Bhimer Panti
ভীমের পান্টি
A tall black stone pillar leaning out of a rice field near the Joypurhat border.
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Bhimer Panti is a long block of black stone standing at a tilt in the middle of farmland at Mukundapur–Harogouri in Jahanpur union of Dhamoirhat. It is a protected monument, and local stories link it with Bhima, though no one knows for certain who raised it or when. Old mounds and remains of small temples are scattered around, and a black stone image was found nearby in 1978. Seeing the lonely pillar among the paddy is a strange sight.
How to get there
From Dhamoirhat take an auto-rickshaw about 10 km south-east towards Jahanpur; it is also reachable from Joypurhat side.
Good to know
Walk along the field ridges and don't trample crops. Ask locals for 'Bhimer Panti'.
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