বিকেল পাঁচটার পর রাজবাড়ির পিছনে পুকুর ধারে কেউ যেতে সাহস পায় না । Moynagarh Part-2 |

Moynagarh has a very rich cultural heritage, and it lies almost obscure now. Mediaeval literature and the oral traditions are eloquent on its past glory & grandeur, that push its antiquity several hundred years back. Situated in the vicinity of the ancient city-port of Tamralipta, the structure of this fort is unique and seems to be unparalleled. The fort proper is encircled by two concentric wide moats with hillock-like huge mounds. There had been crocodiles in the deep water, wild animals in the dense forest and ever-ready cannons in different lofty corners.
This fort is reminiscent of legendary king Lausen (10th Century), and the Bahubalindras of Balisita (1434) who came here in 1561-62 AD. Even today, the Hindu temples (Vaisnavas, Saivas, Shaktas), the Buddhist shrines, Mazhar-sharif of the Muslim saint Manikpir, the Mausoleum of the Mahanta are reverberated with solemn hymns & prayers of thousands of devotees of different religious faiths. Dipped in the lush green with placid water all around this picturesque environment is very much like an attractive dreamland

It is surrounded by two ditches, both formerly very deep and broad; filled with alligators; within its inner ditch was another defence of closely planted bamboos, so inter-twisted with each other as to be impervious to an arrow and unapproachable by the cavalry... The family of the Rajah of Mynachour is one of very long standing.... At the annual settlements which were made in those times it was customary to make presents to the principal landholders on the part of the Resident. The custom was one of the time of Nabab, when the fouzdars gave horses and khelauts with gold flowers to the Zemindars of Cossigorh, Mynachour, Midnapore & Naraianghur. The practice was interdicted by orders of Govt. in 1778.