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	{{Infobox Hindu leader		{{Infobox Hindu leader
	\|name = Bamakhepa		\| name = Bamakhepa
	\|image = Bama_Khepa.jpg		\| image = Bama_Khepa.jpg
	\|caption = Bamakhepa		\| caption = Bamakhepa
	\| religion = [[Hinduism]]		\| religion = [[Hinduism]]
	\|birth_date = 22 February~~, 1838~~		\| birth_date = 22 February 1837
	\|birth_place = [[Atla village]], [[Birbhum]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[~~British India~~]]		\| birth_place = [[Atla village]], [[Birbhum]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[Company Raj]]
	\|birth_name = Bamacharan Chattopadhyay		\| birth_name = Bamacharan Chattopadhyay
	\|death_date = {{death date and age\|1911\|7\|18\|~~1838~~\|2\|22\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1911\|7\|18\|1837\|2\|22\|df=yes}}
	\|death_place = [[Tarapith]], [[Birbhum]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British ~~India~~]]		\| death_place = [[Tarapith]], [[Birbhum]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj]]
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	\|nationality = [[Indian people\|Indian]]		\| nationality = [[Indian people\|Indian]]
	\|spouse =		\| temple = [[Tarapith]]
	\|guru = Swami Kailashpati		\| spouse =
	\|~~disciple~~ =		\| guru = Swami Kailashpati and Vedagya Mokshadananda
	\|philosophy = [[~~Tantra~~]]		\| disciples = Tarakhepa and [[Nigamananda Paramahansa]]
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			\| honors = [[Tarapith]] Bhairav
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	'''Bamakhyapa''' ({{~~lang-~~bn\|বামাখ্যাপা\|Bamakhæpa\|mad ~~saint~~}}; 1837–1911<ref name="Kinsely, p. 111">Kinsely, p. 111</ref>), born '''Bamacharan Chattopadhyay''', ~~held in great reverence~~ in [[Tarapith]] and whose shrine is also located in the vicinity of the [[~~Tara (Devi)\|Tara~~]] ~~temple~~ in Birbhum~~. He worshipped Maa Tara as if she was his own mother~~. He was born at [[Atla village]] in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district.<ref>{{Cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THeS46wJ7TMC&q=atla+village+birbhum%2C+BIRTH+PLACE+OF+BAMAKHEPA&pg=PT244 \|title = Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar\|isbn = 9780892546008\|last1 = Harding\|first1 = Elizabeth U.\|date = September 1993}}</ref>		'''Bamakhyapa''' ({{langx\|bn\|বামাখ্যাপা\|Bamakhæpa\|mad Bama}}; 1837–1911<ref name="Kinsely, p. 111">Kinsely, p. 111</ref>), born '''Bamacharan Chattopadhyay''', was an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[List of Hindu gurus and saints\|Hindu saint]] who resided in [[Tarapith]] and whose shrine is also located in the vicinity of the [[Tarapith Temple]] in Birbhum. He was born at [[Atla village]] in the [[Rampurhat]] subdivision of the Birbhum district.<ref>{{Cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THeS46wJ7TMC&q=atla+village+birbhum%2C+BIRTH+PLACE+OF+BAMAKHEPA&pg=PT244 \|title = Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar\|isbn = 9780892546008\|last1 = Harding\|first1 = Elizabeth U.\|date = September 1993\| publisher=Nicolas-Hays }}</ref>

	[[File:Memory_of_Sadhak_Bamakhyapa.jpg\|thumb\|Memorial of Sadhak Bamakhyapa]]		[[File:Memory_of_Sadhak_Bamakhyapa.jpg\|thumb\|Memorial of Sadhak Bamakhyapa]]
			[[File:Bamakhyapa's_Temple.jpg\|thumb\|Bamakhyapa's Temple at [[Maluti]] in Jharkhand]]
	~~== Worship ==~~		[[File:Seated Sadhak Bamakhepa (born Bamacharan Chattopadhyay) idol at the Tarapith temple complex.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|Seated Bamakhepa idol at the Tarapith temple complex]]
	~~Bamakhaypa, goddess Tara's~~ ardent devotee lived near the temple and meditated in the cremation grounds.<ref name="Kinsely, p. 111" /> He was a contemporary of another famous Bengali saint [[Ramakrishna]]. At a young age, he left his house and came under the tutelage of a saint named Swami Makshadananda, who lived in a village name Dakshingram, in Birbhum district. Later he relocated to [[maluti]], an old temple village on the banks of [[Dwarka River]]. He stayed in Mouliksha temple for continuing the worship of Holy Mother.		He was an ardent devotee of Goddess Tara and lived near the temple and meditated in the cremation grounds.<ref name="Kinsely, p. 111" /> He stayed in Mouliksha temple for continuing the worship of Holy Mother.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Break-in at heritage temple \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/break-in-at-heritage-temple/cid/1471959 \|work=www.telegraphindia.com \|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]] \|date=7 December 2013}}</ref> Bamakhyapa was fed first in the temple before the deity and nobody obstructed him.<ref name="Harding">{{Cite book\|last= Harding\|first= Elizabeth U.\|title= Kali: the black goddess of Dakshineswar\|pages=275–279\|access-date=2010-06-26\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4woiJbQTsBQC&pg=PA274 \|publisher= Motilal Banarsidass Publ.\|year=1998\|isbn=81-208-1450-9}}</ref> It is believed that Goddess Tara gave a vision to Bamakhaypa in the cremation grounds in her ferocious form.<ref name="Kinsely, p. 111" />
	~~[[File:Bamakhyapa's_Temple.jpg~~\|~~thumb~~\|~~Bamakhyapa's Temple~~. ~~Maluti village, Jharkhand]]~~
	~~He perfected yoga and Tantric [[sadhana]] (worship)under the tutelage of his guru baba Kailashpati, which resulted in his becoming the spiritual head of Tarapith~~. ~~People came to him seeking blessings or cures for their illness,~~ in ~~distress or just to meet him~~. ~~He did not follow the set rules of the temple and as result was even once roughed up by the temple priests for taking food meant as offering for the deity~~. ~~It is said: Tara appeared in the dream of~~ [[~~Maharani]]~~ (~~"Queen"~~) ~~of [[Natore~~]]~~- [[Rani Bhabani]] and told her to feed the saint first as he was her son. After this incident, Bamakhaypa~~ was fed first in the temple before the deity and nobody obstructed him.<ref name="Harding">{{Cite book\|last= Harding\|first= Elizabeth U.\|title= Kali: the black goddess of Dakshineswar\|pages=275–279\|access-date=2010-06-26\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4woiJbQTsBQC&pg=PA274 \|publisher= Motilal Banarsidass Publ.\|year=1998\|isbn=81-208-1450-9}}</ref> It is believed that Tara gave a vision to Bamakhaypa in the cremation grounds in her ferocious form ~~and then took him to her breast~~.<ref name="Kinsely, p. 111" />

	== Popular culture ==		== Popular culture ==
	Beginning in 2007, a teleserial named ''<nowiki/>'Sadhak Bamakhepa''' about Bamakhepa ran on television in Bengal. By late 2011, it had run for 1500 episodes.<ref name=etvserial>Gomolo news desk. (29 Nov 2011). [http://www.gomolo.com/news-sadhok-bamakhyapa-gains-popularity/285 "Sadhok Bamakhyapa becomes highly popular"] (accessed 31 Jan 2013)</ref>		Beginning in 2007, a teleserial named ''<nowiki/>'Sadhak Bamakhepa''' about Bamakhepa ran on television in Bengal. By late 2011, it had run for 1500 episodes.<ref name=etvserial>Gomolo news desk. (29 Nov 2011). [http://www.gomolo.com/news-sadhok-bamakhyapa-gains-popularity/285 "Sadhok Bamakhyapa becomes highly popular"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004092303/http://www.gomolo.com/news-sadhok-bamakhyapa-gains-popularity/285 \|date=4 October 2018 }} (accessed 31 Jan 2013)</ref>

	==~~Notes~~==		In 2019 the teleserial ''[[Mahapeeth Tarapeeth]]'', the life of the ardent devotee Bamakhepa was also depicted elaborately.<ref>{{cite news \|title=আসছে নতুন ধারাবাহিক 'মহাপীঠ তারাপীঠ' \|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/a-new-tv-serial-named-mahapeeth-tarapeeth-is-coming-dgtl-1.940685 \|work=www.anandabazar.com \|publisher=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] \|date=27 January 2022\|language=bn}}</ref>
	~~{{Reflist~~}}

	==References==		==References==
	*{{Cite book\|last= Dalrymple\|first=William\|title=Nine Lives~~\|work=The Lady Twilight~~\|pages=203–233\|access-date=2010-06-19\|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yA1YPgAACAAJ&q=Nine+Lives+William+Dalrymple\|publisher= Bloomsbury Publishing Plc\|year= 2009\|isbn= 978-1-4088-0153-6}}		{{Reflist\|2}}

			==Further reading==
			{{refbegin}}
			*{{Cite book\|last= Dalrymple\|first=William\|title=Nine Lives\|pages=203–233\|access-date=2010-06-19\|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yA1YPgAACAAJ&q=Nine+Lives+William+Dalrymple\|publisher= Bloomsbury Publishing Plc\|year= 2009\|isbn= 978-1-4088-0153-6}}
	*{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nETj-4OaYEC\|last=Kinsley\|first=David R.\|title=Tantric visions of the divine feminine: the ten mahāvidyās\|publisher=University of California Press\|year=1997\|isbn=978-0-520-20499-7}}		*{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nETj-4OaYEC\|last=Kinsley\|first=David R.\|title=Tantric visions of the divine feminine: the ten mahāvidyās\|publisher=University of California Press\|year=1997\|isbn=978-0-520-20499-7}}
			*{{cite journal \|last1=Ramos \|first1=Imma \|editor-first1=Imma \|editor-last1=Ramos \|title=The Myth of the Goddess Sati \|journal=Pilgrimage and Politics in Colonial Bengal \|date=2017 \|volume=1 \|pages=138 \|doi=10.4324/9781315223148 \|url=https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315223148 \|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-315-22314-8\|url-access=subscription }}
	* ~~"[https://www.amazon~~.~~in/gp/product/1636692001~~/~~ref~~=~~dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 What is the Infinite Power?]" by Amritangshu Ghosh. [~~https://~~www~~.~~amazon~~.in/~~gp/product/1636692001/ref~~=~~dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 ISBN~~ 978-~~1636692005]~~		{{refend}}
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	'''Bamakhyapa''' ({{lang-bn\|বামাখ্যাপা\|Bamakhæpa\|mad saint}}; 1837–1911<ref name="Kinsely, p. 111">Kinsely, p. 111</ref>), born '''Bamacharan Chattopadhyay''',		'''Bamakhyapa''' ({{lang-bn\|বামাখ্যাপা\|Bamakhæpa\|mad saint}}; 1837–1911<ref name="Kinsely, p. 111">Kinsely, p. 111</ref>), born '''Bamacharan Chattopadhyay''', held in great reverence in [[Tarapith]] and whose shrine is also located in the vicinity of the [[Tara (Devi)\|Tara]] temple in Birbhum. He worshipped Maa Tara as if she was his own mother. He was born at [[Atla village]] in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district.<ref>{{Cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THeS46wJ7TMC&q=atla+village+birbhum%2C+BIRTH+PLACE+OF+BAMAKHEPA&pg=PT244 \|title = Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar\|isbn = 9780892546008\|last1 = Harding\|first1 = Elizabeth U.\|date = September 1993}}</ref>
	, held in great reverence in [[Tarapith]] and whose shrine is also located in the vicinity of the [[Tara (Devi)\|Tara]] temple in Birbhum. He worshipped Maa Tara as if she was his own mother. He was born at [[Atla village]] in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district.<ref>{{Cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THeS46wJ7TMC&q=atla+village+birbhum%2C+BIRTH+PLACE+OF+BAMAKHEPA&pg=PT244 \|title = Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar\|isbn = 9780892546008\|last1 = Harding\|first1 = Elizabeth U.\|date = September 1993}}</ref>

	[[File:Memory_of_Sadhak_Bamakhyapa.jpg\|thumb\|Memorial of Sadhak Bamakhyapa]]		[[File:Memory_of_Sadhak_Bamakhyapa.jpg\|thumb\|Memorial of Sadhak Bamakhyapa]]
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	*{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nETj-4OaYEC\|last=Kinsley\|first=David R.\|title=Tantric visions of the divine feminine: the ten mahāvidyās\|publisher=University of California Press\|year=1997\|isbn=978-0-520-20499-7}}		*{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nETj-4OaYEC\|last=Kinsley\|first=David R.\|title=Tantric visions of the divine feminine: the ten mahāvidyās\|publisher=University of California Press\|year=1997\|isbn=978-0-520-20499-7}}

	* "[https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/1636692001/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 What is the Infinite Power?]" by Amritangshu Ghosh. [https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/1636692001/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 ISBN 978-1636692005] ~~<br />~~		* "[https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/1636692001/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 What is the Infinite Power?]" by Amritangshu Ghosh. [https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/1636692001/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 ISBN 978-1636692005]
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'''Bamakhyapa''' ({{lang-bn|বামাখ্যাপা|Bamakhæpa|mad saint}}; 1837–1911<ref name="Kinsely, p. 111">Kinsely, p. 111</ref>), born '''Bamacharan Chattopadhyay''',
, held in great reverence in [[Tarapith]] and whose shrine is also located in the vicinity of the [[Tara (Devi)|Tara]] temple in Birbhum. He worshipped Maa Tara as if she was his own mother. He was born at [[Atla village]] in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=THeS46wJ7TMC&q=atla+village+birbhum%2C+BIRTH+PLACE+OF+BAMAKHEPA&pg=PT244 |title = Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar|isbn = 9780892546008|last1 = Harding|first1 = Elizabeth U.|date = September 1993}}</ref>

[[File:Memory_of_Sadhak_Bamakhyapa.jpg|thumb|Memorial of Sadhak Bamakhyapa]]

== Worship ==
Bamakhaypa, goddess Tara's ardent devotee lived near the temple and meditated in the cremation grounds.<ref name="Kinsely, p. 111" /> He was a contemporary of another famous Bengali saint [[Ramakrishna]]. At a young age, he left his house and came under the tutelage of a saint named Swami Makshadananda, who lived in a village name Dakshingram, in Birbhum district. Later he relocated to [[maluti]], an old temple village on the banks of [[Dwarka River]]. He stayed in Mouliksha temple for continuing the worship of Holy Mother.
[[File:Bamakhyapa's_Temple.jpg|thumb|Bamakhyapa's Temple. Maluti village, Jharkhand]]
He perfected yoga and Tantric [[sadhana]] (worship)under the tutelage of his guru baba Kailashpati, which resulted in his becoming the spiritual head of Tarapith. People came to him seeking blessings or cures for their illness, in distress or just to meet him. He did not follow the set rules of the temple and as result was even once roughed up by the temple priests for taking food meant as offering for the deity. It is said: Tara appeared in the dream of [[Maharani]] ("Queen") of [[Natore]]- [[Rani Bhabani]] and told her to feed the saint first as he was her son. After this incident, Bamakhaypa was fed first in the temple before the deity and nobody obstructed him.<ref name="Harding">{{Cite book|last= Harding|first= Elizabeth U.|title= Kali: the black goddess of Dakshineswar|pages=275–279|access-date=2010-06-26| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4woiJbQTsBQC&pg=PA274 |publisher= Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|year=1998|isbn=81-208-1450-9}}</ref> It is believed that Tara gave a vision to Bamakhaypa in the cremation grounds in her ferocious form and then took him to her breast.<ref name="Kinsely, p. 111" />

== Popular culture ==
Beginning in 2007, a teleserial named ''<nowiki/>'Sadhak Bamakhepa''' about Bamakhepa ran on television in Bengal. By late 2011, it had run for 1500 episodes.<ref name=etvserial>Gomolo news desk. (29 Nov 2011). [http://www.gomolo.com/news-sadhok-bamakhyapa-gains-popularity/285 "Sadhok Bamakhyapa becomes highly popular"] (accessed 31 Jan 2013)</ref>

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*{{Cite book|last= Dalrymple|first=William|title=Nine Lives|work=The Lady Twilight|pages=203–233|access-date=2010-06-19|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yA1YPgAACAAJ&q=Nine+Lives+William+Dalrymple|publisher= Bloomsbury Publishing Plc|year= 2009|isbn= 978-1-4088-0153-6}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nETj-4OaYEC|last=Kinsley|first=David R.|title=Tantric visions of the divine feminine: the ten mahāvidyās|publisher=University of California Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-520-20499-7}}

* "[https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/1636692001/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 What is the Infinite Power?]" by Amritangshu Ghosh. [https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/1636692001/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 ISBN 978-1636692005] <br />
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