| Temples & Legends of Bengal |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
THE TEMPLES IN MIDNAPORE |
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bigger power will pour in like its hordes and for a time being the Sardar’s would own
an allegiance to them and pay tribute and when the first impact was over, the
Sardar’s would assume their old leadership. One of the families that could carve out
a sizeable kingdom was the Malla family of Bishnupur in Birbhum district. This family gave
the name of Mallabhum to the tract. But the Malla family inspires of their temporary leadershipcould only acquire portions of this district. In the political field there were quite a few Raj families in Midnapore district likeJhargram, Jamboni, Lalgarh, Narajole and Chandra- kona. The traditional story was that most of them came from their kingdoms in distant Rajputana or some where else on their way to Sri Kshetra (Puri) to pay homage to Lord Jagannath and incidentally they felt like staying on seeing the unsettled condition of the area and so carved out a principality of their own.4 The Raj family or Jhargram, a subdivision in Midnapore
district is supposed to have carved out their domain somewhere in 1519. Sarveshwar
Malladev of this family struck friendship with the Malla kings of Bishnupur and there were
reciprocal marriage ties. This was the age of Shri 4. Paschim Banger Sanskriti by Binoy Ghosh. |
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