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About Sonāmukhi
Sonamukhi is a town and a municipality in the Bishnupur subdivision of the Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
From the Wikipedia article Sonamukhi (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Sonamukhi is a town of religious importance. There are many old temples throughout the town and a Mosque near Sonamukhi police station. Sonamukhi is the birthplace of Haranath Thakur and KusumKumari Devi. Sonamukhi also famous for temples made by terracotta art. one can find many temples showing a great form of terracotta, like Sridhar temple. They are the reincarnation of Gouranga also known as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This place is considered equal importance among devotees as that of places like Vrindavan and Nabadwip respective birthplace of Krishna and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This place is also noted for ancient Godashiv puja, which is located on Godashivtala (Satyapirtala). Besides the temple of "Kusumharanath" there other temples such as Manohar Das Thakur etc. Adjacent to the temple of Kusumharanath there is Ananta Kunda which water is sacred.
From the History section of Sonamukhi on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (RDP) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 40 km away.
- Pātrasāer 17 km southeast, about 17 min by car
- Barjora 19 km northwest, about 19 min by car
- Beliātor 20 km west, about 20 min by car
- Durgapur 26 km northwest, about 26 min by car
- Bishnupur 27 km south, about 27 min by car
- Bānkura 36 km west, about 36 min by car
- Guskhara 39 km northeast, about 39 min by car
- Barddhamān 46 km east, about 46 min by car
- Rānīganj 45 km northwest, about 45 min by car
- Āsansol 61 km northwest, about 1 h by car
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