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The
Shyamsundar
Jiu
Mandir
is
situated
at
Khardah
under
Barrackpore
sub-division
of
North
24
Parganas
district.
The
temple
was
established
by
Sri
Birbhadra
-
the
divine
son
of
Sri
Sri
Nityananda
Mahaprabhu.
Birbhadra
Goswami
was
born
in
1457
AD
at
Kunjabati
-
the
residence
of
Sri
Nityananda
Mahaprabhu
in
Khardah.
There
is
a
legend
associated
with
the
history
of
this
temple.
Birbhadra
Goswami
was
born
at
a
time
when
Tantrasastra
and
Buddhism
were
the
two
most
popular
religions
in
Bengal.
On
the
will
of
Sri
Sri
Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu,
he
gathered
Vaishnavites
at
Khardah
from
different
places
of
Bengal
and
started
to
perform
sadhana
(worshipping)
at
Kunjabati.
He
got
know
about
a
special
black
basalt
stone
(Kasthi
Pathar)
through
his
sadhana.
The
stone
on
which
Lord
Krishna
stood
during
the
Rajsuya-Jagya
of
Dharmaraj
Yudhistthir
was
located
in
the
Goud
Palace.
The
stone
held
three
different
incarnations
of
Lord
Krishna
-
Mohini
Rup,
Shyam
Rup
and
Vatsalya
Rup.
He
wanted
to
bring
the
stones
and
carve
out
the
three
idols
out
of
the
stone.
With
this
objective,
he
started
to
unite
the
Vaishnavites
and
went
to
Maldah
along
with
them
chanting
the
holy
Harinam.
On
his
insistence,
the
Badshah
of
Goud
agreed
to
give
the
stone
to
him
to
make
the
idols.
Birbhadra
saw
a
dream
where
Lord
Krishna
told
him
-
'It
is
impossible
to
carry
the
stone
through
the
conventional
route,
so
I
will
go
flowing
through
the
waves
of
river
Ganges'.
As
per
the
instruction,
the
stone
was
flown
in
the
river
and
it
came
floating
up
to
Khardah.
It
was
collected
at
the
place
which
is
presently
known
as
Shyamer
Ghat.
Three
idols
of
Lord
Krishna
were
made
by
Nayan
-
Vaishnava
devotee
and
artist.
The
three
idols
were
Ballav
Ji,
Shyamsundar
Ji
and
Nandadulal
Ji.
On
the
day
of
Maaghi-Purnima,
the
idols
were
established
in
their
temples
respectively
-
Ballav
Ji
at
Ballavpur,
Shyamsundar
Ji
at
Khardah
and
Nandadulal
Ji
at
Saibon.
The
temple
at
Khardah
is
in
Atchala
style
with
the
idols
of
Sri
Krishna
and
Radha.
There
is
a
Natmandir
in
front
of
the
main
temple.
Lakhs
of
pilgrims
visit
the
Khardah
Shyamsundar
Mandir
to
witness
the
deity
of
Shyamsundar.
The
temple
has
great
historic
importance
as
Mahaprabhu
Sri
Chaitanya
and
Sri
Nityananda
lived
here.
The
place
has
a
rich
heritage
and
is
sanctified
as
their
Leelakshetra.
The
West
Bengal
Heritage
Commission
declared
the
temple
as
heritage
in
2018.