Birbhum-Murshidabad

A few of the numerous temples that surround the main temple at Bakreshwar Railway lines in pink, roads in ash Birbhum-Murshidabad is a region in West Bengal consisting of the districts of Birbhum and Murshidabad. Birhum is famous for its folk culture, especially the itinerant singers known as bauls. The district is also known as "Ranga Matir desh" because of its reddish soil. Murshidabad was the historical centre of the last independent Bengal state. Cities Baharampur (বহরমপুর) Bakreshwar Fullara Kankalitala Kendubillo — birthplace of Joydeb, 12th century Sanskrit poet, also famous for the old temple and fair Labhpur - birth place of Tarashankar Bandopadhyay Murshidabad (মুর্িশদাবাদ) Nalhati Nanoor — birthplace of Chandidas Rami, Sanskrit poet, possibly of the 14th century Sainthia Santiniketan (শান্তিনিকেতন) Tarapith Kundola (a 300 yr old village once dominated by generous Zeminders{Mukherjee family}) Understand It is basically an agricultural district. The people in and around Santiniketan and the temple towns and shakti peethas are used to the inflow of large number of tourists. Talk Bengali is the local language. There are Santhalis and other tribals in the area. Hindi and a little bit of English is understood in the towns. Get in By rail - It is well-connected with Kolkata. By road - The Panagarh-Moregram Expressway linking Grand Trunk Road (NH 2) with NH 5 cuts across the district. There are several other entry points for the district. By bus - the neighbouring districts are well connected with Birbhum by bus. Get around The towns of Birbhum ditrict are well connected by roads. See Tagore's university at Santiniketan Shakti Peethas - temple towns Hot spring at Bakreshwar The Sarbamangala Temple at Kundola (a 300 yr old village once dominated by Zemindars{Mukherjee family}) The Nandeswari Temple at Sainthia The Fullara Temple at Labpur The Maa Tara Temple at Tarapith The lush green natural beauty on the way to Massanjore from Seorakuri(Suri) The Kongkalitala Temple near Bolpur The Nalateswari Temple at Nalhati Do Go to Data Mahbub Shah (Rahmatullahe Alaihe) Majar (Tomb) at Pathor Chapuri Eat Siuri is famous for a sweetmeat - morabba- and for pickles. Morabba is made of various vegetable/fruit items preserved in a sugar base - pataler motabba, beler motabba, chal kumror morabba (known as petha in Agra), sata mulir morabba, amlokir morabba and so on. These are available in the sweetmeat shops. Drink If you are the adventurous type try the fresh toddy juice as the tappers bring it down early in the morning beside highways in the rural areas. Warning: Once it is late fermentaion sets in. Avoid country liquor shops. Stay safe Get out This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!