Kantanagar

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kantanagar

Village in the Thakurgaon subdivision of Dinajpur District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 25 degree 48' N. and 88° 39’ E. It is the site of a fine eighteenth-century Hindu temple to Kantajl (Vishnu), the family god of the Raja of Dinajpur. The foun- dation was laid in 1 704, but the finest portion was not completed till 1 772 ; the temple was badly damaged in the earthquake of 1897. The place is much resorted to, and an annual fair is held here at the time of the Rash festival in October-November.

[Martin, Eastern India, vol. ii, p. 628.]