Andul Dutta Chaudhury Zamindar Bari
The "Dutta Chaudhury" family was the antecedent, who came and inhabit in this place. This family was the Zamindar (superior landlord) family. Previously, the name of this place was not Andul but it was addressed as "Dokhin Nabadwip". This family was only "Dutta" erstwhile, but after gaining respect from Shah Jahan, who bestowed the zamindari title or surname "Chaudhury" to this family, together it is called now as "Dutta Chaudhury".
The total region of Andul including Argori up to Amta belonged to this zamindar family of "Dutta Chaudhury". This family has produced many eminent persons, one of them is Gobinda Chandra Dutta Chaudhury, by whose name Gobindapur (one of the three villages which constituted the modern Kolkata city) was termed. Their more than 500 years aged ancestral zamindari house is totally obliterated now, one cannot even find any fragment of it. They are also having Durga Puja which was started in the year of 1570 and they still celebrated, with the same tradition, in their ancestral Hall (given in the picture). There lie a Super-Natural symbolization in the Dutta Chaudhury Durga Hall (Thakur Dalan). Once three intellectual person (Sages) roomed into this Hall for a night. The very succeeding day when they are about to depart, they verbalized this place to be a very blessed and dive place.Last night perhaps or feasibly they got some divine vision, which they have not disclosed. Alike the previous event, there lie another tale regarding the Dive or blissful vision. Nipendranath Dutta Chaudhury, one member of this family was adored of playing Violin (a string instrument). He generally used to play it in mid-night, to skip out from local bedlam. When he played violin, he used to play it wholeheartedly, with full absorption, leaving behind the outer materialistic world. One day like as usual he was playing violin, facing towards the Durga Hall (Thakur Dalan), all on a sudden got sight of a charming small girl proceeding by dancing and disappeared near the Lord Kashiwar Shiva temple, which are attached to the Durga Hall (Thakur Dalan). He got astonished and thunder-bolted. When he set aside such vision to his family members, got to know that the little girl was none another than Goddess Sarawati, who probably felt nice about the way he was devoted in playing violin so She came into sight to him in such way. It is said that this "Dutta Chaudhury" family came into power only for the virtue of the blessings of a mythical stone (Parosh Moni/Devdutta Moni). There is a figuration behind their acquiring of this mythical stone. It is said that Ratnakar Dutta, the son of Devdas Dutta of AndulDutta Chaudhury had his usual showering from the River Ganges.He got astound to view a sparkling crystal like object, so he griped that stone, took it into his house and reserved it in a simple typical Steel vessel.He got perplex at once by its site, when he found that the vessel, where the Parosh Moni/Devdutta Moni was conserved, turned into a golden vessel.By the blessing of that mythical stone, Ratnakar Dutta became the possessorship of incomparable wealth and riches.This news of Ratnakar reached the ear of the King of Gaur, West Bengalat that time.The king of Gaur city then beckoned Ratnakar Dutta with that mythical stone to his Gaur city.But while Ratnatkar was in his way to Gaur city by boat, he then decided not to appear before the king.He got upset, by anticipating that if the king demand that mythical stone, then what he is going to do.Then he threw himself with that mythical stone in the river Ganges and died. Ratnakar Dutta had an heir, named Krishnanda Dutta.Krishnanda had three sons named-Ramsharan Dutta, Gobinda sharan Dutta and Hari sharan Dutta.Due to internal family controversies, this three brothers became completely isolated from each other.Gobinda Sharan Dutta emigrated from his Andul Dutta Chaudhury house and got settled on the Eastern banks of the River Hooghly, the major distributary of the River Ganges, this place is now known as Fort William (Kolkata.From that time that place became to known as Gobindapur, Kolkata.British people shifted the residence of Gobinda Sharan Dutta from Fort William to Hatkhola for the purpose of the construction of Durga idol.Gobinda Sharan Dutta began to stay at Hatkhola and presently they are re-cognise at "Hatkhola Dutta Bari".So Gobinda Sharan became the first heir of this newly formed (at that time) Hatkhola Dutta Family.
Some eminent personalities from this Andul Dutta Chaudhury are Gobindra Chandra Dutta, Nipendranath Dutta Chaudhury, Narendranath Dutta and Akshay Kumar Chaudhury Kedar Nath Dutta(Vaktibinod thakur)3rd pravupaad of baishnava school founder of Chandul Math(puri) re discovered navadip, great film actor Basanta chowdhury,Madan Mohan Dutta chowdhury Who established the satires of pretshila (Gaya Tirtha) and more.[1]
This family had also earned British trust, though they themselves didn't play the role of "middle man".
The name of this place "Andul", is quite related with this family in some way or the other. It is believed that Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, whose blessed feet have walked on and sanctified the soil of this place, and whose gracious presence and inspiration had led to this place being called as "Ananda Dhuli", ultimately from which the name "Andul" was derived. It is also believed that Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had gave a feet of rest in one of the old houses (which can still be seen) of this "Dutta Chaudhury" royal family.
References[edit]
- ↑ Prachin Kolkata by Nishith Ranjan Roy, Dutta banshamala by Kedar nath Dutta.
2. Dutta Chaudhuri Chronicles: http://www.duttachaudhurichronicles.com
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