Kapalkundala Mandir, Purba Medinipur

 

Renovated version of the Kapalkundala Mandir which has spoiled its antiquity. 


Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote his second novel Kapalkundala in 1866. It is a story of a forest-dwelling girl named Kapalkundala, who fell in love with and married a young man from the city, but eventually found that she was unable to adjust herself with city life. Following the success of Chatterjee’s first novel Durgeshnandini, he wrote Kapalkundala. The story is set in Dariapur, where Chatterjee served as a Deputy Magistrate and Deputy Collector.


Kapalkundala temple has been declared a heritage site by the West Bengal Heritage Commission.

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