A Weekend At TARAPITH
Tarapith,the ultimate place for the worshipers of Maa Tara. Tarapith is situated on the banks of the north flowing Dwarka river, in Birbhum, in West Bengal. Birbhum is a district in the western Rarh region of West Bengal. Birbhum is famous for its folk culture and the magnificent temple of Maa Tara. The temple is about 3oo miles away from Kolkata.
It was on 20th September, 2007 that my parents and I visited Tarapith. The climate at this time of the year is perfectly fine for a short weekend in East India. We left Dhanbad at about 9 o clock in the morning. The temple is about 140 kilometers from Dhanbad which took our driver not more than 4 and a half hours to cover the distance. We searched for a hotel close to the temple. There are a number of hotels at Tarapith. It may be a small town but the accommodation facilities are of no concern. Hotels were not booked as it was not the “purnima”or “amavasya”. We got the room and we rested there for half an hour. Having inquired the manager of the hotel about the crowd we decided to worship the goddess in the same evening.
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