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Lower Ganga Plain


Lower Ganga Plain
☗ Northern Plains - Lower Ganga Plain:
  1. Lower Ganga Plain

    ◍ Dahapara Kiriteshwari (Shakti Peetha) -- (Murshidabad district, West Bengal)
    ▬ River Bhagirathi (of West Bengal) (230 km) flows

    ◍ Ketugram Bahula (Shakti Peetha) -- (Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal)
    ▬ River Ajay (288 km) flows

    ◍ Kshiragram Yogadya (Shakti Peetha) -- (Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal)

    ◍ Juranpur Jaya Durga (Shakti Peetha) -- (Nadia district, West Bengal)
    ▬ River Bhagirathi (of West Bengal) (230 km) flows

    ◍ Tamluk Bargabhima (Shakti Peetha) -- (Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal)
    ▬ River Rupnarayan (72 km) flows

    ◍ Khanakul Ratnavali (Shakti Peetha) -- (Hooghly district, West Bengal)
    ▬ River Ratnakar flows

    ◍ Kalighat Kali (Shakti Peetha) -- (Kolkata district, West Bengal)
    ▬ River Hooghly (260 km) flows (old course)

    ◍ Bardhaman Kamalakanta Kalibari -- (Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal)
    ▬ River Damodar (592 km) flows

    ⚪ Kamalakanta Bhattacharya (1769 - 1821 CE): Sadhak Kamalakanta worshipped Maa Kali and performed sadhanas in the Kamalakanta Kalibari of Bardhaman.

    ◍ Dakshineshwar Bhavatarini Kali -- (North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal)
    ▬ River Hooghly (260 km) flows

    ⚪ Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836 - 1886 CE): Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa worshipped Maa Kali and performed various sadhanas in the Dakshineshwar Bhavatarini Kali temple.

    ◍ Dakshineshwar Adyapeeth -- (North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal)
    ▬ River Hooghly (260 km) flows

    ⚪ Annada Thakur (1891 - 1929 CE): Sri Annada Thakur founded the Dakshineshwar Adyapeeth based on his dream visions of Sri Ramakrishna and Mother Kali.

    ◍ Halishahar Ramprasad Vita -- (North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal)
    ▬ River Hooghly (260 km) flows

    ⚪ Ramprasad Sen (1723 - 1775 CE): Sadhak Ramprasad worshipped Maa Kali and performed sadhanas in the Ramprasad Vita of Halishahar.

    ◍ Tarakeshwar -- (Hooghly district, West Bengal)

    ◍ Nabadwip - Mayapur Dham -- (Nadia district, West Bengal)
    ◉ Bhagirathi (of West Bengal) (230 km) - Jalangi (233 km) Sangam

    ⚪ Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 - 1534 CE): Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in Nabadwip - Mayapur Dham. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is considered as the embodiment of the divine love of Radha-Krishna in one form. Nabadwip - Mayapur Dham is also associated with various divine Leelas of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

    ◍ Ganga Sagar -- (South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal)
    ◉ Hooghly (260 km) - Sagar Sangam

    ⚪ Sage Kapila: Lord Kapila (Kapil Muni) is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He delivered 60000 sons of king Sagara (with the touch of river Ganga) at Ganga Sagar. The sons of Sagara were earlier reduced to ashes by his anger. There is a hermitage of Kapil Muni in Ganga Sagar.

    ◍ Shikarpur Ugratara (Shakti Peetha) -- (Barishal district, Bangladesh)
    ▬ River Sugandha (21 km) flows

    ◍ Bhabanipur Aparna (Shakti Peetha) -- (Bogra district, Bangladesh)
    ▬ River Karatoya (241 km) flows

    ◍ Ishwaripur Jashoreshwari (Shakti Peetha) -- (Satkhira district, Bangladesh)
    ▬ River Ichamati (208 km) flows


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