Book online tickets for travel amigo bonedi barir puja parikrama 2016 happening on 08 october 2016 at kolkata. Andul dutta chaudhury bari and hatkhola dutta bari. Jagat ram dutta started the worship of goddess durga and kali in 1794 ad at his nimtala ghat residence in hathkhola, which is well known as hathkhola dutta bari r durga puja. Moumita mitra, family member hatkhola dutta bari, jorabagan history. A unique feature at the dutta bari is dipannwita puja. Sri sri prabhu jagabandhu lilangan click above for a picture tour of the site rambagan 171 ramesh dutta street calcutta 700 006 west bengal, india telephone. Manmatha dutta road is a short road and there is nothing along the road to indicate who it was continue reading manmatha nath dutta. Dutta chaudhury bari andul amarpujo, durga puja festival. Check out these centuriesold kali pujas of the city. Durga puja of hatkhola dutta bari puja started in the year 1716. Barowari refers to the public organisation of a religious or other festival, mainly in west bengal. Swapna dutta has 30 books on goodreads with 434 ratings. Surjo dighol bari is a popular book of bengali literature written by abu ishaque. Much earlier in 1790, 12 brahmin friends in guptipara, hooghly.
Kaliprasad dutta was a descendant of the hatkhola dutta family, although the family tree identifies him as living in kalighat, not hatkhola. More like leaves from a history book, these will make you step back in time. Be it curing postwork blues or making your weekend more awesome, youll find it here. The programme is puja parikrama to the traditional durga pujas of kolkata on ac bus. The majority of the properties in the area was once belonged to the dutta family of hatkhola, an aristocratic bengali family of calcutta having their century old residence near the temple. Prabhabati bose nee dutta was the mother of sarat chandra bose and netaji subhas chandra bose. Started in 1794, this kali puja begins every year with a boron done by unmarried girls of the family. Overview of the art of illustrated humour in bengal koulal. From that,they began to earned name as bally dutta bari hooghly. Baboo ramtanu dutta, also popularly known as tanu baboo was amongst the foremost baboos of colonial calcutta. The famous kolkatabased dutta family of hatkhola was the second major offshoot since the 17th century a.
Putul bari lies right next to the train track or circular rail thus the next time you travel this line be sure to look out for a quick glimpse and you will know what i. The puja was started by akrur dutta, who was born in 1720 in sonatikri village in. The next 200 years of history seem to get lost in the annals of time. A fantastic book that delves deep into the history of old kolkata and goddess. He was bestowed with the surname chaudhury,by then ruler of delhi and then he established andul dutta chauhdury. Though the charm and glamour has reduced but the tradition is mostly maintained.
Still today some of the bonedi families in and around kolkata organize durga puja every year. At the hatkhola dutta bari, the pratima is placed on a special throne, and none other than the priest can touch her. North kolkatas bonedi barir pujo walk lbb, kolkata. The pratima at thanthania takes the form of uma, visiting with her children and husband, shiva. History pages from history famous and infamous rulers. The name calcutta is said to have been derived from the word kalighat. On the upper right side of the chalchitra is the painted image of radha krishna while at the bottom is the image of chandi of nishumbha war.
The roots of madan mohan dutta bari starts from dutta chaudhury family of andul. Pin for andulmouri is 712 and for andul road is 711103. The book starts off with a short but very enjoyable foreward by anita desai. It is in the area known as belgachia and connects jessore road with tara sankar sarani. Started in 1855 by dwarkanath dutta the 200 year old pujo of thanthania dutta bari is also sometimes referred to as the shib durga idol. The family today still celebrates as many as 4 durga pujas in their different households at north kolkata, this andul puja being the oldest and other three are wellknown by the names modon mohan dutta bari r puja, hatkhola dutta bari r puja and shymal dhon dutta bari r puja.
Akshay chandra chaudhuri a close friend of jyotindranath tagore and the younger, nobel laureate rabindranath, inspiring them in writing poetry and. The zaminders or rich landlords, their descendants during the colonial period in calcutta, their livelihoods and present condition of their traditions or aristocracies are the main subjectivity of this work. The walks will be conducted on the four days of durga puja 15, 16, 18 and 19 and is already open for bookings. Purushottams great grand son,tekri dutta moved from ballygram to andulhowrah. And that palace being washed twice a day with pure rose water made from basraai roses brought from mirzapur. We explore the history of bengali businessman and their contribution to the kolkata make city of joy.
She was awarded a national fellowship for literature by the ministry of human resources in 1986, and a national award for creative writing in hindi. Traditional durga puja being performed in families for years have interesting annecdotes which led them to initially start the puja. Durga puja of bonedi families at kolkata amitabha gupta. Published from the closing decades of the nineteenth century to the first couple of decades of the twentieth, this collation is extremely difficult to get hold of. In this tour we explore the heritage of kolkata and the traditional pujas of zamindar families in calcutta. This programme explore the history of kolkata at the british time during durga. Elites or aristocrat families have maintained a bridge between the colonizer and the colonized society during the colonial era. Hatkhola dutta house durga puja learning and creativity. She was born in 1869 into a respected kayastha bharadwaja clan dutta family of hatkhola, in calcutta north. Baboo ramtanu dutta, also popularly known as tanu baboo was. Media in category andul dutta chaudhury family the following 31 files are in this category, out of 31 total. His earliest known ancestor, purushottama dutta, was the patriarch of one of the five kayastha clans that migrated with five brahmin clans from kannauj in uttar pradesh, to bally in southwest bengal, at. We stick to the rituals and timings as prescribed in the scriptures. To the modern city these pujas are a glimpse into the history, and the traditional concept of.
A cultural and literary history cities of the imagination dutta, krishna on. Her parents were ganganarayan dutta and kamala kamini dutta of kashinath dutta road, baranagore a suburb of calcutta, india. Nipendranath dutta chaudhury musician,debi prasad dutta chaudhury surveyor,jnanesh mondal and sovan ghosh are four of the most notable. Dutta bari, the durgapuja of baishnabdas mallick family. A cultural and literary history cities of the imagination. This is one pujo of a bonedi bari that is not to be missed at all. Nexttravel books that will give you incurable wanderlust. The word barowari came from the words baro, which means 12, and yari friendly connection. This book in english has updated the information provided in two older books written in bengali by the familys ancestors, with the support of other referenced documents. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. The structure from outside looked more like a warehouse than a house, the large rooms could be easily made out even from the exterior. Pran nath dutta, the editor of this periodical, was an activist of the municipal movement in kolkata.
Durga puja is a one of best festival in west bengal known as durgatsav. Surjo dighal bari by abu ishaque download all types of. The duttas, by dhruba dutta chaudhury internet archive. Brought out by two scions of the famous hatkhola dutta family, pran nath dutta and girindra nath dutta basantak played a pioneering role in the introduction and popularisation of cartoons in bengal. He was the first cousin once removed, of madan mohan dutta. Another interesting feature of this puja is the khirer putul a doll made of thickened milk, about 6in to 10in high, is sacrificed as a symbolic gesture. Other smaller offshoots have spread elsewhere in india and abroad. A prolific childrens author from india, swapna dutta has been publishing stories in newspapers and magazine for four decades, and has written many books for young readers, in a variety of genres. Sukhendu shekhar dutta click on the name to view and read the book written by. At rani rashmonis, where ramakrishna used to come for durga puja, animal sacrifice is still in practice, with seven lambs being. Their family mansion is located in the vicinity of the temple and is known as hatkhola dutta bari in the locality. In the month of aashar during shukla nabami, the frame work of the idol is worshipped, which is later used for the making of the idol.
Mahiari is adjacent to andul and the two together are referred to as andulmouri also spelt andulmowri. Genealogy of the authors family can be traced back to the 10th century a. India west bengal kolkata kalighat kali temple 109. The pujas which are held at barisha are that of aatchala, baro bari, mejo bari. Bonedi bari durga puja of kolkata chhatu babu latu babu. Dutta chaudhury zamindar family, of andul started durga puja in the year of 1609 by kashiwar dutta chaudhury. Towards the tara sankar sarani end, a fork becomes indra biswas road. They have never changed, said suchismita dutta, a family member. Eminent ancestors dutta chaudhuri thakurbari andul. Kalighat was a ghat landing stage sacred to kali on the old course of the hooghly river bhagirathi in the city of calcutta. Dutta chaudhury bari andul, kashiwar build a new durgadalan, where he restarted familys durga puja from 1609 ce, at andul.
The sovabazar and chitpore walk will take you around sovabazar rajbari, darjipara mitra bari, chhatu babulatu babur bari, hatkhola dutta bari, madan mohan dutta bari, pathuriaghata ghosh bari. Written in old styled bengali script, it is difficult to read but summarily it states that the temple or precisely the shiva linga the phallus was founded by the sons of shri madan mohan dutta in 1716. The clay is first given the drape of a sari and the jewellery too is created with clay and then painted upon, says somnath dutta, a member of the family. Utsav basu analyses the history of durga puja in bengal how it. Later ishwar deb prasad took charge of performing this durga puja in the year 1763 or 1764. In bengali, jnanendra kumar wrote a multivolume collation titled vamshaparichay. Official page of bharadwaja gotriya kannaujiya bengali ka. This translates in english as description of lineages and is essentially a description of the lineages of zamindars. Join facebook to connect with souvik banerjee and others you may know. A look into the history of a tradition, lahabadi durga puja. Banedi barir pujo hatkhola dutta bari zee 24 ghanta. This is the chart of the zamindar dutta chaudhury family of andul and its one of the major, the wellknown hatkhola dutta family of kolkata north. Bonedi barir durga puja parikrama of kolkata updated with map.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes. This was just one small anecdote of the babudom of the dutta family of haatkhola. He wrote several books, two of them at the age of 19. Believed to have started in 1794, the duttas worship dakkhina kali and the image is not wrapped in a saree. Buy dutta chaudhuri chronicles by hemotpaul chaudhuri in india. It is said that the laha bari durga puja, one of the famous pujas of kolkata started some 170 years ago. Traditional kali pujas stick to ageold customs kolkata. According to available texts, kaliprasad is said to have had a.
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