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Vishnupur
Vishnupur is an interesting place of sight seeing, located
at a distance of 150 km from Kolkata. While you are in
Kolkata. You can spend a nice weekend at this place of
heritage, tradition and culture. Terra-cotta, metal ware
& temples characterize Vishnupur. The temples are
built mostly of brick & at times of laterite. Clay
& laterite are the only building materials used here
besides wood and bamboo. The architecture is modeled on
the pattern of Bengali huts built of bamboo & mud
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Vishnupur
is famous for its distinct style of music, i.e. the Vishnupur
Gharana. The name of Jadu Bhatt, the music teacher to
Rabindranath Tagore, is remembered with respect to this
day.
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How to reach
You can catch a train from Kolkata and reach Vishnupur in just
4 hours time. Motoring through good metallic road takes around
5 hours to reach Vishnupur from Kolkata.
Places to visit
Ras Mancha, Dalmadal Cannon, Jor Bangla Temple, Madan Mohan
Temple, Malleswar Temple, Lalji Temple, Mrinmoyee Mandir, Shyam
Rai Temple, Malla King's Fort, Jogesh Chandra Pura Kirti Bhavan
Museum are the places of interest and are located within 5 km
of the downtown area of Vishnupur. You can make a full day tour
to visit these places.
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Jairambati
& Kamarpukur (around 45 km from Vishnupur)
These are the two places associated with Shri Ramakrishna
and Sarada Maa. Ruins of the historic Garh Mandaran fort
are at a little distance from Kamarpukur. You can visit
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Mukutmanipur (82 km) is another place of interest and located
at a distance of 82 kms from Vishnupur. A dam has been constructed
across the rivers Kangsabati and Kumari. A picturesque spot
for a quiet holiday.
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25 kms. The Siddheswar Shiva Temple of Bahulara is well
known for its unique architectural style and exquisite
ornamentation of the temple walls. The Shaileswar Temple
of Dihar, 8 kms from Vishnupur, is also an old temple. |
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Panchmura: 21 kms. Famous for the terra-cotta Bankura
Horse, a folk artifact and now the national symbol for Indian
handicrafts.
Susunia Hills: 50 kms. The famous rock inscription
of Chandavarma can be seen on the walls of a cave and dates
back to the 4th century AD. Susunia is connected to Bankura
town by bus. Delightful holiday resort in winter. Also, a
centre for rock climbing & trekking.
Shopping
The local handicrafts of Vishnupur include silk, tussar silk,
conch shell wares & bell metal wares. No less important
from the point of view of popular taste are the fine sweetmeats
and flavoured tobacco of Vishnupur. Vishnupur is also famous
for terra-cotta folk toys like the Bankura (rather Panchmura)
horse and clay dolls. Vishnupur Silks are among the finest
in the world.
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