Wiki Explores Purba Bardhaman - Phase II

Wiki Explores Purba Bardhaman - Phase II is a two day event to further document some areas of district of Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. The objective of this event is to do further photo-documentation of the various heritage structures in the said area most of which have less or no presence in Wikimedia commons.

Purba Bardhaman district

Goal

1. Photograph heritage sites at Bardhman town, Sanko, Sarul, Adrahati, Gohogram, Silla, Putunda, Nabagram, Masagram, Ajhapur, Kulingram and Jaugram of Purba Bardhaman district. Done
2. Upload media for the heritage structures of Purba Bardhaman in Commons. Done
3. Create / Update articles about the heritage structures in Bengali and English Wikipedia Doing...
4. Create / Update items in Wikidata Doing...

Date

Date: 9th January to 10th January 2020

Participant

Amitabha Gupta (talk) 17:56, 8th January 2020 (UTC)

Itinerary

• 9th January 2020 (Thursday) - Depart from Kolkata by Black Diamond Express. From Bardhaman take a pre-booked car and cover Bardhman town, Sanko, Sarul, Adrahati, Gohogram and Silla.

Lunch at Bardhaman. Return to Kolkata by local train (as return time is uncertain). Y

• 10th January 2020 (Friday) Depart from Kolkata by Black Diamond Express. From Bardhaman take a pre-booked car and cover Putunda, Nabagram, Masagram, Ajhapur, Kulingram and Jaugram.

Lunch at Bardhaman. Return to Kolkata by local train (as return time is uncertain). Y

Places to be covered

[Note: Some places outside the sub-division will also be covered]

• Bardhaman Town

1. Sarbamangala Temple Complex Y
2. Burdwan University N
3. Nawab Bari (Photography prohibited) N
4. Mahanta Asthal Y
5. Hawa Mahal alias Golap Bagh N
6. Lord Curzon Gate Y
7. 108 Shiva Temple at Nababhat (Previously taken) Y
8. Christ Church Y
9. Sher Afgan Samadhi Y

• Kanchannagar

1. Nabaratna Kankaleswari Temple Y
2. Abandoned Pancha Ratna (Destroyed)N
3. Abandoned Jor Banglo (Renovated into a different structure)N
4. Dolmancha Y
5. Pancharatna Panchanan Shiva TempleY
6. Baro Duari Gate Y

• Sanko

1. Shikar Deul of Shiba Y
2. Two Aatchala Temple N

• Sarul

1. Deul of Mahadeva (Bhattacharya family)Y
2. Jora Pancharatna Shiva TempleY
3. Aatchala of Choudhury Family Y
4. Triple Shiva Temple of Ghatak Family N
5. Deul of Mukhopdahyay familyY

• Adrahati

1. Adreswar Shiva Temple Y
2. Pancharatna temple of Mukherjee family Y

• Gohogram

1. Durga Dalan of Roy FamilyY
2. Radha-Damodara Deul temple of Roy Family built in 1871Y
3. Burosiva, Deul of Panja and Khan N
4. Four Siva temple complex, GroupedY
5. Narayan Deul of Dutta FamilyN

• Silla

1. Pancha Ratna Siva temple of Mondal familyN

• Putunda

1. At Chala Damodar temple of Chowdhury family Y
2. At Chala Shiva Temple of Chowdhury familyY

• Ajhapur

1. At Chala Shiva Temple of Mitra family Y
2. Kashinath Shiva Aatchala Temple of Mitra familyY
3. Charchala temple of Mitra familyY
4. Pancha Ratna Shiva Temple of Guin family Y
5. Aat Chala Shiva temple of Ghosh FamilyY

• Nabagram

1. Atchala Radha Gobinda temple of Goswami family Y
2. Dolmancha of Radhagobinda temple Y
3. Octagonal Siva temple with duplicated ChalaN

• Masagram

1. Octagonal Shiva temple with duplicated chala of Chowdhury familyY
2. Pancha Ratna Rameswar temple of Chowdhury familyY
3. At Chala Shiva temple of Chowdhury familyY

• Kulingram

1. Aatchala Gopeswar Siva temple of Pathak family Y
2. Deul of Madangopal with Char-chala octagonal porch of Adhikari familyY
3. At Chala of Raghunath of Mitra family Y
4. Debottar Estate of Haridas Thakur Y

• Jaugram

1. Jaleswar Nath Shikhar Deul Y
2. Abandoned Aatchala Sridhar Temple of Chatterjee familyN
3. At Chala Radha Kanta temple of Chatterjee familyY
4. Jora Shiva temple of Majumdar familyY
5. Aatchla temple cluster of Sagar Datta family at HatthloaY

Financial Report

Date	Particulars	Details	Amount (Rs)	Remarks
09.01.2020	Uber Ride to Howrah		127.00	Bill Provided
	Breakfast	Howrah Station food outlet	65.00	No Bill
	Train Ticket (Howrah to Bardhaman)	Black Diamond Express	351.00	Ticket Provided
	Lunch on 09.01.2020	Sonar Bangla Hotel	300.00	Bill Provided
	Train ticket (Bardhaman to Howrah)	Local Train	25.00	Bill Provided
10.01.2020	Taxi Ride to Howrah Station		100.00	No Bill
	Breakfast	Howrah Station food outlet	72.00	No Bill
	Train Ticket (Howrah to Bardhaman)	Black Diamond Express	351.00	Ticket Provided
	Lunch on 10.01.2020	NH-2 Kitchen	310.00	Bill Provided
	Toll Tax	NHAI	85.00	Bill Provided
	Car Rental	Das Tour & Travels	5000.00	Bill Provided
	Train ticket (Bardhaman to Howrah)	Local Train	25.00	Bill Provided
	Incidental expenses	Local guide charge	50.00	No Bill
			6861.00

Tour Comments

1. I sincerely feel we need a official identification card and a letter of authorization to shoot inside building premises like University campus and places where photography is prohibited.
2. In some places local experts could not say anything about some structures. Despite thorough search they could not be traced. Last documentation being done in the 1980s, it is more difficult to comment.
3. Initially in my exploration plan heritage structures towards Ketugram and Katwa was included, but I had to abandon them as because at present in some pockets of the area, situation is volatile and not safe to venture, specially in the interior villages.

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