Showing posts with label Gava. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gava. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Gava, Bangladesh: Home of Ghosh Dastidar Family


Gava, Bangladesh: Home of the Ghosh Dastidar Family

by

Sabyasachi Ghosh Dastidar



Pancha-Ratna (Five Steepled) Hindu Temple

(now an Islamic mosque resides in its courtyard after the Hindu deity was destroyed, and temple unusable)



Centuries-old Memorial of a Ghosh-Dastidar Ancestor



A Ghosh Dastidar Family Shrine -- Puja Bari:

Ma Manasha (Goddess of Snake) Puja Festival Conducted by Ghosh-Dastidar family and Local Hindu Women



A Centuries-old Traditional Bengali Hindu Memorial of a Ghosh-Dastidar:

Gava, Home of 40 Generations of Bangladeshi Indigenous Ghosh-Dastidar Family



Pancha-Ratna Hindu Temple; the Tin-shed Mosque on Right built on the Hindu Temple Property





The Canal built in the Middle Ages by Ghosh-Dastidar Family


A Gava Ghosh-Dastidar Family with Guests





The Gava High School (1889), Alma Mater of many Noted Indians



Lohar Pool (Iron Bridge): A Famous Landmark of the 19Th Century





A Ghosh-Dastidar Family Memorial



A Gava Street Scene



A Bamboo Shanko (Foot Bridge)





Harvest of a Gava Family

A Gava, Barisal, Bangladesh, Harvest





A Home of a Hindu Family, now Refugee in India


The ancestral home of 40 generations of Ghosh-Dastidar Family of Bengal, Bangladesh and India.


A Family Chart of Ghosh & Ghosh-Dastidar of about 40 Generations in East Bengal/


Banglar BrahmanKayastha O GhoshDastidar Bangsha (Bengal's Bramin-Kayastha and Ghosh Dastidar Family) by SriDskshinaRanjan GhoshDastidar, printed by SriSudhanghuRanjan Sengupta, Truth Press, 3 Nandan Road, Bhabanipur; Baisakh 1351 (April-May 1945). Price only 2 takas.