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''BABA RAMESWAR DHAM '' Calcutta or Kolkata was not in existence at that time, the Sutanati was a mere village when the river Ganga was near to the present temple that was not in existence at that time. One morning a monk - Mouni Baba (the sannyasi who never talked) after taking his bath in river Ganga walked to a Bel tree surrounded by bush and sat beneath it with the vow of tapasya for knowing the Param Brhamha, the Shiva. The days and nights passed, years went off, the Sannyasi in one deep night heard the sound of a pair of Kharam (wooden footwear) coming towards him, in utter surprise he saw a Jyortirmoy Purush saying “ I fulfill your wish – here I am, those people who would come here and worship me would get his or her wish fulfilled” the Sannyasi passed into deep transcendental stage by the revelation of Param Brahma the Shiva. The unknown sannyasi when came back to his senses realized the mystic power of the lord and holiness of the place. The place turned into a holy Shiva Khetra. It was the belief of the native people that those who regularly offer worship at this place, his wished were fulfilled. In the history of hundreds of years there were innumerable people who heard the sound of kharam in the midnight or in the early dawn. It is the belief that Baba walks down to take bath in the river Ganges.

In the early 17th Century, the East India Company appointed a educated Bengali youth known as Nandaram Sen as the Deputy Collector of the Company. Nandaram Sen working in the East India Company became wealthy and built a temple at the place which is nearly 300 years old. The prima facie archeological finding reveals that the Shiva Linga consecrated is older than the temple and it is believed that the practice of Shiva worship at this place is much older. The list of worshippers and Sadhaks thronging at the site for spiritual salvation and material gains is very long. Thousands of women gathers in Neel Sasthi to offer Puja for the wellbeing of their children, it is the belief that offerings of the mothers’ in neel Sasthi benefits their children immensely and also benefits the expecting mothers. It is a common observation that Shri Rameswar Shiva is the icon of success, wealth and health. This Shri Rameswar Shiva Temple of Kolkata has a myth and history of great Sadhaks of tantra and shaiva faiths. This temple has two distinct annexure of Shakti Sthall, temple of Mother Durga, Mother Kali and Mother Annapurna and Hari Sthall, the temple of Shri Radha Krishna, Shri Gopal and Narayan Shilas of more than few hundred years old. Since 18th Century the Rameswar Shiva Temple of Kolkata was managed by the descendents of Nandaram Sen as Sebaits of Shri Rameswar Shib Jew Estate as a private endowment and since last 70 to 80 years the Seva Puja (rituals and worship) of lord Shiva and other deities were not been conducted properly in want of fund. In the last spell of 40 years the temple gradually went to oblivion, it remained almost closed and its precincts unlawfully occupied by hoodlums and trespassers. The people were unaware of this historic spiritual Shiva Dham. The descendant of Nandaram Sen, Shri Bholanath Sen the Managing Sebait approached the Manab Vikash Trust for the takeover of the temple and in 15th July, 2011, on holy Guru Purnima Tithi the Manab Vikash Trust took over the Management of the temple.