5/29/2023 0 Comments Bharath matha photos![]() ![]() Here, Bharat Mata (the Mother Land) is portrayed through the image of 'Jagattarini Durga'. The temple is located in Michael Nagar on Jessore Road, barely 2 km away from the Kolkata Airport. This temple does not have any statuary but only a marble relief of the map of India. The Bharat Mata temple was built in Benaras in 1936 by Shiv Prashad Gupt and was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi. ![]() In 1930s, the image entered in religious practice. The Tiranga flag was also started being included during this period. In 1920s, it became more political image sometimes including images of Mahatma Gandhi and Bhagat Singh. As the British Raj created cartographic shape of India through the Geological Survey of India, the Indian nationalist developed it into an icon of nationalism. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882 wrote a novel Anandamath and introduced the hymn 'Vande Mātaram', which soon became the song of the emerging freedom movement in India. The Manushi magazine story traces origin to a satirical work Unabimsa Purana or The Nineteenth Purana by Bhudeb Mukhopadhyay which was first published anonymously in 1866. Thus they are inspired and led rebellion which result in defeat of the British. The priest takes them to temple where they were shown Bharat Mata. The play set in 1770 Bengal famine depicted a woman and her husband who went to forest and encounters rebels. A play by Kiran Chandra Bannerjee, Bhārat Mātā, was first performed in 1873. The image of Bhāratmātā formed with the Indian independence movement of the late 19th century.
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