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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bhandirban
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Birbhum District|Birbhum]]
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'''Bhandirban''' is a village in [[Birbhum district]] of [[West Bengal]] state.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://villageinfo.in/west-bengal/birbhum/suri-i/bhandirban.html|title=Bhandirban Village in Suri I(birbhum) West Bengal|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The name of the place is also spelled alternatively as Bhandier Bon.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.birbhum.gov.in/tourism/birtour.htm|title=Tourism-District Website of Birbhum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429041913/http://www.birbhum.gov.in/tourism/birtour.htm|archive-date=2018-04-29|url-status=live}}</ref> Bhandirban village is administered by the [[Khatanga, West Bengal]] gram panchayat of [[Suri I]] [[Community development block in India|community development block]] in [[Suri Sadar subdivision]] of [[Birbhum district]].<ref name="auto1"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tabletwise.com/hospitals/barachaturi-bphc-community-health-center-suri-i|title=Barachaturi BPHC Community Health Center - Address and Reviews - Barachaturi Bphc, Khatanga, Near Khatanga Gram Panchayat Office, Khatanga, Block : Suri-i, Dist : Birbhum, Suri-I, Suri-i, Birbhum, West Bengal - Phone Number|website=tabletwise}}</ref> The village is located on the banks of the [[Mayurakshi River]] on Suri-Dumka highway at a distance of 10 km from the district headquarter at [[Suri, Birbhum]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bhandirban,+West+Bengal+731126/@23.9743449,87.4620702,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x39f75725fce22835:0x82be93284ffc4d75!8m2!3d23.975997!4d87.4690648|title=Bhandirban, West Bengal -731126}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Bhandirban had a total population of 1,168 of which 605 (52%) were males and 563 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 147. The total number of literates in Bhandirban was 704 (68.95% of the population over 6 years)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html|title=C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data (PCA)- WEST BENGAL|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909163555/http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html|archive-date=9 September 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==History==
This place was under [[Zamindar|Zemindari]] of [[Bardhaman|Burdwan]] [[Maharaja]]<ref name=":2" /> in [[United Kingdom|British]] era. There are two temples explored by Archeological Survey of India<ref name=":2" />- Bhandirban Gopal<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TgFoR7sW5WgC&q=bhandirban&pg=PA335|title=West Bengal Today-A fresh Look|last=Ray|first=Biswanath|publisher=Mittal|year=1993|isbn=9788170995272|location=New Delhi-110059|pages=335}}</ref> Mandir and Bhandeswar Shiv Mandir situated in Bhandirban village.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://ignca.gov.in/Asi_data/21747.pdf|title=Archeological Survey of India 1921-22 Page 77-78 by Dr .Brainerd Spooner}}</ref>,.

==Gopal Bari==
Gopal Bari also known as Gopal Mandir is a temple dedicated to the deity [[Krishna]].<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gopal+Bari/@23.9729685,87.4682354,20z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x39f75725956bb0d1:0x2f18b477fb220d04!8m2!3d23.9733594!4d87.4719583|title=Gopalbari|website=Gopalbari|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> The stone plate on the temple credits the origin of the temple to the local legend, according to which a hermit Dhruv Goswami<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515338/page/n3|title=Birbhum Bibaran -Vol1|last=Chakraborty|first=Mahimaniranjan, Ed|publisher=Digital Libraray of India Item 2015.515338|year=1916|isbn=|location=Printed by R.C Mittra, 9 Visvakosha Lane,Baghbazar, Calcutta|pages=145–149}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.32599/2015.32599.Bengal-District-Gazetteers---Birbhum_djvu.txt|title=Full text of" Bengal District Gazetteers-Birbhum"|last=Majumdar|first=Durgadas|publisher=State Editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers|year=1975|isbn=|location=3 Rajendra Nath Mukherjee Road, Calcutta* 1 and printed by Messrs N. K. Gossain 8e Co. (P) Ltd. 13/7. Ariff Road. Calcutta-Gy.|pages=558}}</ref> while wandering at Bhandirban had placed on the ground, the twelve images of Gopal he was carrying. One of the images got stuck on the location where it was placed after which a temple was built at that location, by Ramnath Bhaduri,<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1/38309/GIPE-017789.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y|title=Bengal District Gazetteers-- Birbhum , Page No-110 By L.S.S. O'Malley , Bengal Secretariat Book Depot 1910|last=O'Malley|first=L.S.S.(ICS)|date=1920}}</ref> the Diwan of [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]] [[Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad|Nawab]] Muhhammad-Ul- Zaman Khan in the year 1754.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Fairs and festivals on the eve of Goshtashtami (also known as Gopashtami) are celebrated every year in the Bengali month of [[Kartik (month)|Kartik]]<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4fw2DAAAQBAJ&q=Goshtashtami&pg=PA10|title=Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Hindu Lord ...|last=Vemsani|first=Lavanya|publisher=Santa Barbara:ABC-CLIO|year=2016|isbn=9781610692113|location=130, Cremona Drive, P.O.BOX-1911, Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911|pages=Page 9, 10}}</ref>

==Bhandeswar Shiva Mandir==
Bhandeswar [[Shiva]] [[Hindu temple|Mandir]] is located behind the Gopal Mandir.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://amitguha.blog/birbhum/|title=Birbhum|date=2017-12-18|website=Amit Guha|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> It was rebuilt by Ramnath Bhaduri.<ref name=":2" /> The laterite stone temple built by Bhaduri is tall [[pyramid]]a [[Shikhara|sikharal]] type. The spire is about 45 feet high. The floor of shrine is 5 feet below the level of platform. The enshrined [[Lingam|linga]] is a natural [[boulder]], to the right of which is placed a four-handed stone image of Goddesses Durga.<ref name=":2" />
<gallery>
File:Sree Gopal Mandir.jpg|Gopal Mandir
File:Bhaktas waiting for MahaBhog-prasad.jpg
File:Gopal Mandir archtecture.jpg|Side view Gopal Mandir
File:Bhandir Bon Gopal Mandir.jpg|Main Gate Gopal Mandir
File:Shasthitala, Bhandeswar Shiv Mandir.jpg|alt=Shasthitala,Bhandeswar Shiv Mandir|Shasthitala, Bhandeswar Shiv Mandir
File:Bhandeswar Shiv-Mandir1.jpg| Bhandeswar Shiv Mandir
</gallery>

== References ==

{{reflist}}

{{Birbhum District}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Bhandirban}}

[[Category:Villages in Birbhum district]]

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