Raybari Rasmancha, Dasghara, Hooghly

 

Roy Family’s Rasmancha

Walking distance from this dispensary is the rashmancha complex of the Roy family. The complex is inside an enclosure and it has European soldiers, stucco floral motifs and a Ganesha statue on one of its walls. The name ‘Beepin Kristo Roy’ is engraved below the Ganesh statue in Bengali. The rasmancha is built on four walls with archway openings. It has pillars and one arch each with beautiful stucco decorations. Each pillar contains multiple small pilasters.

Adjacent to the rashmancha is a three-arched thakur ghar, where the presiding deity of the Roy family, Sri Sri Krishnaroy Jiu, resides. A cement stage in the same compound is used for religious gatherings, where devotional songs are chanted. It is also used as a theatre or yatra during various festivals such as Rash, Dol, Janmashtami and Jhulan.