| Temples & Legends of Bengal |
 |
| Temples & Legends Of India |
BHATTAMATI TEMPLE |
|
| There is one
such temple little known to the public outside at Bhattamati, a village in the subdivision
of Lalbagh (Murshidabad district). The village is about three miles to the west of
Lalbagh Court Railway station on Howrah-Azimganj section of Eastern Railway. From
other points of view Bhattamati is a small unimportant village. But the presence of this remarkable Saivaite temple shows the village has had her glorious days. A number of Siva lingams are found scattered about in the vicinity of the temple. According to tradition four hundred Carnatic Bhatta Brahmins were inducted and settled in this village in the days of Hussain Sah the king of Gaur. Rup Sanatan the Minister of Hussain Sah was instrumental in introducing these Bhatta Brahmins in this village. This colony has given rise to the name of the village
Bhattamati that has corrupted from Bhatta Bati or the abode of the Bhattas. During
the days of the Nawabs of Murshidabad the descendants of the far-famed Ramjivan Rajlived
in this |
|
| About Bhattamati Temple | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
