Manuscripts from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar

Collection of manuscripts from Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar, Guptipara, Hooghly.

Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sanskrit and Bengali manuscripts and some rare books in different languages. Cuncura Bartabaha is one of the rarest collections of the library.

Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising the importance of copying the collection applied for a grant to the EAP against which EAP921 has been awarded.

Owner(s) of original material: Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar.