Wiki Explores Howrah - Phase I

Howrah district

Wiki Explores Howrah - Phase I is a one day event to document some areas of district of Howrah, West Bengal, India. The objective of this event is to do photo-documentation of the various heritage structures in the said area most of which have less or no presence in Wikimedia commons.

Goal

1. Photograph heritage sites along with important places near them in and around Amta area of Howrah district
2. Upload media for the heritage structures of Howarh district in Commons
3. Create / Update articles about the heritage structures in Bengali and English Wikipedia
4. Create / Update items in Wikidata

Participant

Amitabha Gupta (talk) 05:03, 7th March 2021 (UTC)

Itinerary

• 7th March 2021 (Sunday) - Depart from Kolkata Station by a Hired Car and head towards Amta area of Howrah District and photo document heritage structures of surrounding areas

Places to be covered

1. Asanda
   1. Sridhar Jiu TempleY
   2. Hara Sundar Shiva TempleY
2. Pantihal
   1. Pancharatna temple of Majumder familyY
   2. Twin Aatchala temple(only one temple remains)Y
   3. Nine Pinacle Octagonal Rasmancha besides Bagh houseY
   4. Saha Para Sitaram Saha Octagonal RasmanchaN
3. Nijabalia
   1. Singhabahini TempleY
   2. Octagonal Nine pinaccled Rasmancha outside SinghaBahini templeY
   3. Aatchala Shiva Temple with TerracottaY
   4. Pipileshwar Shiva TempleY
4. Jagatballabhpur
   1. Mahendraswar Shiva TempleY
   2. Aatchala Shiva Temple of Pal family with RasmanchaY
5. Bankuli
   1. Nabaratna Dadhibaman templeN
   2. Jora Shiva temple of Kaviraj family(only one temple remains)Y
6. Joypur
   1. Jaleswar Shiva TempleY
   2. Sridhar Jiu temple of Das familyY
   3. Octagonal RasmanchaY
7. Mahishamuri
   1. Bhubaneshwari temple of Ghosh familyY
8. Kalyanpur
   1. Damodarjiu Temple(Totally ruined)Y
   2. Kali temple of Pal family with Rasmancha (Totally renovated, Rasmancha demolished)Y
9. Gazipur
   1. Two storied temple of Gobindaram JiuY
10. Singti
    1. Five pinnacled TempleY
    2. Bera family AatchalaN
    3. Lakshminarayan temple of Kar familyN
    4. Sitala temple at SamantaparaN
11. Jaddabbati
    1. Nabaratna Biswanath Shiva Temple over flat roofed structureY

Financial Report

Purpose	Shop	Date	Price (INR)	Receipt	Remarks
Car cost	Raj Travel Services	07.03.2021	4000	Yes
Lunch	Hyat Hotel & Restaurant	07.03.2021	845	yes
Toll	National Highway Authority of India	07.03.2021	210	Yes
Total				5055

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