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Worship of  Vishwakarma  in Bengal  🐘⛏️|| 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐡𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 𝐏𝐮𝐣𝐚 | |⛏️🐘 A Pala era Bengal style recreation of Devashilpi Vishwakarma by artist Shirsho Acharya   The worship of Bishwakarma have also distinct puja rituals in Bengal. In Bengal Bishwakarma is worshipped following the solar calendar. Vishwakarma is worshiped in Bengal on the day the Sun enters Virgo (usually September 17). Apart from the rest of India, his puja in Bengal also means the festival of kites. On this day kites are flown from every house. The first mention of Bishwakorma in eastern India was as the craftsman of Jagannath idol. Later, in Mansamangal Kavya, merchant Banik Chandrapati's son Lakhindar's iron palace craftsman was also this god artist. In Bengal he is actually worshipped as a Engineer god since ages. Bishwakarma said to have been constructed 'Divya Vimana' aircraft, for that Bengalis still celebrate his legacy by flying kites...

*  ℙ𝕒𝕝𝕒 𝕖𝕣𝕒 𝔾𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕙𝕒 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 : The first reference to the presence of the Ganapatya sampradaya in Bengal centered on Ganesha in from the Narayanpur idol inscription in the fourth year reign of Gaudeshwar Mahipala, when Buddhamitra, son of the merchant Jambhalamitra, habitant of Bilikandhaka under Samatata, erected a idol of Vinayaka-Bhattaraka.  The Narayanpur idol inscription of Gaudeshwar Mahipala l  The idol is quadrangular in black stone, bearing Moola, Japamala, Parashu and lotus. He is inhaling the scent of Padmapushpa through his trunk. So the worship of Siddhidata Ganesha was quite popular in the merchant communities of Bengal i.e the Baniks at that time. * 𝕊𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕨𝕚𝕡 : Ganesha worship at Sagardwip [Saugor island] claims the greatest antiquity. Gaudeshwar Nayapala's Sian insctiption records the construction of a silver-made Sadashiva idol, gold-made Chandika and Bighnanayak i.e. Ganesha i...

|| 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐚 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐭 || The  Rodda company arms heist  took place on 26 August 1914 in  Calcutta ,  British India . Members of the  Jugantar  faction of the Bengali revolutionary organisation  Anushilan Samiti  intercepted a shipment of  Mauser Pistols  and ammunition belonging to Messrs Rodda & co., a Calcutta gun dealer, while these were en route from the  Customs house  to the company's godown, and were able to make away with a portion the arms. The heist was a sensational incident, being described by  The Statesman  as the "Greatest daylight robbery". In the following years, the pistols and ammunitions were linked to almost all the incidences of nationalist struggles in Bengal. By 1922, the police had recovered most of the stolen arms. Anukul Chandra Mukherjee, uncle of the famous Gopal Chandra Mukherjee was the mastermind of the Roda Arms Heist incident. Let's know...

Gaudeshwar Vishwarup Sena - Sena dynasty Monarch of Bengal who erected Victory Pillars at Varanasi defeating Mamluks Arirāja-Ghātukaśaṅkara SaGargaYavanānwaẏaPralaẏaKālarudra ParamaSaura Gauṛēśwara Viśwarūpa Sēna was the sixth Monarch of the Chandrakūla Sena dynasty of Bengal in the 13th century. He was the son of Parama-Narasimha Gaudeshwar Lakshman Sena and Maharani Vasudevi and the youngest prince of Sena kingdom. In 1212 Emperor Vishwarup Sena defeated the ruling Mamluk Sultan of Delhi Shamsuddin Iltutamish, conquered & liberated Varanasi Kashi-Vishwanath temple, established victory pillars {𝘷𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘩𝘢} in Kashi and declared Kashi as the land of Shiva-Vishweshwara {The Lord of All}. Gaudeshwar Vishwarup Sena entering Varanasi with his Royal Navy, portrait by Gandaberunda From his copperplate grants of Madanpara, Idilpur and Dhaka are mentioned the glorious time of his reign, the expansion of his vast Empire up to Varanasi and the conques...

~• [[ 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚-𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐚 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 ]] •~ Today, when our nation is plagued with Rohingya problem, in addition, the state system is very busy to appease these Rohingyas, it is important for us to know how our forefathers wiped out these Rohingyas for the sake of the country. •√ Rasangamardan-Narayan Ray   was the Commander-in-chief of Maharaja Dhanyamanikya (1490-1520 AD) of the Tripura kingdom in the south-east of Bengal. This infamous Bengali youth rose to the rank of commander of Tripura state with his own discretion and enthusiasm. Details about him are mentioned in the Tripura Rajamala. Silver coin of Tripura king Dhanya Manikya (1490-1520 AD) Towards the end of the 15th century, a section of Rohingya bandits occupied Chattogram [Chittagong] region bordering the southern end of the port. In 1501 the Chattogram goddess Devi Chatteshwari ordered in a dream to Raja Dhanyamanikya t...

🐍 Manasā is the predominate goddess of the Dravidian race and since the majority of Bengal's martial casts are racially Dravidian, Mansa Puja has a dominant place in Bengal. The Aitarēẏa Āraṇyaka of the Rigveda mentions the arrival of the Naga-worshipping Chera people to the Ganges Valley in eastern India, the Shikhar Kshatriyas of the Rarha region, among whom Mansa Puja is most popular. Maharaja Janmējaẏa as mentioned in the Mahabharata invited Brahmins from the kingdom of Vanga (ancient Bengal) to perform Sarpa-yajña. In the Gangaridae era,  the conflict of Manasa with the famous Bengali merchant bull Parama-Shaiva Chandrapati Banik, [who was a devout Shiva worshipper Vaishya (V3) and refused to worship some female deity like Manasa] and the eventual establishment of Manasa as a goddess by receiving his puja are legendary. The single largest of the Pala era Matrika idols is of Manasa, because Manasa was the pivotal deity of the Gaudiya soldiers. In the Middle Ages, t...

***[[ 𝕲𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙 𝕮𝖆𝖑𝖈𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖆 𝕽𝖊𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 1946 ]]*** The Glory of 16 August 1946 when the Bengal Gangsters "Bharatiya Jatiya Bahini" gang led by Lord GC Mukherjee miserably destroyed the entire mob of Muslim League, while the every Mauser pistols in hands of Bengalee Rebels shaking the bones of Quaid-e-Azam out of fear. Sri 𝘽𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞 𝙂𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙙𝙝𝙮𝙖𝙮 & Sri Bijoy Singha Nahar, the eminent armed revolutionaries of Anushilan Samiti inspired Gopal Mukherjee to retaliate in that misery. ∆ Let us draft the Lista de Leaders of Hindu Retaliation in different regions of Calcutta '46: * 𝐁𝐚𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫 - Gopal Chandra Mukhopadhyay. * 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐚 - Jugal Charan Ghosh. * 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐫 - Shatarup Ghosh, Prafulla Kanti Ghosh. * 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫 - Ranjit Kumar Saha. * 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐤𝐮𝐫 - Sukumar Basu, Malay Sarkar. * 𝐁𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫 - Sukhdeb Saha. * 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 - Nabajyoti Barman. * 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐤...