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{{Short description|Tibetan Buddhist Temple in West Bengal}}
[[File:Bhot_Bagan_Math,_the_first_Tibetan_Buddhist_Temple_in_the_plains_of_India_at_Ghusuri,_Howrah_38.jpg|thumb|Bhot Bagan Math at Ghusuri]]
'''Bhot Bagan Moth''' popularly known as Mahakal Math is a Tibetan Buddhist Temple located at [[Ghusuri]], [[Howrah district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is the first Tibetan Buddhist Temple in the plains of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bhot Bagan Math, Ghusuri {{!}} Howrah District Website {{!}} India |url=https://howrah.gov.in/tourist-place/bhot-bagan-math-ghusuri/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |language=en-UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Howrah Zilla Parishad - Index |url=https://howrahzillaparishad.in/places-of-interest.php |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=howrahzillaparishad.in}}</ref> The Moth is a unique monastery with rare combination of [[Shaivism|Shaiva]] and [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhist]] culture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bhot Bagan Moth |url=https://wbhc.in/home/place_details/MDJiNWQyMzZjYmMxNjBmOGNhOGQwNjFjNDc0OWZjOWE1Y2QyNmM2NTdjNTFiN2M2ZmQ5ZTI3MzZmOTMxODAxNzBjMmE5ZWRiMTdhMjIzMmRjMjI4OThlMzJmMTUzZmFlOGM4ODNjMzlkOTQ5YzNhMTVlNjgzMGUzYWJjNWM3NTNmQ2t6TDBmRVBYN2VaS250VE9DdExWUEZJNWZMcmpmV3gvNmsveHF0d1FzPQ== |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=West Bengal Heritage Commission |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==History==
The third Panchen Lama wanted to restore the connections between [[Tibet]] and [[India]], he asked English representative [[George Bogle (diplomat)|George Bogle]] to make arrangements. Bogle reported the issue to the then [[Governor-General of India|Governor General of Bengal]] [[Warren Hastings]]. Hastings donated huge lands to Puran Giri (1743–1795), the representative of [[Panchen Lama]] and the Moth was founded in 1776.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dhar |first=Niranjan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0X4RAAAAMAAJ&q=Puran+Giri+Ghusuri |title=Vedanta and the Bengal Renaissance |date=1977 |publisher=Minerva Associates (Publications) |isbn=978-0-88386-837-9 |language=en}}</ref> Puran Giri, the famous [[Daśanāmi Sampradaya|Dashnami Saint]] later worshipped Shaivas, [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] mixed religious rituals in the Moth.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bengal (India) |first=West |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oDhuAAAAMAAJ&q=Puran+Giri+Ghusuri |title=West Bengal District Gazetteers: Howrāh, Amiya Kumar Banerji |date=1972 |publisher=State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers |language=en}}</ref> In 1795, Moth was attacked by armed dacoit and Puran Giri was killed to resist them. Since 1905, the Moth became abandoned and presently the Moth complex is under the supervision of the West Bengal Heritage Commission.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bhot Bagan: The Howrah monastery with a tumultuous history |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/places/howrahs-bhot-bagan-is-a-west-bengal-tibetan-buddhist-monastery-with-a-tumultuous-history/cid/1864945 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> The Moth complex includes number of brick built dilapidated temples and Vaishnava Mahanta Graveyard.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Huber |first=Toni |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SjzSpGf1eM0C&dq=Bhot+Bagan+Math&pg=PA228 |title=The Holy Land Reborn: Pilgrimage and the Tibetan Reinvention of Buddhist India |date=2008-09-15 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-35650-1 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==

* {{Commons category-inline|Bhot Bagan Math}}
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[[Category:Buddhist monasteries in West Bengal]]
[[Category:16th-century establishments in India]]
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1776]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Howrah district]]
[[Category:Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples in India]]

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