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Samudragarh dosomi mp4
Samudragarh or Nasaratpur is a census town under Nadanghat Police Station under Purbasthali I (Block) in Kalna subdivision in Barddhaman District in the state of West Bengal, India. It is about 15 km away from Kalna, India. It is situated on the western bank of the Bhāgirathi.
Contents
- Samudragarh dosomi mp4
- Samudragarh vadaima
- Etymology
- Geography
- Transport
- Economy
- Festival
- Education
- References
Samudragarh vadaima
Etymology
The word Samudragarh derives from two Bengali term Samudra (means sea in English) and Garh (means fort in English). Though there are several explanations about the origin of this name but the main explanation is that the term Samudra came from a name of a local king and as the king built his fort in this place so the word Garh came that fort itself.(Though there is no fort has been found yet).
Geography
Samudragarh is located on the agriculturally rich alluvial plains between the Bhagirathi, Ajay and Damodar rivers.Temperatures in this region varies from 17-18 °C in winter to 30-32 °C in summer.
Transport
Samudragarh is about 97 km from Howrah on the Howrah-Bandel-Katwa Branch Line of Eastern Railway. It has 2 railway stations as Samudragarh(station of Howrah railway division) and Nandai Gram(station of Howrah railway division).
Bus services Nabadwip-Kalna via Saudragarh Nabadwip-Burdwan via Samudragarh,Dhatrigram Nabadwip-Katwa via Samudragarh Kalna-Burdwan via SamudragarhEconomy
Though "Samudragarh" is a small area but it contributes a lot in the economical field of garments business both in the local and national market. Tant saree is the main garment produced here in a major quantity. Samudragarh also provides enough resource in the Agricultural market, as this place has the perfect tropical weather required to grow any kind of vegetable.
Festival
(1) DOL PURNIMA (feb-mar) Pilgrims comes from all over the world to attend this festival which actually takes place in Nabadwip and surrounding all the historical places related with Lord Sri Chaitanya. Travelers comes to the Gour-Gadhadhar temple located in Samudragarh.
(2) CRACKER FESTIVAL (sep/oct) This is the very own festival of Samudragarh .It takes place right after the DURGA PUJA and follows the trail.
(3) Also almost all the festivals related with Bengali culture are celebrated here like Pohela baisakh Saraswati puja, Durga puja etc and so on.
Education
Samudragarh has mainly 4 Higher Secondary schools.They are
1. Paruldanga Nasaratpur High School
2. Samudragarh High School
3. Jaluidanga G.C.P Balika Vidyalaya
4. Champahati K.P.C Balika Vidyalaya
also so many primary schools are there.