Kulingram: Purba Bardhaman Village Shines in Bengali Literature, History, and Tradition

• Kulingram in Purba Bardhaman is a village deeply connected to Bengali literary history, known as the birthplace of Maladhar Basu, author of 'Shrikrishnavijay'.
• Maladhar Basu, honored with the title 'Gunaraj Khan' by the Pathan Sultan of Gauda, translated the Tenth Canto of Vyasadeva's Sanskrit Bhagavata Purana into Bengali.
• The village became a significant Vaishnava cultural center through the efforts of Basu's son Satyaraj Khan and grandson Ramananda Basu, a close associate of Chaitanyadev.
• Shri Chaitanyadev himself visited Kulingram, and the village gained recognition as a Vaishnava pilgrimage site.
• Kulingram hosts a Jagannath Dev temple and other deities, attracting devotees from India and abroad during Rath Yatra and Janmashtami.