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History of Chakdaha
Chakdaha is town situated almost on the edge of Nadia in West Bengal. It is not as big as other towns or cities do  but you could get almost everything here, there are weekly markets, shopping complexes, green trees, large fields for crop production, bank of river Ganga, various temples, parks ect. but surprisingly it didn't started up like these, this town has many histories behind, today I will be sharing some of the local history of  my area. It will contain 3 parts and all the information that I have gathered  are based on holy books and some of them are based on the information of some senior citizens and local resident.

History behind Chakdaha

The word Chakdaha has its own historical story which is - from an ancient book we came to know that one day Bhagirath was moving  in his chariot during which  the wheel of his chariot got sank in a muddy hole. Then the locals  said that as his Chakra (wheel) got sank in Daha (muddy hole)  that place should be named as Chakradaha from where, today we get the word Chakdaha or Chakdah which is now a popular town.

History of flowing Ganga

Through  this town the River Ganga is flowing which sometimes called as Bhagirathi Ganga which is mentioned and respected as a holy river. In the holy book Mahabharata it is mentioned that when, from heaven Bhagirath invited Ganga and was showing the way  to rescue his ancestors the river flowed through many places  and among those places  Chakdaha has also witnessed the holy touch of river Ganga.

History of an Ancient puja

The Ganga river  about which I have told previously is now located a bit far from where it was flowing before. Where the Ganga was flowing before,  beside it there was a small market, inbetween that market there was a small temple where everyone gather once in a year and worshiped the idol,  Which is now called as Ganesh Janani Puja (puja of the mother of lord Ganesha) and now it is  organised in the bank of River Buri Ganga (old Ganga). This puja is done on Maghi Purnima every year and continue to the next 16 days. Most importantly this puja is about 350 to 400 years old.