Budget Tour To Tarapith

Tour to Tarapith & nearby places by a day

Tarapith is a temple town in Birbhum. It is a major Hindu pilgrimage centre and several thousand devotees visit the temple every day.

Tarapith is at a distance of 264 km from Kolkata, 96 km from Santiniketan, 116 km from Durgapur, 150 km from Deoghar and 205 km from Mayapur.

If you want to make a travel to this place you can choose any of the following options:

By Air: The nearest airport is at Kolkata, at a distance of 225 km from Tarapith. One can avail taxi services from airport to Tarapith. From Kolkata Delhi, Mumbai and other major airports are easily accessible.

By Bus: The state owned buses connect Tarapith with to Esplanade/Dharamtalla bus stand of Kolkata or with the neighboring cities.

By Train: The nearest railway station is Rampurhat, at a distance of about 9 km from Tarpith. Taxi services from railway station to Tatapith are available. Rampurhat is linked with Howrah and Sealdah.

we caught Padatik express at 11:15 PM from sealdha and reached next day at 3.20 AM. The train's general fare is RS 100 per.

The enterence of Tarapith

Tarapith Station

We took a trekker and reached Tarapith complex which is around 8-9 km. away. It took us 15 minutes to reach there and per head cost was INR 20. There are hundreds of hotels and lodges out there and there is no dearth of accommodation specially as we reached there during off season. We took a double room at INR 500 for group of 6 persons. The hotel name was 'Maa er daan'. The room was clean. As soon asWe all got ready and came out of the hotel at around 8 AM.we started walking towards the temple. There were many small shops on either side of the street. At Tarapith there are two main types of Darshans - Free Darshan and Paid Darshan. Paid darshan are of 3 types - Rs. 30/-, Rs. 100/- and Rs. 200/-. Free darshan takes about 3 hours to get Darshan. Rs. 30/- takes about 2 hrs, Rs. 100/- about 45 mins - 1 hour whereas Rs. 200/- is instant Darshan of Ma Tara. We went for Rs. 100 paid darshan. The line was quite large. Atlast after about 50 mins we got darshan of Ma Tara. After that we came out of the temple and had our breakfast at a small eatery.

Tarapith Temple

Tarapith Special Lencha

Sightseeing tips :

There are 2-3 spots nearby within 3-5 kms which can be visited by cycle vans and shedded carts. The most prominent among them is the village of Antla which is the birthplace of Sadhak Bamakhyapa. They charge between INR 100 -150 for the the round trip.

Other sight seeing spots

Birchandrapur – birthplace of Nityananda who was the famous disciple of Chaitanyadev

Ekachakra – a place inhabited by Pandavas during the period of Mahabharat

Bhadrapur – famous for Akali temple and Maharaja Nandakumar ancestral place around 300 years old

Bhadrakali temple

Nalhati – Lalateshwari temple which is a Shakti peeth and wind pipe of sati fell here

Mallarpur – 12 Shiva temples

Ganpur – Forest inhabited by Pandavas including Jarasandha temple

Sainthia – Nadikeshwari temple which is a Shakti Peeth and Neck bone of Sati fell here

Ghosh gram – Lakshmi temple , oldest temple in Birbhum district associated with saint Kamdev Acharya around 500 years old

Maluti – Maluti temples which is a UNESCO heritage site situated in Dumka district of Jharkhand and approached in auto rickshaw from Tarapith

Massanjore – Dam in Dumka district of Jharkhand

Labhpur – Fullara temple which is a Shakti pith where the lower lip of Sati fell. It also has Vasisth Ashram and ancestral house of Tara shankar Bandopadhyay. Hasuli Banker Upokotha .. the river bend can be seen here

Bakreshwar – It is a shakti peeth where third eye of Sati fell. It has also famous Shiva linga. It house around 208 Shiv temples. The main attraction out here is the hotsprings where people take bath

Tilpara – Barrage

Kankalitala- Shakti peeth where lap of Sati fell

Suri – famous for Morabba and it has several temples including century old Damodar temple in Sonaturpara

Dubrajpur – Mama Bhagne Pahar

Hetampur- Palace

Rajnagar – Old capital of Birbhum housing several heritage structure in ruins.Motichur Masjid, Imambara and Kalidaha pond are some of them

Pathar chapuri – Sacred place for Muslim pilgrims famous for saint ” Data Baba ” who cures diseases with his miraculous powers

Surul – Palace and terracotta temples

Supur – terracotta temples

Ilambazar -terracotta temples near Ilchhoba

Santiniketan – The university complex of Rabindranath tagore , Ballavpur wildlife sanctuary deer park , Shyambati falls , Sonajhuri flea market, Prantik , Khoai river, etc

Nanoor – Sacred place for Vaishnav pilgrims

Kenduli – Ajay river confluence and birthplace of Jaydev of Geet govinda fame

Kaleshwar – Shiv temple

Other sight scnce photo;

Bamakheppa Ghat 

Bamakheppa Somadhi

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