Garh Panchkot

Garh Panchkot
Garh Panchkot
	Garh Panchkot Ras Mandir
Location	India
Coordinates	23°36′00″N86°46′00″E / 23.6°N 86.76667°E
Area	Purulia District, West Bengal
	Location in West Bengal, India

Last updated November 18, 2024

Garh Panchkot, meaning "Fort of the Five Clans", is a ruined fort located in the eastern part of India at the foothills of Panchet Hill in the district of Purulia, West Bengal.^[1]^[2] The ruins of the Panchkot Palace are a silent testimony to the Bargi attack during the 18th century.

Location

Garh Panchkot is located at 23°36′00″N86°46′00″E / 23.6°N 86.76667°E / 23.6; 86.76667 .

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Kalloli is a village in the Kashipur CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is close to Kashipur.

Cheliyama is a village in the Raghunathpur II CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Baranti is a small tribal village in the Santuri in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated beside Baranti Lake. This is a growing but quiet tourist spot.

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Murulia is a census town in the Santuri CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Kantaranguri is a census town in the Kashipur CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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References

↑ Sarkar, Tithi (12 March 2012). "Road tripping: Check out the best getaway options from Kolkata.getaway". India Today. Retrieved 17 November 2024– via ProQuest.
↑ Mitra, Soumita (May 2022). "Religious and Cultural Confluence of Eastern and Western India: Revisiting of the Folk Philosophy". Contemporary Literary Review India. 9 (2): 132–147 – via ProQuest.

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[1] Sarkar, Tithi (12 March 2012). "Road tripping: Check out the best getaway options from Kolkata.getaway". India Today. Retrieved 17 November 2024– via ProQuest.

[2] Mitra, Soumita (May 2022). "Religious and Cultural Confluence of Eastern and Western India: Revisiting of the Folk Philosophy". Contemporary Literary Review India. 9 (2): 132–147 – via ProQuest.

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Districts	Temple towns
Bankura	Ajodhya (12 Shiva temples) Akui (Radhakanta temple) Ambikanagar (Ambika temple) Atbaichandi (Basuli temple) Baital (Shyama Chandi temple) Balsi Purbapara (Vishnu deul, Shiva temple etc) Bishnupur (many temples) Deulbhira (Parshvantah temple) Dharapat (Deul of Dharapat) Dihar (Shnareshwara Shiva Temple, Shaileswara Shiva temple) Dwadashbari (Nandakishor temple) Ekteswar (Shiva temple) Gokulnagar (Gokulchand temple) Gumut (Muninagar Radhakanta Temple) Hadal Narayanpur (Radha Damodara Temple) Harmasra (many temples) Jayrambati (Sarada Ma’s birthplace) Maynapur (Hakanda temple) Patit Dommahal (Sridhara temple) Sonatapal (Sun temple)
Birbhum	Bakreshwar (several temples) Hetampur (Dewanji temple) Ilambazar (Gouranga, Raghunathji and other temples) Jaydev Kenduli (Radha Binode temple) Kankalitala (Shakti peetha) Nanoor (Bisalakhi and other temples) Suri (Radha Damodara temple) Surul (Lakshmi Janardan and other temples) Tarapith (Tara temple)
Cooch Behar	Baneswar (Shiva temple) Dhaliabari (Siddhantha Shiva temple) Gosanimari (Kamteswari temple} Sidheswari (Sidheswari Devi temple)
Darjeeling	Darjeeling (Mahakal temple, Peace Pagoda, Ghoom Monastery)
Hooghly	Antpur (Radha Govindjiu and other temples) Badanganj (Damodara temple) Bali Dewanganj (many temples) Bansberia (Hangseswari, Ananta Basudeba and other temples) Bhalia (Raghunatha temple) Dihi Bayara (Swarup Narayan temple) Gourhati (three temples) Guptipara (four temples) Gurap (Nandadulala temple) Kamarpukur (birthplace of Sri Ramakrishna) Kanpur (Kanakeswar Shiva temple) Parul (Raghunatha and Bisalakshi temples) Tarakeswar (Taraknath Temple)
Howrah	Belur (Belur Math)
Jalpaiguri	Mainaguri (Jalpesh Temple)
Murshidabad	Baranagar (several temples)
Nadia	Mayapur (several temples) Nabadwip (temple city) Palpara (Palpara temple)
North 24 Parganas	Dakshineswar (Kali Temple) Baranagar (Kripamayee Kali Temple, Baranagar Math)
Paschim Bardhaman	Gourangapur (Ichhai Ghosher Deul) Bankati (Shiva temple)
Paschim Medinipur	Chandrakona (many temples) Daspur (several temples) Dihi Baliharpur (Radha Gobinda temple) Dubrajpur (Lakshmi Janardana temple) Ghatal (many temples) Gobindanagar (Radha Govinda temple) Jalchak (2 temples) Jalshara (Buro Shiva temple) Karnagarh (3 temples) Kharar (many temples) Khirpai (3-4 temples) Lachhipur (Sridharjiu temple) Laoda (2 temples) Loyada (3 temples) Narajole (many temples) Pathra (34 temples) Radhakantapur (two temples) Ramjibanpur (many temples) Shaulan (Shyama Sundara temple) Shrirampur (Lakshmi Janardana temple)
Purba Bardhaman	Amrargar (several temples) Baidyapur (Jora Deul) Bardhaman (many temples) Kalna City (many temples) Kogram (Mangal Chandi temple) Mankar (several temples) Sribati (Sri Visweaswara, Sri Bholanath and Sri Chandreswar temples)
Purba Medinipur	Alangiri (2 temples + rasmancha) Bhagabanpur (Dakhsina Kali temple) Dihibahiri (Jagannath temple) Egra (Shiva deul) Jukhia (Radha Govinda temple) Mahishadal (Madan Gopala temple} Paikbheri (Shyama Sundar temple) Panchrol (4 temples)
Purulia district	Achkoda (old atchahlas) Anaijambad (Digambar Jain Temple) Budhpur (Shiva temple) Cheliyama (Radha Binode temple) Chharra (old Jain temple) Deulghata (old temples) Garh Panchkot (old pancha-ratna and other temples) Haraktor (old idols) Pakbirra (old Jain temples) Para (old temples) Telkupi (old submerged temples)
See also	Bengal temple architecture Hindu temples in West Bengal Jain centres in West Bengal