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Transport

 

Rail: Bishnupur is well-connected by rail to the rest of the country via Kharagpur and Adra. Express and mail trains ply between Kolkata and Bishnupur on a regular basis. The Rupashi Bangla Express, Aranyak Express and the Purulia Express 

 

 

Road: Long distance buses connect Bishnupur to places like Arambag, Durgapur, Asansol, Kolkata etc. There are regular and frequent bus services available between Kolkata and Bishnupur. The buses usually leave Kolkata from the Espalnade bus stand. The journey takes about 4 hours and 45 minutes.

BANKURA-BISHNUPUR TOURS

Help Line:

 

  • S.D.P.O. Bishnupur 03244 - 252095

  • C.I. Sonamukhi 03244 - 275446

  • CI, Kotulpur 03244 - 252009

  • Bishnupur PS 03244 - 252024 / 253012

  • Joypur PS 03244 - 249221 / 249024

  • Katulpur PS 03244 - 240221 / 241700

  • Sonamukhi PS 03244 - 275229 / 274568

  • Patrasayer PS 03244 - 266226 / 277364

  • Indas PS 03244 - 263236 / 263769

  • Bishnupur Control Room 03244 - 253282

  • S.O.G Cell 03242 - 251328/ 250646

  • Barikul PS 03243 - 205719 / 205422

Popular Attractions in Bankura-Bishnupur:

 

  • Dalmadal Kaman

  • Lalgarh

  • Lalbandh

  • Acharya Jogeshchandra Museum

  • Gumgarh

  • Pathar Darwaja (Main Gateway of Bishnupur)

  • Garh Darwaja (Small Gateway of Bishnupur)

  • Stone Chariot

  • Nutan Mahal

  • Birthplace of Shrinibas Acharya

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ABOUT BANKURA-BISHNUPUR

Bishnupur is a terracotta temples town and a municipality in Bankura District of West Bengalabout 132 km from Kolkata. It is also famous for the balucheri sarees made of tussar silk.

Bishnupur was ruled under the Gupta period by local Hindu kings who paid tribute to Samudra Gupta. Following a long period of obscurity, where the land oscillated between being a minor independent principality and a vassal state . The land is also called Mallabhum after the Malla rulers of this place. The Malla rulers were Vaishnavites and built the famous terracotta temples during the 17th and 18th century at this place. The terracotta temples here are the best specimen of the classical style of Bengal architecture. The legends of Bipodtarini Devi are associated with Malla Kings of Bishnupur.

 

Bishnupur (the distance from Kolkata is 132 km), now the headquarters of the subdivision of the same name in Bankura district, is a seat of crafts and culture.

 

For almost a thousand years it was the capital of the Malla kings of Mallabhum, of which Bankura was a part, till their power waned during the times when Mughal Empire weakened under the last monarchs of the dynasty.

 

The patronage of Malla king Veer Hambir and his successors Raja Raghunath Singha and Veer Singha made Bishnupur one of the principal centres of culture in Bengal. Most of the exquisite terracotta temples for which town is justly famous were built during this period.

Climate:

  • October to February — winter, cool and temperate

  • March to May — summer, hot and humid

  • June to September — the monsoon season, wet and windy

 

Best Time to Visit: October to March 

TEMPLE ATTRACTIONS OF

BISHNUPUR 

 

Jor Mandir (c. 1726)

Radhamadhab Temple (c. 1737)

Kalachand Temple (c. 1656)

Jor-Bangla Temple or Keshta Roy Temple (c. 1655)

Jor Mandir complex (c. 1726)

Madan Mohan Temple (c. 1694)

Radha-Gobinda Temple (c. 1729)

Shyam Ray Temple (c. 1643)

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