Temple Profile

Our ‘Shri Shri Radha Gobinda Mandir’ is situated by the side of a long pond namely ‘Tapan Dighi’ which is said to be ‘Tarpan’ pond of Ban Raja as depicted in the Mahabharat Puran, “Ban Parba”. This pond is at Tapan, a place in the district Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. Raja Ban laid in Bangar which exists still now 16 km. away from Tapan and he created a dighi (long pond) and a ‘TapaBana’ on its Western bank for worshipping God. As described in the ‘Birat Parba’ of the Mahabharat, the renowned king Birat lived in Adina-Pandua, the place also existing still now, 60 km away from Tapan and Five Pandavas spent their hiding year (Ajnata Barsha) in guise in the palace of Birat. The place ‘Bairatta’ is renowned for samikh tree is not too far from Tapan. So Tapan is surrounded with the places relating to the Mahabharat. It is to be remembered that all places are related and virtues to the greatest religious activities of Sri Krishna who is an Avtar of God Vishnu.

Some devotees of God, of this place once with the feeling of the deepest devotion dreamt for a temple not only for worshipping God but also for serving mankind and being once directed in the dream by the supreme God, they founded the temple named Shri Shri Radha Gobinda Mandir. They organised a devotee society namely ‘Shri Shri Radha Gobinda Sevashram Sangha’ and named the place as ‘Tarpan Ananda Tirtha Dham’. The sangha expanded their ideas of God from Shri Krishna to Shri Shri Jagat Mata and Shri Shri Parameshwar, both are better known as Makali and Mahadev and their temple is divided into 3 parts and idols of Shri Krishna (in the middle), Ma Kali (Left) and Mahadev (Right) and theme worshipping is continuing three times, morning, noon and evening. The ultimate goal and immediate aspire of the Sangha is to serve for mankind, suffering from poverty, unhappiness, pain etc. through the religious rite and other activities for worshipping God. Therefore, the Sangha is determined to found an orphancy, abode of old people, School, dispensary, cow-sheds and a Dharma Shala, meant for the suffering people by affording food and shelter. The Sangha observes many religious festivals as Rathyatra, Jamnasthami etc and by this, endeavour to serve suffering people. The sangha, eventually faced and still is facing the economic crisis, though the crisis vanished with the help of well wisher kind hearted men and overall by the blessing of supreme almighty God. They hope, their great aspiration and dream will, no doubt, succeed and be fulfilled in the long run.