Following the resignation of former Prime Minister Hasina Sheikh, Bangladesh experienced political unrest, and things are still not back to normal. A goddess Kali’s crown was taken from the Jeshoreshwari temple in Satkhira’s Shyamnagar in a recent incident.
According to The Daily Star, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the same crown during his March 2021 visit to the temple.
The crown was stolen on Thursday between 2.00 pm and 2.30 pm, after Temple Priest Dilip Mukherjee left following the day’s worship. The cleaning staff later found that the crown was missing from the deity’s head, according to the Daily Star report.
“We are reviewing the temple’s CCTV footage to identify the thief,” said Inspector Taizul Islam of Shyamnagar Police Station.
The stolen crown was made of silver and gold-plated. It is of high cultural and religious significance. According to Hindu mythology, the Jeshoreshwari Temple is one of the 51 Shakti Peeths scattered across India and neighboring countries. The name “Jeshoreshwari” means “Goddess of Jeshore.”
PM Modi visited the Jeshoreshwari Temple on March 27, 2021, during his trip to Bangladesh. On that day, he placed the crown on the deity’s head as a symbolic act. Following his visit, PM Modi also shared a video of his visit to the temple, which was his first visit to any country after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple is a renowned Hindu shrine dedicated to Goddess Kali, situated in Ishwaripur, a village in the Shyam Nagar Upazila of Satkhira. It is said that the temple was constructed by a Brahmin named Anari during the later part of the 12th century.
He created a 100-door temple for the Jashoreshwari Peeth (shrine) and later it was renovated by Lakshman Sen in the 13th century and finally, Raja Pratapaditya rebuilt the temple in the 16th century.
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Source: Jagran English
