Rasmancha
The oldest brick temple in Bishnupur, Rasmancha has unique structure and is the only temple of its kind in India. Built by Malla King Bir Hambir in 1600 CE, the temple has only one chamber, the sanctum sanctorum, with an elongated tower encircled by turrets which are of hut shapes. It is enclosed by a passageway and there are some big cannons which date back to Malla period.During the festival of Vaishnava Ras, all the idols of Radha Krishna of Bishnupur region used to be bought here to be worshipped by the people. The festival is no longer held now; it was held till 1932 and then stopped. Moreover, Rasmancha is no longer a temple today; it is a protected monument now.
Jorebangla Temple
Built by Malla King Raghunath Singh during 1655 AD, this
temple is one of the tourist places in Bishnupur town. The temple has an
appearance of two thatched huts joined together and surmounted by a
single tower. The temple’s roofs and walls have classical Chala style of
architecture and the terracotta works on the walls are simply
magnificent.
A plenty of terracotta panels are set on the walls and rooms of the temple and some carved designs on the temple displays the Royal lifestyles, stories depicting the epics and historical scenes. This ancient structure built using laterite bricks is a worth visiting site in Bishnupur town.
Once Parvati went with Her friends Dakini and Varnini to take a bath in the Mandakini River. Parvati was feeling very happy and a lot of love was welling up inside Her. Her complexion darkened and the feeling of love completely took over. Her friends on the other hand were hungry and asked Parvati to give them some food. Parvati requested them to wait and said that She would feed them after a while, and began walking.
After a short while, Her friends once again appealed to Her, telling Her that She was the Mother of the Universe and they Her children, and asked to be fed quickly. Parvati replied that they should wait until they got home. Her friends could not wait any longer and demanded that their hunger be satisfied immediately. The compassionate Parvati laughed and with her finger nail cut Her own head. Immediately the blood spurted in three directions. Her two friends drank the blood from two of the directions and the Goddess herself drank the blood from the third direction. Since she cut Her own head, she is known as Chinnamasta.
Chinnamasta shines like a lightning bolt from the Sun. She demonstrates the rare courage needed to make the highest conceivable sacrifice. May we imbue that very same courage from that daring Goddess!
A plenty of terracotta panels are set on the walls and rooms of the temple and some carved designs on the temple displays the Royal lifestyles, stories depicting the epics and historical scenes. This ancient structure built using laterite bricks is a worth visiting site in Bishnupur town.
Madan Mohan Temple
This eka-ratna temple was built by Malla King Durjana Singh Dev in late 17th century. Considered to be one of the oldest temples in Bishnupur, it has a square flat roof with curved cornices and a pinnacle over the top. Stories of the Ramayana, Mahabharata and the Puranas can be depicted from the wonderfully carved walls of the temple.
DALMADAL CANON
After downfall of the Malla dynasty the royal cannon was carelessly
half-buried under the red soil of Bishnupur. But the legend who bears
the dormant history of wars in Bengal, established itself over the
surface again by the help of the British rulers in 1919. Dalmadal, the
great royal cannon and historical proof of Bishnupur is still standing
firmly with all its glorious personality and confidence.
According to history Maharaja Bir Humbeer spent One lack & Twenty Five Thousand Rupees to manufacture this devastating weapon to protect his kingdom. In Bengali language ‘Dala’ means ‘Group’ which indicates ‘Enemies’ here and ‘Mardan’ means ‘Destroy’. So it’s easy to understand that the name itself signifies the purpose and activities of the gigantic royal piece of iron. Some people say Dalmadal is a combined shape of two individual cannon Dal & Madal. Generally the Bramhins of Bishnupur believes that there were many famous religious hailstones under the territory of Malla kingdom and one of them was Dalmadal stone which was former traditional God of Jagannath Karmakar the reputed artisan & creator of the cannon, who named that weapon as a salute. He surprisingly soldered 63 plate of irons and shaped that weapon. It was not so easy to get pure iron from raw mineral-iron at that period which was probably around 1600 AD. Associates of History say that only charcoals were used to burn and melt iron at that time. Elephants and big wheels were used to carry that cannon into the battlefield.
According to famous myth inhabitants of Bishnupur believes that Lord Madanmohan fired that weapon with his own hand to protect His city from the inroads of Maratha dacoits or Borgies. So the local people respects the cannon which was touched and blessed by Lord Madanmohan. Madanmohan is the local name of Lord Krishna.
According to history Maharaja Bir Humbeer spent One lack & Twenty Five Thousand Rupees to manufacture this devastating weapon to protect his kingdom. In Bengali language ‘Dala’ means ‘Group’ which indicates ‘Enemies’ here and ‘Mardan’ means ‘Destroy’. So it’s easy to understand that the name itself signifies the purpose and activities of the gigantic royal piece of iron. Some people say Dalmadal is a combined shape of two individual cannon Dal & Madal. Generally the Bramhins of Bishnupur believes that there were many famous religious hailstones under the territory of Malla kingdom and one of them was Dalmadal stone which was former traditional God of Jagannath Karmakar the reputed artisan & creator of the cannon, who named that weapon as a salute. He surprisingly soldered 63 plate of irons and shaped that weapon. It was not so easy to get pure iron from raw mineral-iron at that period which was probably around 1600 AD. Associates of History say that only charcoals were used to burn and melt iron at that time. Elephants and big wheels were used to carry that cannon into the battlefield.
According to famous myth inhabitants of Bishnupur believes that Lord Madanmohan fired that weapon with his own hand to protect His city from the inroads of Maratha dacoits or Borgies. So the local people respects the cannon which was touched and blessed by Lord Madanmohan. Madanmohan is the local name of Lord Krishna.
MA CHINNAMASTA MANDIR
The third Mahavidya is Chinnamasta. Listen to the story of Her origin from the Pancharatna Grantha.Once Parvati went with Her friends Dakini and Varnini to take a bath in the Mandakini River. Parvati was feeling very happy and a lot of love was welling up inside Her. Her complexion darkened and the feeling of love completely took over. Her friends on the other hand were hungry and asked Parvati to give them some food. Parvati requested them to wait and said that She would feed them after a while, and began walking.
After a short while, Her friends once again appealed to Her, telling Her that She was the Mother of the Universe and they Her children, and asked to be fed quickly. Parvati replied that they should wait until they got home. Her friends could not wait any longer and demanded that their hunger be satisfied immediately. The compassionate Parvati laughed and with her finger nail cut Her own head. Immediately the blood spurted in three directions. Her two friends drank the blood from two of the directions and the Goddess herself drank the blood from the third direction. Since she cut Her own head, she is known as Chinnamasta.
Chinnamasta shines like a lightning bolt from the Sun. She demonstrates the rare courage needed to make the highest conceivable sacrifice. May we imbue that very same courage from that daring Goddess!
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