Mota Shib Tala/Bardhamaneswar Temple

Bardhamaneswar Temple

Bardhamaneswar Shiva Temple

The Bardhamaneswar Shiva Temple is situated in the Burdwan Municipality and houses a huge idol of lord Shiva in its premises. The statue of the idol is believed to have been built in the twelfth century and its height is quite unparalleled in the entire state of West Bengal. Commonly known as ‘Mota Shib’ or ‘Mota Baba’, the circumference of the ‘Gouripatta’ of the idol is 18 feet. According to the Bengali calendar, on the twenty fifth of Shravana in the year 1379 or as it can be transcribed according to the English calendar, 1973 AD was the year in which the statue of Bardhamaneswar was discovered while digging the earth at Bikharibagan in Alamganj, which is located at the south-west direction of Rajbati.

According to Hindu mythology, Chand Sadagar, was believed to have worshipped the idol of Lord Shiva in Bardhamaneswar. He was a rich and powerful merchant of Champak Nagar in ancient India who was also an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva. A large number of devotees and pilgrims visit the temple on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri as well as throughout the rest of the year to worship and pay their homage to Lord Shiva.