THA ONLY SON OF KRISHNA CHANDRA GHOSAL , JAY NARAYAN GHOSAL ,DEALT WITH SALT, GOLD AND OTHER PRECIOUS STONES AND MADE A GOOD FORTUNE OUT OF IT. HE THEN SHIFTED TO KHIDDERPORE AND BOUGHT 200 BIGHAS OF LAND . OVER THERE HE BUILT A NUMBER OF BEAUTIFUL TEMPLES WITH REMARKABLE HINDU ,MUSLIM AND GREEK ARCHITECTURALWORKS DONE ON THEM. HE ALSO BUILT A MASSIVE PALACE IN THIS PLCE AND DIG A POND NAMED SHIVA GANGA…..
IN THE YEAR 1781 ,ON THE TWO BANK OF THIS POND , HE ESTABLISHED TWO SHIV TEMPLES AND PLACED TWO GREAT SHIVA LINGAS IN THEM EACH ABOUT 11 FEET HIGHT MADE OF BLACK KASHTI PATHAR AND NAMED THEM AFTER HIS MOTHER AND FATHER (RAKTAKAMALESHWAR & KRISHNACHANDRESHWAR)
THE NEXT YEAR 1782 MAHARAJA ESTABLISHED HIS KULODEBI MAA PATIT PABONI IN A BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE INSIDE HIS PALACE MADE OF ASHTADHATU . ON THE FOUR SIDES OF THIS TEMPLE THERE ARE FOUR TEMPLES EACH OF MAKAR BAHINI GANGA, PANCHANAN DEV, RAJESHWAR MAHALINGA AND JAY KAAL BHAIRAV.ALL THESE TEMPLES MARK THE BEAUTIFUL MIX OF HINDU, MUSLIM AND GREEK SCULPTURES AND ARE OF GREAT HISTORICAL VALUE.
HE ALSO BUILT A LOT OF TEMPLES AND FOUNDED THE JAY NARAYAN COLLEGE IN KASHI ( BENARAS) .
IN THE YEAR 1781, HE RECEIVED THE TITLE OF “MAHARAJA BAHADUR “ FROM THE THEN EMPEROR OF DELHI. AND WITH THE PRIVILEDGE TO MAINTAIN THREE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED SAWARFS..
THE KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORTAION DECLARED THE BHUKAILASH RAJBARI AS HERITAGE OF KOLKATA ON 6 TH OF SEPTEMBER 1996.
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