Tamluk (Bengali: তমলুক) is the
district headquarters of PurbaMedinipur district of West Bengal, India.
Present day Tamluk is the site of the ancient city variously known as
Tamralipta or Tamralipti. The present town is located on the banks of
the Rupnarayan River close to the Bay of Bengal. According to some
scholars, Tamluk derives its name from the Sanskrit word Tamra Lipta
meaning “full of copper”.
It was once a seaport, now buried under river silt. For this reason, Tamluk has many ponds and lakes remaining today.
Jishnu-Hari Mandir
According
to Jaimini’s Mahabharat Supreme Lord Sri Krishna and Arjun came here to
release the divine Horse of AshwamedhYagna from King Tramradhwaja. The
land of Tamluk is always divine and sacred because it was touched by the
lotus feet of Sri Krishna. Mahabharat sung by Jaimini rishi mentions
elaborately about this incident.
According to Local devotees here, in
various Vaisnava religious writing, the name Tamluk is mentioned as the
next “Vrindavan” where on the next Kalpa ( Next Creation of the
universe) Sri Krishna will play his Ras Leela. They quote the following
verse of Sri Krishna himself confessing his affection with Tamluk to
Arjuna.
Tamoliptat Param Sthanam Nasmakam Pritirishyate
Mamakam Hridayang Lakkha Jathatyajyang Tatha Maya
Tamoliptang Hi Natyajyamidameba Su nischatam
Tyajyami Sarba tirthani Kale Kale Yuge Yuge
Tamoliptantta Kausteya Na tyajyami Kadachana.
It means : Tamluk is the supreme place of
religion, the way my wife Lakshmi Devi stays in my heart, Tamluk is
always nearer to my heart in such a way, Again and again, time to time i
will leave all Pilgrimage, but will never leave tamluk for a moment
even.
Sripath – Samadhi of Srila Basu ghosh and the Gauranga Mahaprabhu Mandir (Narpota)
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