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Just look at the history of how a Indian community named Bengalis migrated & colonized the island of Sri Lanka & established Independent kingdom.  * Prince Vijaya Singha Prince Vijay Singha is the first historical king of Sinhala who was a Bengali prince from the kingdom of Sinhapura. According to the Mahāvamśa, an ancient chronicle of Sri Lanka’s kings written in Pali, there was a kingdom named Singhapura in Vanga, located in the  south-western way Rarh region of Bengal, that's todays Singur in the Hooghly district in West Bengal state of India. The Bengali Prince of Sinhapura named Vijaya Singha sailed on 8 ships to Sri Lanka with 700 of his people in 22 April 543 BC and established the kingdom of Sinhala. Legend describes the Sinhalese as descendants of Vijaya and his people, who would have lived in parts of Sinhapura & Tamralipta port, today’s Hooghly & Purba Medinipur districts of West Bengal. The Mahavamsa mentions another town in Rarh called ...

💠 BENGAL-TAMIL CONNECTION 💠  [Image 1 : Gaudiya scripts or Bangla alphabets along with Fish symbol on the coin of King Uttamachola of Chola dynasty] The Bengali connection with Tamils was first discussed when the Gaudiya script or Bengali alphabet was found on the coins Parakesari Madurantaka Uttama Chola (971-985 AD), son of Gangaraditya. Later, various mythological sources suggest that the origin of the Tamils ​​was in the Tamalitti (Tamralipta) port of the south-western region of Bengal, and the name Tamil is a short form of the Prakrit word Tamalitti. The Tamraliptas mentioned in the Vayupurana and Vishnupurana were the inhabitants of Bangala and the adjacent sea coast who migrated from Tamalitti (Tamaralipti) and went to South India to form the new Tamil nation. The name Tamil appears to be only an abbreviation of the word Tamalitti. The Tamraliptas were inhabitants of Bengal & adjoining sea coasts in the Vayu and Vishnu Purans. They were known as Tamil, most...

***[[ 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥 ℕ𝕠𝕒𝕜𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕚 ℝ𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝟙𝟡𝟜𝟞 ]]*** ● Bravehearts of Noakhali :  ⚜️ Shri Rajendralal Roy Chowdhury  ⚜️ Shri Krishnamohan Roy ⚜️ Shri Chittaranjan Dutta Chowdhury  More or less many people know about the many days of horrific riot in Noakhali and adjacent areas during the Kojagari Lakshmi Puja period of 1946. But in the meantime, many Bengalis have fought to protect their land, thousands of years of culture. So maybe the worship of Lakshmi is still intact in Noakhali today. Here are the reports of three such fighters - ★ 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐲 - Rajendralal RoyChowdhury was the Zamindar of Karpara, President of Noakhali Hindu Mahasabha & also the President of Noakhali District Bar Association, who led the armed retaliation of Hindus during Noakhali riot.  On 10 and 11 October 1946, he fought the M league goons steadily with his rifle. He also gave security to Swami ...

Worship of Debi Gõjõ-Lōkkhī in Gangaridae Civilization  🪙  Śubha Dhanatraẏōdaśī   🪙 On this day, the Vaishya merchant community of Bengal - the Baṇikas take a vow to worship their goddess GajaLakṣmī. During the heyday of the ancient Gangaridai civilization, the Gangazha merchants used to trade in Sinhala, Java, Sumatra, Rome, Greece, Crete with huge cargo ships and returned home with huge wealth. At that time, Pippali spice of Bengal was in great demand in the world. Pliny lamented that all Rome's gold would have been spent buying Pippali from the Gangaridai. Many famous merchants like Banik Chandrapati, Banik Pundarik, Banik Jambhalamitra, Banik Dhanpati Shresthi have traded in the foreign and the stories of their huge ships, Saptadingha, Madhukar Dinga have become legends. Picture : Gangaridai era Gaja-Lakshmi/Gõjõ-Lōkkhī murti from Chandraketugarh, West Bengal. Gold came from foreign trade, through the export of various cash crops of...

|| Ancient Durga Puja & Pratimas of Bengal ||  1) Raja Surath's Durga Puja of Garh Jangal, Medhas Ashram, Treta yuga, Paschim Bardhaman [First Ever Durga Puja in World]. The Ashram of Medhas Muni _________________________________________ 2) Pandu Rajar Dhibi - Pakshi-Matrika (mother bird deity)  _________________________________________ 3) Gangaridae Era Dashayudha Matrika with Parshwa-Sahacharas, Chandraketugarh, 700 BC-100 AD  This Gangaridai era (BCE) antique from Chandraketugarh, Bengal depicting the Bali of male goat in front of Devi Dashayudha. Bali pratha is integral part of Durga Puja having it's deep rooted history.  _________________________________________ 4) Gupta era Dashabhuja matrika seal from Bengal.  _________________________________________ 5) Ashtabhuja Durga of Gaudeshwar Shashanka's rule , 7th Century ____...

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...