিāϰ āĻāĻাāύে āĻ āϰ্āĻĨ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽাāύিāϤ। āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻিāϰ āĻŽাāύে āĻšāĻ্āĻে, āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰে āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽাāύিāϤ āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻিāĻ্āώুāĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻ āĻিāϞ।” āĻĻু’āĻি āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় āĻ āĻ্āώāϤ āύাāĻŽāĻĢāϞāĻেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰে āϰāϝ়েāĻে āϧāϰ্āĻŽāĻāĻ্āϰেāϰ āĻĻু’āĻĻিāĻে āĻšāϰিāĻŖেāϰ āĻāĻŦি। āϏুāϰেāĻļāĻŦাāĻŦু āĻাāύাāύ, āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϧāϰ্āĻŽāĻāĻ্āϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞেāύ āϏাāϰāύাāĻĨে। āϝাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻীāύ āύাāĻŽ āĻিāϞ āĻŽৃāĻāĻĻাāĻŦ āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ āĻšāϰিāĻŖেāϰ āĻāĻĻ্āϝাāύ। āϤাāĻ āϏাāϰāύাāĻĨেāϰ āĻāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϤীāĻী āĻāĻŦিāĻি āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧāϰা āĻ āύেāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝ়েāĻ āϏāϏāĻŽ্āĻ্āϰāĻŽে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰāϤেāύ। āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰেāĻ āϏেāĻ āĻিāϤ্āϰ āĻĒাāĻāϝ়া āĻুāĻŦāĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻাāĻŦিāĻ।āĻāϰ āĻāĻে āĻĒāĻļ্āĻিāĻŽāĻŦāĻ্āĻে āĻāϰāĻ āĻĻু’āĻি āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻāĻŦিāώ্āĻৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻে। āĻāĻāĻি āĻŽুāϰ্āĻļিāĻĻাāĻŦাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāϰ্āĻŖāϏুāĻŦāϰ্āĻŖেāϰ āϰāĻ্āϤāĻŽৃāϤ্āϤিāĻা, āĻ āύ্āϝāĻি āĻŽাāϞāĻĻāĻšেāϰ āĻāĻāĻীāĻŦāύāĻĒুāϰে āύāύ্āĻĻāĻĻীāϰ্āĻিāĻা āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ। āĻāĻ āĻĻু’āĻি āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āύাāĻŽāĻĢāϞāĻ āĻĒাāĻāϝ়া āĻিāϝ়েāĻিāϞ। āϰāĻ্āϤāĻŽৃāϤ্āϤিāĻা āώāώ্āĻ -āϏāĻĒ্āϤāĻŽ āĻļāϤāĻেāϰ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰ, āύāύ্āĻĻāĻĻীāϰ্āĻিāĻা āύāĻŦāĻŽ āĻļāϤāĻেāϰ āĻŽাāĻাāĻŽাāĻি āϏāĻŽāϝ়েāϰ। āĻুāϝ়াāύ āĻ্āϝাং āϏāĻĒ্āϤāĻŽ āĻļāϤāĻে āĻাāύিāϝ়েāĻিāϞেāύ, āϤাāĻŽ্āϰāϞিāĻĒ্āϤেāϰ āĻāĻļেāĻĒাāĻļেāĻ āĻŦেāĻļ āĻāϝ়েāĻāĻি āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āϰāϝ়েāĻে। āĻŽোāĻāϞāĻŽাāϰিāϰ āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻি āϏেāĻ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻুāϞিāϰāĻ āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāϞে āĻŽāύে āĻāϰāĻেāύ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦāĻŦিāĻĻেāϰা। āĻ āĻŽāϞāĻŦাāĻŦু āĻŦāϞেāύ, “āĻŽোāĻāϞāĻŽাāϰিāϰ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻুāϞিāϤে āώāώ্āĻ āĻĨেāĻে āϏāĻĒ্āϤāĻŽ āĻļāϤāĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝেāĻ āϤিāύ āĻĻāĻĢাāϝ় āĻĒুāύāϰ্āĻāĻ āύ āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ āĻŦāϞে āĻĒ্āϰāĻŽাāĻŖ āĻĒাāĻāϝ়া āĻিāϝ়েāĻে। āϏেāĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻুāϞি āϏে āĻাāϞে āĻুāĻŦāĻ āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻিāϞ। āĻ āύ্āϤāϤ āĻĻু’āĻļো āĻŦāĻāϰ āϧāϰে āϏāĻীāĻŦ āĻ āĻিāϞ।” āϏুāϰেāĻļāĻŦাāĻŦু āĻাāύাāύ, āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰ āĻŦা āϤাāϰ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻাāϰে āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻুāϞিāϤে āĻĒুāĻাāϰ্āĻāύা āĻšāϤ, āϞেāĻাāĻĒāĻĄ়াāĻ āĻšāϤ। āĻĒুāĻĨি āύāĻāϞ āĻāϰা āĻšāϤ। āϏে āĻাāϰāĻŖেāĻ āĻ āύেāĻ āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻিāĻ্āώু āϏেāĻাāύে āύিāϝ়āĻŽিāϤ āĻĨাāĻāϤেāύ। āĻāϏāϤেāύ āĻ āϤিāĻĨিāϰাāĻ। āϤাāĻ āϰীāϤিāĻŽāϤো āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāĻĻāĻļাāϞীāĻ āĻিāϞ āĻāĻ āĻŦৌāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāĻĒাāϏāύা āĻ āĻĒাāĻ āϏ্āĻĨাāύāĻুāϞি। āĻŽোāĻāϞāĻŽাāϰিāϰ āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰāĻি āĻĨেāĻেāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŽিāϞেāĻে āϧাāϤুāĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰা। āϏুāϰেāĻļāĻŦাāĻŦু āĻŦāϞেāύ, “āĻāĻ āϧাāϤুāĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰাāĻিāϰ āĻাāϝ়েāϰ āϞিāĻĒি āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦোāĻা āϝাāĻ্āĻে, āϤা āϰাāĻা āϏāĻŽাāĻাāϰ āĻĻেāĻŦেāϰ āĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰা। āĻ āϤিāĻĨিāĻĻেāϰ āĻšাāϤ āϧāϰেāĻ āĻŦা āĻĻাāύ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻāĻ āĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰা āĻŽāĻšাāĻŦিāĻšাāϰে āĻāϏāϤে āĻĒাāϰে।” āĻāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āύāϏ্āĻĨāϞāĻিāϰ āϏংāϰāĻ্āώāĻŖে āĻāĻĻ্āϝোāĻী āĻšāϝ়েāĻে āĻŽোāĻāϞāĻŽাāϰি āϤāϰুāĻŖ āϏেāĻŦা āϏāĻ্āĻ āĻ āĻĒাāĻ াāĻাāϰ āύাāĻŽে āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻāĻāĻি āϏংāĻāĻ āύāĻ। āϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻĒুāϰাāϤāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻāĻĢāϤāϰেāϰ āĻĒāĻ্āώে āĻাāύাāύো āĻšāϝ়েāĻে, ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧍ āϏাāϞ āĻĨেāĻে āĻāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āύāϏ্āĻĨāϞেāϰ āĻāύāύāĻাāϰ্āϝ āĻļুāϰু āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ। āĻŽাāĻি āĻĨেāĻে āϤুāϞে āĻāύাāϰ āĻĒāϰে āϰোāĻĻ-āĻšাāĻāϝ়াāϰ āϏংāϏ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻļে āĻāϏে āĻিāĻু āĻĒুāϰাāĻŦāϏ্āϤুāϰ āĻ্āώāϤিāĻ āĻšāϝ়েāĻিāϞ। āϤāĻŦে āϤাāϰ āĻ āύেāĻāĻাāĻ āĻāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝেāĻ āϏংāϏ্āĻাāϰ āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়ে āĻিāϝ়েāĻে।
AnandaBazar Patrika
19.01.2014
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