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Temples of Hooghly Introduction The HOOGHLY district is situated in the lower part of Bengal in between Lat 22°38’ to 23°15’ and Long 88°22’ to 88°51’, comprising an area of 1206 sq miles. Bhagirathi river forms the eastern border. Howrah District lies on south. Rupnarayan river forms some part of western boundary along with Midnapur district. Major portion of the north area is covered by Burdwan District. Principal rivers of these district are DAMODAR with its many branches, DWARUKESWAR and BHAGIRATHI. The district have 1908 villages. Topography is of gentle slope towards south. The land is very fertile, criscrossed by rivers and mostly are navigable. Eastern part is highly industrialised and, therefore, urbanised. This land area has dense population and maximum number of Terracotta decorated monuments are located in this area. SAPTAGRAM (MAP Ref.84) was a famous port during medieval times and a mosque (1529) without roof with Terracotta decorations is located here. At PANDUA (MAP Ref : 71) a broken mosque (1477) stands today having brick arches and stone pillars with Terracotta decorations. TRIBENI (Sibpur – MAP Ref : 101) has the oldest abandoned mosque of BENGAL (1295) which too has Terracotta decorations. Some 228 monuments have been recorded in this Index covering some 102 Locations and their photographic documentation is covered with 3033 exposures. |
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