Dhatrigram

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Dhatrigram is a census town in Kalna I CD Block in Kalna subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. I have always known that usually some story of gods or kings is associated with it. However, it is now a prosperous village. In the past, it was connected to Kalna through the Bhagirathi Teer Waddel Road. In the village of Bhawanipur (Goswami Bari) adjacent to Dhatrigram, there was a Guru Bari of Raja Tej Chandra and this Guru family still resides there. In their family, the very ancient Radha Ballabh Thakur of that period is worshipped.[1] Sri Sukumar Sen says that Dhaigaon (Dharya Gram) was the sub-capital of Lakshmana Sen ('Upkarika' - a Kachari house in the language of the present-day zamindari). On the other hand, according to Zakaria Saheb, Dharya Gram was a Jayaskandhabar. And this Jayaskandhabar means an army camp. Now if Upkarika is a sub-capital, then Upkarika and Jayaskandhabar have roughly the same meaning.…

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