This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 210.210.75.100 (talk) at 15:52, 2 August 2006. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 15:52, 2 August 2006 by 210.210.75.100 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Tamluk is an ancient city of West Bengal state in India, near the Rupnarayan River.
Tamluk's strategic location as a sea port of Bay Of Bengal and cross roads of various trade routes that went westwards to Eest Asia, Sri lanka, Mayanmar made the city a prominent one in history.
Tamluk is the headquarters of Midnapore East district. It was home of many great leaders during independence movement. Tamluk is well linked with Road and railway. Tamluk is a major roadway junction with 6 routes originating from it: 1> Tamluk - Srirampur / Moina 2> Tamluk - Mecheda / Kolkaghat / Kolkata 3> Tamluk - Panskura / Kharagpur / Ghatal 4> Tamluk - Haldia / Dugachwack 6> Tamluk - Dihga / Contai / Egra Tamluk is a railway junction also; routes are given below: Howrah > Panskura > Tamluk Jn > Haldia Howrah/ Shalimar > Santragachi > Panskura > Tamluk Jn > Contai > Digha Haldia > Tamluk Jn > Panskura > Kharagpur
Kolaghat is another town on the bank of Rupnarayan River and famous for Hilsa (Ilish) fishes.
Archaeological remains show continuous settlement from about 3rd century BC; it was known as Tamralipta or Tamalitti, and was a seaport, now buried under river silt. For this reason, Tamluk has many ponds, lakes remaining today.
Religion
It is an important pilgrim place of the Hindus and one of the 51th sacred places of Sati Peeth ( Place of Goddess Sati/Parvati). The main pilgrim center in Tamluk is the Shri Barghobhima temple. It is a famous "Sakti-Peeth".
In the vaishnava dharma Tamluk is also an important Vaishnav Tirtha. Tamluk is mentioned as the next "Vrindavan" where on the next Kalp ( Next Creation of the universe) where sri krishna will play his rass. The town is full of mandirs. Lord Chaitanya purified the land of Tamluk with his lotus feet on the way to Neelachal/Puri. There is mandir of Sri chaitanya Mahaprabhu. it is called "Harir Mandir".
in Tamluk's southern part there is a secred ghat to take bath on the day of Makar Sankranti and is considered as one of the holiest in India.
== Art and Culture ==
Tamluk is always praised for its reach cultural activities. There are lots of Arts schools, Dance Schools and Drama groups.
Tamluk which is also an important craft center is located just 85 km south-west of Kolkata. People of tamluk is sober, cultured and rich.
== Business and Small Industries ==
Once Tamluk was famous for its trading when it was a seaport in past. currently it also a place of Rich people. It is the One of the highest "Premium Collecting Area" of LIC in pan india basis.
Main trade is of "Pan Leaf". The body building of bus is another important business.
==Landmarks and Travel==
The bank of river Rupnarayan is famous for picnic.
There is an nearly 1150 year old Temple of Kali named here as devi Barghobhima. This temple is a part of "Sati Pith". Purans say that the small finger of left feet of Sati/Parvati fell here when Lord Vishnu cut the secred Body of Goddess Sati into several pieces to make Lord Shiva quite.
Tamluk Rajbari is on the outskirts of town. The literal translation for "rajbari" is king's house, once housing one of the many kings in West Bengal. The Mayura-dhwaja ( Peackok ) Dynasty had been named in Mahabharata, Bhagvat, Bramhabaibarto Puran etc as a very rich and wealthest one of that region.
There is an Archeological Museum in Tamluk; it is a must see place of the town.
Another very popular picnic destination in Tamluk near the rail station.
Schools
- Tamluk Hamilton High School
- Rajkumari Santonamoyee Girls' High School
- Tamluk High School
- Tamluk Central Scool
- Tamralipta Public School
College
- Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya
Cinema Halls
Chalantika. Rupashree Sridurga
Banks
State Bank Of India ( ATM facilities avlbl ) Punjab national Bank UTI ( ATM facilities avlbl ) Tamluk Night Bank ( Co-operative Bank ) Tamluk Ghatal Co-operative Bank Tamluk Contai Co-operative Bank
Financial Institution
LIC Peerless National Insurance General Insurance
External links
For further details of the Tamluk anyone can mail souvik@gala.net.
 | This article about a location in West Bengal is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
Important People from Tamluk -
Late Matangini Hazra Late Khudiram Bose Late Ajoy Mukherjee Late Gourdas Haldar Mani Bhowmik Biman Bihari Das Paresh Maity
Categories: