Places of interest: local site scene

The temple of Maa Nalateswari is an ideal place to go for a holy pilgrimage. But there is some of the wonderful local site scene that has a historic flavour added to it. After you have completed the tour you would be finding your journey to have completed its cycle. This brings in a lot of peace to your minds.

A few kilometres away from this temple lays the shrine of Jogesh Bhairab and on its walls, a pair of footprints of lord Vishnu which is amazingly noticed only in recent times. Though some accept this fact as god’s blessings on this shrine, but no one knows the reality.

There was a well known narrated myth about a mystifying Neem tree whose leaves if eaten raw directly from the branches then it would taste very sweet, an uncommon phenomenon. But as soon as the very same leave is being picked up from the ground then it would have an ordinary taste of bitterness.

“Bargi sardar” (Maratha sardar) had inhabitated the plateau region of Nalateswri for sometime which later on gave the name to this place as “Bargi Danga”(the river bank along which the Marathas or Bargis did reside).

Different religious sects like “Sakth” and “Baishnav” are also been given equal preference in this holy place. Scenic beauty is added to this holy site with “Brahmani” river delta and Chandramani hills near Bautia, 15 km distance away from the Mandir.

Other than this, there are several legends which are related to the origin and importance to this place. So come and experience the real pleasure of peace in the hillocks of Nalhati under the blessings of Maa Nalateswari.