Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's Residence and Museum — Attraction in West Bengal

A must visit for every Indian according to me. This is the house where Rishi Bankim Chandra wrote the immortal partiotic song "Vande Mataram". The house is totally renovated, a part of it still retains the original design and architecture. But the family temples are still there, a pancharatna shiva temple and the temple of family deity Radhaballav jew along with the traditional Rath(chariot) are still intact. The building houses a library, an auditorium and a research center. A nine day festival and mela takes place every year during Ratha Jatra Festival. The complex is adjacent to the railway lines, the land was donated by this family for laying railway...

Bonkim Chondra Chattopadhyay or Bankim Chandra Chatterjee(27 June 1838–8 April 1894)he was born in Naihati. was an Indian writer, poet and journalist. He was the composer of Vande Mataram, originally in Sanskrit stotrapersonifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring the activists during the Indian Independence Movement. Chattopadhyay wrote thirteen novels and many serious, serio-comic, satirical, scientific and critical treaties in Bengali. His works were widely translated into other regional languages of India as well...

I don't think I need to write a few words about Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay here, as one can google more than I can write. This place is equipped with a number of things to showcase that would attract visitors. Along with Bankim Chandra himself there are some things that commemorate some other pioneer Bengalis of his time. But the management and the maintenance is not up to the mark. Hopefully these will improve gradually. This place is worth a visit from peoples love Bengali Literature and contemporary...