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Name of the Book

Bankurar Mandir ,Masjid, Geerja

Author

Prasanta Kumar Bandyopadhyay

Published  by

Satyanarayan Haldar,Suchetana Prakashan

Year of Publishing

1994

Pages

170

Price

32/-

Theme

The author enchanted by the aesthetic beauty of the temples ,mosque and churches of Rarhbhumi has taken his pen to write down about all these specimens. He has stood before these traditional beauties and make the curious readers understand what he has known, he has seen and he has felt.

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Name of the book

Ruptapas Ramkinkar

Author

Dr. Namita Mandal

Published by

Lok-Sanskriti Academy

Publishing year

1993

Pages

124

Price (in RS.)

30

Theme

The book is written on Bankura's great artist & sculptor Ramkinkar Beij. The different chapters throw light on the artist's Life from different viewpoints. His childhood, his life on Shantiniketan, unfolding of his art, his art & sculpture, Foreign influence on his art, his letters to different people have been discussed in this Book. This book is a search for the artist and The person Ramkinkar. The people who want to know the great artist more recently must read the book.

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Name of the book

Bishnupur Mandir-Terracotta

Author

Chittaranjan Dasgupta

Published by

Shree Maniklal Singha, Bishnupur (Bankura)

Publishing year

1980

Pages

126

Price (in RS.)

12

Theme

This book is a rich source of prehistoric archeology and anthropology of Bankura especially Bishnupur. The author has analyzed the carvings of the temples. The Temples, the time of their foundation, the structural patterns of the temples have come under his skillful analysis. Besides his analysis on the musical background of the Bishnupur and the ancient manuscript in Worth-pawning. There are ten terra-cotta pictures in the book that have made the Book more attractive.

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Name of the book

Rarher Purbapurush Puja

Author

Dr Mihir Chowdhury Kamilya

Published by

Manju Das P729 Lake Town Cal 700089

Publishing year

1991

Pages

82

Price (in RS.)

2o

Theme

Monograph in Bengali, it traces origin and development of the ancestor worship of Rarha, in the background of sociocultural and anthropological aspects of Bengalees. The main topic of this book is men who were uplifted to the position of God by the local inhabitant of Rarh. The different causes behind this upliftment were analyzed by the author various information about these local Gods; like Lakhan Majhi, Kalubir, Kudu Khan, Putu Bura, and Chand Roy were supplied by him.

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Name of the book

Paschim Rarh Bibidha Prasanga

Author

Published by

Bankura  Zila Parishad

Publishing year

1999

Pages

119

Price (in RS.)

50

Theme

The book discusses with the great tradition of verse, Literature, Music, Paintings, and sculptures of Bankura .The book is a precious collection of the writings on Rarh Culture, Folk art, Folk literature, Folk dance, Tribal culture published in different times by the famous author of Bankura. The book has great importance for the study and research on Bankura.

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Name of the book

Bankurajaner Itihas Sanskriti.

Author

Rathindra Mohan Choudhary.

Published by

The Author ,Nutanchati, Bankura 722101  Ph  0324252142

Publishing year

26 th Jan  2000

Pages

541

Price (in RS.)

250

Theme

Brief: Bankurajaner  Itihas  Sanskriti is literally a successful endeavor for the composition of a whole history of Bankura. The author has discussed the history from 4th century A. D.  to 1947. There are discussions about the social history, the history of the kings, socioeconomic condition of the inhabitants of Bankura. Every aspect of Bankura like the lives of women in Bankura, discussion about different communities.

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Name of the book

Bankura

Author

Tarundev Bhattacharya

Published by

Firma KLM Pvt  Ltd

257b,Bipin Bihari Ganguly Street

Publishing year

1982

Pages

437

Price (in RS.)

50

Theme

The book enlightened different aspects of Bankura. The vast span of time starting from ancient to the time of Naxalite movement has come under his discussion. The Author has given information about the lives of the people of Bankura, education and language, literature, magazines and pamphlets. Besides there are cultural discussion which consists of temple, architecture, music, aurvedya, astrology, amusements of Bankura and its people. There are directory, statistics about various subjects but the most attractive thing of the book is 25 pictures on different subjects.

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Name of the book

Ruptapas Jamini Roy

Author

Prasanta

Published by

Prativash 18/A Gobinda Mondal Road,

Calcutta - 700002, W.B. India

Publishing year

1988

Pages

320

Price (in RS.)

75

Theme

Brief : The book consists of a collection of essays on Jamini Roy's life and art by poets, journalists, art-critic and historians of today and the previous days. The minute analysis shows the history of the artist's long and amazing evolution of artistic thoughts. There are six pictures and twenty-six paintings by the artist himself and the others.

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Name of the book

Jamini Roy

Author

Bishnu De

Published by

Sheela Bhattacharya

Asha Prakashani , 74 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Cal - 700009

Publishing year

1977

Pages

156

Price (in RS.)

15

Theme

One of the great modern poets Bishnu De unveils the historical evolution of the art and the artistic thoughts of another great artist of modern time, Jamini Roy . We can get a clear idea about the artist's philosophy of life, his personality, his style of vernacular speaking from the various letters to the author.

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Name of the book

Jamini Roy

Author

Published by

R. Chatterjee, Secretary,Lalit Kala Akademy, New Delhi

Publishing year

1973

Pages

Price(in Rs.)

4

Theme

This series dealing with the work of modern Indian artists' endeavour to bring to the public at lost the art of our own time. There are several pictures drawn by the artist himself. Besides, there are the short life story of the artist, his style, and his thoughts around art.