Place · Shakta · East India · Bagmara upazila, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Taherpur

Also called: Tahirpur

The small town on the Rajshahi side of the Padma where Bengal places the first grand autumn Durga Puja; one ruined temple wall, an old tank and a family shrine remain, and the raja's palace is a college.

Sources: The Business Standard (Dhaka): Tahirpur, the fabled birthplace of Durga Puja in Bengal; The Daily Star (2008): Taherpur, prospects of becoming a tourist hot-spot; Temple of King Kangsa Narayan, Wikipedia (stub) · see Taherpur's web

Relations 1

Taherpur home of

Raja Kangsanarayan of Taherpur (King) Shakta · The king who could not hold a horse sacrifice (Taherpur, and Shobhabazar 1757)

Stories 1

The king who could not hold a horse sacrifice (Taherpur, and Shobhabazar 1757)
Local story · 2 tellings

Cited

The Business Standard (Dhaka): Tahirpur, the fabled birthplace of Durga Puja in Bengal Folk documentation
The Daily Star (2008): Taherpur, prospects of becoming a tourist hot-spot Folk documentation
Temple of King Kangsa Narayan, Wikipedia (stub) Encyclopedia