Amadpur Rajbari - A weekend trip from Kolkata

             Last weekend we took a road trip from Kolkata for Amadpur Rajbari which is situated in Memari,Burdwan district of West Bengal,India. It was just 2 hours drive from Kolkata via National Highway-2.The place we stayed was a Heritage Homestay and by the same name. The property belongs to the Choudhury Zamindars. We booked our stay by contacting them through direct call and booked a family room costing INR 5.5K per night. Two bedroom rooms are also available at INR 3.5K per night. We booked just 2 days ahead of our trip.The property can also be booked for picnics too. The room rent includes breakfast.It was a vast expanse of property having mango gardens, small man made lakes heritage buildings and old temples.
             Going by their history,they have received their Zamindari directly from the Mughals. A part of their property is being commercially used for boarders.

Day 1:

There are mango plantations of the Zamindars behind the waterbody

The rooms have attached toilets with East India Company fittings

The room of captive Barn Owls

The family tree

Extended balcony of the room

Lunch.... we ordered two fish thalis and one egg thali. Lunch orders are taken one day ahead of the trip

After lunch we headed for sightseeings nearby.....

Baba Narahari Samadhi

800 year old Banyan tree

The seat of worship of the Baba where he reached enlightenment

This structure is created on the underground tavern of the Baba

The garden of the Nishankha Mahasamshan Ashram

Grape plant

The diety Radhagobinda of the Ashram

The barn of the Ashram

The 3rd order(Shejo in bengali) Kali of the village

Terracota temple of Gobinda

The eldest (Boro in bengali) Kali temple of the village

After the sightseeings we reached to our place for the evening aratis(prayers)...The exact timing for offering prayer is 5.45pm

Entrance to Anandamoyee temple of the Zamindars...

The diety Anandamoyee,which is 400 years old

The entrance to Radhagobinda temple

A terracota structure houses the diety,the figurine is 600 years old

After the aratis we headed back to our room

Evening snacks served...chicken pakora and coffee

For dinner we had mutton and rice.The taste and quality of food served here is awesome.

Day 2:

           We took our breakfast and headed for more exploration of the property.....

The New Durga temple which is 300 years old.. the old temple is in dilapidated condition and is just besides the new temple.The old temple housed the diety for previous 200 years.............

The Chariot of Krishna which is used for Rath Yatra ceremonies performed by the Zamindars

Anandamoyee temple...

By this time the timing at the clock was 10:30 am. Checkout is at 11:00 am. So we headed to our room for the last time,packed our belongings ,checked out and headed home with an awe inspiring experience of the era of the Raj which we relived for 2 days........

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