About Guptipara
Guptipara is a rural town under Balagarh police station in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly District in West Bengal, India. Guptipara is under the Pandooah Telephone District Area and the STD Code is 03213.
Guptipara is located at 2311N 8825E / 23.183N 88.417E / 23.183; 88.417
Guptipara is a town beside the Hooghly River, located between the three districts of Nadia, Hooghly and Burdwan.
The first publicly organised Sri Bindhabasini Jagaddhatri Puja was held at Guptipara, when some men were stopped from taking part in a household Durga Puja. Twelve of them formed a committee and organised a barowari (baro means twelve and yaar means friend) puja (worshipping). There is a difference of opinion about the year of worship 1761 or 1790.
There are some old temples in this rural town - Brindabanchandra Temple, Chaitanyadev Temple, Krishna Chandra Temple and Ramachandra Temple. All the structures bear characteristics of the Bengal school of architecture, with carvings depicting...