Paharpur Bihar – Back to Past

The village of Paharpur is situated about 10 km south west corner from Joypurhat in the district of Naogan. A destruction of old Buddhist Temple is placed at Paharpur. This Temple is called the Sampur Bihar. In the eight century, Dharmapal, the father of Debpal built this temple. The internal space of this temple is 920 square feet (920 x 4) and is well protected with four walls. There are 177 class rooms around the old walls. Once it is supposed to be a Buddhist University. The height of this temple is about 72 feet from plain land. There are four (Puea Mandap) worship place around the second step of the temple. In the east of the temple, there is a museum and a rest house of the Archeology department. After digging from 1923 to 1934, many statues of God Goddesses are discovered of different ages. The village of Malancha is close to Paharpur village. There is a monument of Sattapir (True Religious Man). The space of this monument is about 980 feet. There are 132 meditational seats and a pile of soil. According the Hinduism, this place (seat) belongs to Satta Narayan and the Muslims believe that it is called the Dargah (Holy Place) at satta pir. Many people offer shirni (Tobarak of Food) for their religious agreement. Paharpur is the adobe of Raja (king) Moydanab. The king had two sons and a daughter. The name of his daughter was Sandhaboti. The history of Sondhaboti is given below –

There was a small river named ‘Annar’ beside the king’s palace. Once Sandhaboti taking her mother’s permission went to river to bath with her companions. After finishing bath, she saw a beautiful flower coming towards her by the wave of the river. Sandhaboti was addicted to the flower and took smell by catching it. After some days, Sandhaboti understood that she is pregnant. Finding no other alternatives, one day she told her mother ins and outs of the incident. Helplessly, her mother(Queen) became bound to inform the king about the incident. The king became very angry with the information and sent his daughter to the forest to check the scandal. By the course of time, a child took birth.