Traveller Raja

  H ello friends, after quite a long gap I am here with you with another new story and today I am taking you to such a destination which is very near to Kolkata, but not a well known tourist destination. Rather this place is well identified as a gateway town to Kolkata, as you can't enter Kolkata from Northern India without touching it. So lets visit the city and explore it. Hope you will enjoy it.           Today, I am taking you to Bardhaman. As usual, first it is necessary to know, how the town has got such a name. The old name of this place was Astikagram. From Jain text Kalpasutra, it is known that 24th Jain Teerthankar Mahavira had spent some time here at Astikagram. Mahavira was also known as Vardhaman Swami. From this Jain Teerthankar, the town got its name as Bardhaman. According to a copper plate found at a village in Galsi, it is known that during Maurya age Bardhaman was a very important city in Rarh Bengal and was a part of Kalinga Kingdom...

H ello friends, hope you are all well. Today is Mahalaya and the festive season in India has already started. I had given you many type of stories earlier, but today I will share a different story for you. If you are from Kolkata or any part of Eastern India, you will really love this as Durga puja is just a few days away. So, by saying 'Durga Durga' , (a very common phrase in West Bengal) lets start our journey. Hope you will enjoy it. Baghbazar Idol          Today I will share a journey to enjoy Kolkata Durga Puja in a different way. Its obvious that when it comes to theme and decorations, Puja pandals across the city are far ahead. But if you want to explore the root of Durga puja in Kolkata, it is must to visit the Traditional houses who started Durga puja in Kolkata. So, today I will start my journey from a place which is very much associated with the history of Kolkata. Lets start today's journey. Sabarna Roy Choudhary House        ...

H ello friends, good evening. Hope all of you are well. Its after a long gap I am again connecting with you through this page again. I don't know how much you missed me but I missed all of you during this time. Due to some official engagements and some personal matters, it had been quite impossible for me to come and post a new story. For this abnormal delay, I am really sorry.  MaanMandir Palace           Today I will take you to a place very much connected to History of Indian Music and Medieval Indian History. It was the homeland of musical legends like Tansen and Baiju Bawra. The rich history of this place with its great architectural marvels is enough to attract many tourists to this place all year round. This small city of North Madhya Pradesh is on the lap of the Vindhya Ranges, offering some great spots to enjoy natural beauty nearby. Apart from this, as you are in Madhya pradesh, you can have some beautiful bites of street foods here in the ev...

H ello friends, in my last story that was a very different one, where I had tried a new subject, I had told you that my next story will be as usual a travel story. So, here is the new story for you which I think many of you is totally unaware of. Actually, today's story is a story of a district of West Bengal, which district is popularly known to us for a great poet and few Sati peeths.. But, that district too has a great historical story. So, lets enjoy todays new destination and explore the place while hearing the stories from the past.               So, today we will visit Birbhum district of West Bengal. Birbhum is a district which is primarily known for its Sati peeths, great temples and works of Rabindranath, but the history of this district is quite interesting too. And this story is totally on the history of Birbhum. Hope you will enjoy the story along with exploring the historical places. So lets start our journey... Imambara from the sid...