| Temples & Legends of Bengal |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
THE TEMPLES IN HOOGHLY |
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| TRIVENI Triveni is usually called Muktaveni (open braided) to distinguish it from Prayag (Allahabad) which is called Yuktaveni (joint-braided). From here three streams branch out, the Bhagirathi flowing to the south, the Saraswati to the west and Jamuna or Kanchrapara khal to the east. The sanctity of the place has been recognized for many centuries and has been mentioned in Pavana-Dutam, a Sanskrit piece of the last quarter of the 12th century. Triveni appears to have passed into the hands of the Oriya king, Mukunda Hari Chandan in the middle of the 16th century and the broad flight of steps on the river and Jamai Jangal, a high embankment stretching from Triveni to Mahanad are attributed to the Oriyas. The early
European commercial people referred to the place as Trippany or Trevinny or Terbonee. The
place had several famous Sanskrit Tols. Pandit Jagannath Tarka Panchanan, the tutor of Sir
William Jones and a compiler of a digest of Hindu laws, was one of its distinguished
scholars. It is, however, unfortunate that the existing Hindu remains are very few. It
consists of two flights of steps side by side leading into the river bed and a group of
seven small temples, 50 yards from the river of which the central one has a tower about
30' high and 12' square with a lingam inside. |
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