Visit to Tarapith Temple,Rampurhat,Birbhum,West Bengal

Tarapith is a small temple town near Rampurhat Railway Station in Birbhum district,West Bengal.It is known as trantric temple and a cremation ground is there nearby temple where sashanas(trantric rituals) are performed.This hindu trantic temple is dedicated to the Goddess,Tara Maa.Tarapith is also famous for Sadhak Bamakhepa,who was a mad saint and worshipped in the temple and resided in the nearby cremation grounds known as Maha Shamshan.The present temple was bult by Jagannath Roy of Malharpur about 200 years back,when a powerful flood in Dwaka river demolished the original temple bult by Joy Dutta.There is an old stone statue of Goddess as Sila Murti of Maa Tara.Lord Shiva is present along with Maa Tara as Bhairavh to the eastside of Goddess temple.There are other temples of the suprime lord Vishnu,Hanuman and Bama khyapa respectively.Tarapith temple is located a distance of appox. 7km from Rampurhat Railway Station
Atla is the birth place of great mad saint Bama Khyapa(1837-1911) and located near Tarapith at a distance 3km from Tarapit Bus stand.Maha shamshan is a present burning ground.At old ages,according to Hindusm,dead body of sages were not burnt after death but burred in holy places or flow in holy river.Pancha Asan of Vashishtha Muni,Samadhi mandir of Bama Khyapa,Pad-Padma,foots prints of Goddess in a form of stone are situated together to the east of Maha Shamshan.Samadhi mandir (tomb stone) of several other sages are also found in Maha Shamshan.
Tarapith is located on the northen bank of Dwaka,river at a distance of appox.220km from Kolkata in north side of West Bengal.There are about 25 numbers of hotels and lodges in Tarapith like Hotel Larica,Hotel Sathi,Hotel Yashoda International,Hotel Comfort Inn and Hotel TARA etc.

                                                   View of Tarapith Temple

                                                   View of Tarapith temple

                                               Front view of Tarapith temple

                                            Front View of Tarapith temple

                                            Front view of Tarapith temple

                                              Front view of Tarapith temple

                                                 View of Tarapith temple

                               Statue of  Goddess, Tara Maa,Tarapith Temple

                                            Kankali Tala Mandir of Devi/Shakti

                     View of Nahateshwari Temple of Debi/Shakti in Kali form

                                   Goddess Parvati Devi/Shakti in Kali form

Tarapith Sanshanghat  

                                                    Tarapith Tantrik Sadhu

                                            View of Larica Hotel in Tarapit

                                                     Hotel Sathi in Tarapith
                 

                                                 Hotel Yashoda International

Hotel Comfort Inn

                                             Hotel TARA,Tarapith,Rampurhat




                   End of Visit to Tarapith, Rampurhat,Birbhum,West Bengal.