Bhimgara

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Bhimgara
Bhimgara
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Bhimgara
Location in West Bengal, India
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Bhimgara
Bhimgara (India)
Coordinates: 23°44′31″N87°17′14″E / 23.7419800°N 87.2872500°E / 23.7419800; 87.2872500
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Languages
  Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration WB
Lok Sabha constituency Birbhum
Vidhan Sabha constituency Dubrajpur
Website birbhum.nic.in

Bhimgara is a village in Khoyrasol CD Block in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Geography

Bhimgarh is located at 23°44′31″N87°17′14″E / 23.7419800°N 87.2872500°E / 23.7419800; 87.2872500 on the north bank of Ajay River.

History

There are remains of an old fort with low earthen ramparts beaten by the weather to low gentle mounds. The place is attributed to the five Pandavas, who are said to have stayed here for some time during their exile. On the other side of the river is Pandaveswar, where there are some temples also attributed to the Pandavas. [1] There is a small temple known as Bhimeswara with a lingam supposed to have been set up by Bhim, one of the Pandavas. [2] [3]

Transport

Bhimgara Junction railway station is situated on the Andal-Sainthia Branch Line of Eastern Railway. [2] [4] As of 2018, the Bhimgara-Palasthali line has remained in-operative. [5]

NH 14, running from Morgam (in Murshidabad district) to Kharagpur (in Paschim Medinipur district), passes through Bhimgara. [6]

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References

  1. Bandyopadhyay, Sukhamay (1984). Temples of Birbhum. B.R. Publishing Corporation. ISBN   978-81-7018-149-1.
  2. 1 2 O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, Birbhum, Bengal District Gazetteers, p. 122, first published 1910, 1996 reprint, Government of West Bengal
  3. Bengal, Rising (28 December 2019). "ময়ূরাক্ষীর তীরে মহাভারত". Rising Bengal. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. "53535 => 63535 Andal-Sainthia Memu". Time Table. Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. "Departures from PSME/ +-*/6540Palasthali". Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. Google maps