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Village in Hooghly, West Bengal, India
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Guptipara (গুপ্তিপাড়া Guptipāṛā) is a village in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. It is an important Vaishnava centre known for its temples and rath. The place has a rich history along with a mix of tradition and legends. Guptipara also plays a significant role in Bengal’s folk music and is the birthplace of famous kabial Bhola Moira. Bhola Moira was defeated by Anthony Firingi is a famous musical duel immortalized by Uttam Kumar’s movie. Sweets also play an important role in Guptipara and the first branded sweet of Bengal, Gupo Sandesh originates from Guptipara. Guptipara also happen to the first place for community puja when 12 friends got together to organize the first community Durga Puja of Bengal. This led to the introduction of the word Barowari (Baro means 12 and yari means friends) into the Bengali vocabulary.
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The place of Bengal's first barowari (publicly organised) Durga Puja which introduced Sri Bindhyabasini Jagaddhatri Puja. Guptipara was a citadel of Vaishnavite culture.
It houses four Vaishnava (of Lord Vishnu) temples: Chaitanya, Brindabanchandra, Ramchandra and Krishnachandra. The Ramchandra Temples contain many terracotta works, and the structures bear characteristics of the Bengal school of architecture, with carvings depicting scenes from the epics and Puranas.
The Temple where the Jagannath idols are kept during Rathayatra.
Desh Kalibari
A dedicated shrine to the goddess Kali.
Rathayatra is more than 400 years old. The present ratha or the chariot is a wooden Nabaratna temple having nine shikharas. The ratha has a square base measuring 34 ft by 34 ft. It is four storied, having a height of 36 ft. Rathayatra procession starts from Shree Shree Vrindavan Chandra Jiu Math and proceeds towards Gundicha house in Gosainganj Barabazar, about 1.5 km away.
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Guptipara has bus connections with Burdwan, Tarkeshwar, and Chunchura. Distance from Kolkata to Guptipara is about 88 km via Delhi Road and State Highway No. 6.
By boat
It is connected by water to Shantipur in Nadia district on the other bank of the Ganges.
You will find cycle rickshaws and totos outside the railway station. Cycle rickshaw charges are about ₹120 (however there is no fixed price and bargaining is possible).
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