PRASANNA MANDIR - HISTORY AND SHEBAIT'S FAMILY TREE

  PRASANNA MANDIR - HISTORY

KULDEVI SREE SREE ISWAR PRASANNAMOYEE KALIMATA THAKURANI INSTRUCTED SMARTA RARHI KULIN BRAHMIN, SRI SARAT CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAYA AND HIS SISTER SRIMATI PRASANNAMOYEE DEVI (W/O: SRI HARANATH BANDYOPADHYAYA- MANAGER OF DWARBHANGA ESTATE), IN THEIR DREAMS TO BRING HER IDOL FROM BENARAS AND START HER WORSHIP IN THIS PREMISES- WHICH COMPRISED 6/2 GOPE LANE AND 7 GOPE LANE, AND WAS TOGETHER ADDRESSED AS 7 GOALTULLI LANE, INTALLY, CALCUTTA- 700014. KALIMATA THAKURANI EVEN MENTIONED THE ADDRESS OF THE SHOP WHERE SARAT WOULD FIND HER IDOL, AND THE WAYS IN WHICH SARAT WOULD RECOGNIZE HER AMONG VARIOUS IDOLS WHICH THE SCULPTOR HAD CRAFTED (MAA WOULD BE THE SINGLE IDOL FACING SOUTH IN THE SHOP AT BENARAS). WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS, THE IDOL MAKER, A MUSLIM CRAFTSMAN, CAME TO 7 GOALTULLI LANE AND REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED IN HIS DREAM BY KALIMATA THAKURANI THAT HER FAMILY IS BEING LATE TO TAKE HER HOME DUE TO CERTAIN UNPRECEDENTED CIRCUMSTANCES AND THAT HE SHOULD HANDOVER HER TO HER SERVITOR AT HER OWN RESIDENCE-  ADDRESS OF 7 GOALTULLI LANE, CALCUTTA. SARAT PURCHASED THE TOUCHSTONE IDOL WITH THE SAME PRICE AS REQUESTED BY THE SCULPTOR WITHOUT BARGAINING EVEN ONCE (THOUGH INITIALLY THE SCULPTOR DIDN’T WANT TO TAKE ANY AMOUNT AT ALL, AND WAS ASKED BY SARAT TO REQUEST A PRICE, AS PER HINDOO CUSTOM). IT WAS THEN THAT SARAT KEPT MAA IN A TRUNK. AGAIN KULDEVI APPEARED IN HIS DREAMS AND SAID THAT HER BREATH WAS GETTING CHOCKED. SARAT IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE IDOL OUT OF TRUNK AND ESTABLISHED HER IN THIS HOLY PREMISES OF 7 GOPE LANE IN 1919.

LATER PRASANNAMOYEE DEVI AND SARAT BEQUEATHED THEIR NIECE SRIMATI NAGENDRABALA DEVI (W/O:  SRI CHANDRANATH BANDYOPADHYAY OF BENIATOLA, CALCUTTA AND BANERJEE PARA, AKNA, HOOGHLY DISTRICT , WEST BENGAL), THE PORTION OF 6/2 GOPE LANE. 7 GOPE LANE WAS MADE THE TRUST PREMISES (DEBOTTAR ESTATE) OF SREE SREE ISWAR PRASANNAMOYEE KALIMATA THAKURANI IN THE YEAR OF 1938. THAKURANI HAS BEEN ETERNALLY WORSHIPPED WITH THE FLOWERS OF ‘KAATTH CHAPA- GULANCHA’ TREE (EVEN IF OTHER FLOWERS ARE ABSENT) PRESENT IN THE NORTH EASTERN SIDE OF PRASANNA MANDIR.

SARAT WAS AN INITIATED DISCIPLE OF RAMAKRISHNA MISSION, BELUR, AND INFLUENCED BY THE LIVES OF HOUSEHOLDER DISCIPLES LIKE 'MASTER MAHASHAY' SRI MAHENDRANATH GUPTA (COMPOSER OF SRI SRI RAMAKRISHNA KATHAMRITA). 

IT MUST BE MENTIONED THAT PRASANNA MANDIR HAS FOUR RESEMBLANCES TO KATHAMRITA BHAWAN SITUATED AT  33/2 GURUPRASAD CHOWDHURY LANE, KOLKATA- 700006. BOTH THE THAKUR BARIS ARE LOCATED IN A NARROW LANE AND ARE MODEST IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS- SIGNIFYING NON-EXHIBITIONIST ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE. BOTH HAVE A GULANCHA TREE TO SERVE GOD FOR DAILY WORSHIP. BOTH THE FAMILIES BELIEVES IN RESIDING IN MAA'S ABODE AS A SERVITOR. THE CHATTERJEE FAMILY STRICTLY BELIEVE IN PERPETUATING THE PROGENY OF HOUSEHOLDER DEVOTEES, MUCH LIKE THAKUR WANTED OUT OF THE MASTER.

ENTALLY, SIMILAR TO JHAMAPUKUR, IS A PLACE BLESSED WITH THE MOTHER'S FOOTPRINTS.  HOLY MOTHER VISITED DEBENDRANATH MAJUMDAR'S HOUSE AT DEB LANE. OTHER REVERED PERSONALITIES WHO HAD SETTLED AT ENTALLY ARE RASHMONI'S ELDER DAUGHTER PADMAMONI DASI, POET AND NATIONALIST KAJI NAJRUL ISLAM (PREVIOUSLY PAN BAGAN, LATER CHRISTOPHER ROAD), HENRY LOUIS VIVIAN DEROZIO, DR. SURESH SARKAR, P.C.CHANDRA, R.K.CHANDRA, ANJAN DUTT, DIGHAPATIA MAHARAJ, RABINDRANATH TAGORE'S ELDER DAUGHTER- MADHURILATA DEVI (BELA)- AND SON IN-LAW SARAT CHAKRABORTY- TO NAME A FEW. TAGORE EVEN STAYED AT ENTALLY FOR A MONTH BY THE SIDE OF BELA, BEFORE HER DEMISE.

IN SHORT, AS IMPARTED BY PRASANNAMOYEE DEVI, THE SHEBAIT FAMILY OR THE CHATTERJEES OF PRASANNA MANDIR, BELIEVE IN LEADING A SIMPLE NON-EXHIBITIONIST 'GRIHASTA' FAMILY LIFE DEDICATED TO MAA, MAINTAINING MAA'S OWN ABODE 'PRASANNA MANDIR' AND THEIR BLOODLINE TO CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF SERVING MAA SPANNING ACROSS GENERATIONS.

SARAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BENGALI TO BE WORKING IN THE STATE BANK OF INDIA, BURRA BAZAR BRANCH- FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE BANK OF  BENGAL AND THEN THE IMPERIAL BANK OF INDIA. SARAT’S WIFE WAS SRIMATI THAKOMONI DEVI (OF MUKHERJEE FAMILY IN NIBRA, NEAR KANTLIA,  HOOGHLY). SARAT HAD TWO SONS, NAMELY, SRI TULSI CHARAN CHATTOPADHYAYA AND SRI MANMATHANATH CHATTOPADHYAYA. TULSI AND DULICHAND (TULSI’S COUSIN) MARKED THE SECOND GENERATION OF THE FAMILY IN S.B.I.

SARAT WAS THE GRANDSON OF MUKTARAM AND THE YOUNGEST SON OF KAIILASH CHANDRA. HE WAS FORMERLY THE INHABITANT OF JEJUR VILLAGE (UNDER HARIPAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK) OF HOOGHLY DISTRICT. SRI KAILASH CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAYA HAD SEND HIS FOUR SONS TO CALCUTTA IN THE CUSTODY OF HIS BROTHER IN-LAW (SISTER'S HUSBAND) SRI KRISTO MOHON GANGOOLY), WHO USED TO RESIDE IN 47, SAKHARITOLLA LANE, BOWBAZAR, CALCUTTA- 700012 ( PRESENTLY, 21, MAHENDRA SARKAR STREET, KOLKATA- 700012).

KAILASH HAD FOUR SONS, NAMELY, SRI CHINTAMONEE CHATTOPADHYAYA, SRI ABINASH CHANDRA GANGOPADHYAYA, SRI NATABAR PRASAD CHATTOPADHYAYA AND SRI SARAT CHANDRA CHATTOPADHAYA AND FOUR DAUGHTERS (THE ELDEST OF THEM WAS MARRIED IN BONDIPUR JAMINDAR FAMILY, THE SECOND ONE WAS PRASANNAMOYEE, THE THIRD DAUGHTER WAS MARRIED TO ‘GANGULY BARI’ OF KALIGHAT – NEAR NAKULESHWARTOLLA, AND THE FOURTH DAUGHTER WAS MARRIED TO SRI SHIB CHANDRA BANDYOPADHYAYA OF DAKSHIN JHAPORDAH VILLAGE, DOMJUR, WEST BENGAL).

KAILASH’S THIRD DAUGHTER’S SON WAS SRI NANDO GANGULY AND NANDO’S SON WAS SRI THAKO GANGULY. THEY WERE SERVITORS OF KALIGHAT TEMPLE. SHIBCHANDRA’S SONS WERE SRI SURENDRANATH BANDYOPADHYAYA AND ‘JYOTIN’.

CHINTAMONEE HAD REMARRIED AFTER THE DEMISE OF HIS FIRST WIFE. HE AVAILED A RENTED RESIDENCE NEAR SEALDAH AT 48 SANKARITOLLA EAST LANE (PRESENTLY SANKARITOLLA STREET) WHICH IS NOW THE THAKUR SITARAM JEW TEMPLE (AFTER PURCHASE AND RENOVATION BY ONE SHITAL CHANDRA BANERJEE). THIS HOUSE WAS FORMERLY CALLED THE 'SINGHAWALA BARI', AS IT HOUSES TWO LION STATUES ON BOTH SIDES OF ITS PORTICO. THE PORTICO ALSO ADORNES FAIRIES ON ITS TOP. THIS HOUSE WAS PREVIOUSLY A 'THANA' OR A POLICE STATION, AND EVEN DURING CHINTAMONEE'S TIMES- THERE STILL EXISTED ONE ROOM WHICH USED AN IRON GRILLED DOOR- TYPICAL OF A THANA.

NAGENDRABALA DEVI WAS THE DAUGHTER FROM CHINTAMONEE'S FIRST WIFE.  SRI GAURI SHANKAR CHATTOPADYAYA, ‘DOLTON’ (PASSED AWAY AT AN EARLY AGE) AND SRIMATI PADMA DEVI WERE HIS CHILDREN FROM HIS SECOND MARRIAGE. GAURI SHANKAR HAD FOUR SONS, NAMELY, SRI PRABHAT KUSUM CHATTOPADHYAYA (‘MONI’), SRI SARAJ KUSUM CHATTOPADHYAYA (‘LILTU’), SRI PANKAJ KUSUM CHATTOPADHYAYA (‘BHILU’) AND SADANANDA (EXPIRED AT A EARLY AGE OF 5-6 YEARS), AND ONE DAUGHTER ‘MILU’ DEVI. PADMA HAD A DAUGHTER, SRIMATI LAKSHMI DEVI, AND A SON NAMED NEPAL (UNMARRIED). LAKSHMI HAD A DAUGHTER NAMED ‘PUTUL’. PANKAJ WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE, ENTALLY. THEY LATER SHIFTED TO THEIR SHARE OF SHIBPUR'S HOUSE BUILT BY NATABAR CHATTERJEE (NEAR KSHETRA MOHAN BANERJEE LANE).

ABINASH WAS ADOPTED BY KRISTOMOHON GANGOOLY.  HE HAD TWO SONS, NAMELY, SRI KALI CHARAN GANGULY AND SRI HARI NARAYAN GANGULY). THE GANGOOLY FAMILY PURCHASED MULTIPLE HOUSES IN CALCUTTA FROM ENGLISH LANDHOLDERS WITH BRITISH TENANTS, AS AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF INCOME FROM RENT. THEY ALSO MAINTAINED THEIR 'TEJARATI'- BUSINESS OF PROVIDING MORTGAGE LOANS. AS MOST OF THESE HOUSES WERE OCCUPIED BY BRITISH TENANTS, THEY WERE LATER TAKEN OVER BY THE TENANTS IN SEVERAL LEGAL SUITS ACCOUNTING TO SEVERE FINANCIAL CRUNCH. SARAT CHATTERJEE WAS THE LEGAL GUARDIAN OF HARI GANGULY IN THOSE SUITS. ABINASH’S DESCENDANTS LATER SHIFTED TO A HOUSE IN PAIKPARA, CALCUTTA, LEAVING SANKARITOLLA AFTER ABINASH'S DEMISE. THEIR RELATIVE NRITYAKALI DEVI ( W/O GOPAL CHANDRA GANGOOLY RETAINED POSSESSION OF SANKARITOLLA'S HOUSE A BIT LONGER. THE GANGOOLY'S WERE NEIGHBOURS OF DR. MAHENDRALAL SARKAR, INDIA'S FIRST MD AND THAKUR SRI RAMAKRISHNA DEV'S DOCTOR.

NATABAR WAS THE THIRD SON OF KAILASH AND SHIFTED TO A HOUSE IN SHIBPUR, HOWRAH. HE WAS SURVIVED BY HIS THREE SONS, 'POTLA', JIBON AND SRI DULAL CHATTOPADHYAYA.

SARAT WAS THE YOUNGEST OF KAILASH'S CHILDREN AND WAS BROUGHT UP HIS 'MEJ DIDI' PRASANNA MOYEE DEVI AND AFTER THAKOMONI'S DEATH, SARAT'S  CHILDREN WERE EVEN BROUGHT UP BY HIS SISTER PRASANNAMOYEE DEVI. KULOPUROHIT OF KAILASH CHANDRA'S BRANCH WAS BHABANI CHARAN BHATTACHARYA OF INTALLY CHATUSPATHI ( 21, DEB LANE, INTALLY, OPPOSITE PADMAPUKUR PARK).

IT'S TO BE MENTIONED THAT SARAT HAD CUSTODY OF MULTIPLE HOUSES AND FLATS ON BEHALF OF ABINASH GANGOOLY AND HIS HEIRS, LIKE ONE IN 47, SANKARITOLLA, (PRESENTLY 21 MAHENDRA SARKAR STREET, KOLKATA- 700012), ONE IN BENARAS, ONE NEAR SEALDAH AT THE JUNCTION OF SURI LANE (FORMERLY SOORIE TANK'S PATH LANE) AND SANKARITOLLA STREET (FORMERLY, SANKARITOLLA EAST LANE OR MIRZAPORE LANE). THE ONE IN SANKARITOLLA WAS USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSE BY THE GANGOOLYS AND THE OTHERS WERE INITIALLY EITHER RENTED OUT, OR USED FOR VACATION PURPOSES.

IT SHOULD BE NOW MENTIONED THE WAYS IN WHICH 7 GOALTULLI LANE, INTALLY, BECAME THE RESIDENCE OF THE CHATTERJEE FAMILY. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE TITLE DEEDS WHICH CLEARLY POINTS OUT THE MATTER.

1.      CONVEYANCE DATED 16^TH MAGH, 1245 OR 28^TH JANUARY, 1839, EXECUTED BY NOBO KUMAR MUKHOPADHYAYA IN FAVOUR OF SAMBHU CHANDRA GHOSH AND SHIB CHANDRA GHOSH.

2.      CONEYANCE DATED 27^TH BAISAKH, 1250 B.S. OR 9^TH MAY, 1843 BY SAMBHU CHANDRA GHOSH AND SATYA KAMINI BEWA, WIDOW OF SHIB CHANDRA GHOSH, IN FAVOUR OF HARRU GHOSH.

3.      LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION GRANTED BY THE DISTRICT JUDGE OF 24 PERGUNNAHS TO JAHNABI DEBI, WIDOW OF SURYA KUMAR GHOSH, IN CASE NO. 276 OF 1894 UNDER ACT V OF 1881, UNDER ORDER DATED 16^TH FEBRUARY, 1895.

4.      GUARDIANSHIP CERTIFICATE TO RAJENDRA CHANDRA PAL REGARDING THE MINOR SONS OF SURYA KUMAR GHOSH, GRANTED BY THE DISTRICT JUDGE OF 24 PERGUNNAHS IN CASE NO. 54 OF 1903 UNDER ACT VIII OF 1890 UNDER ORDER DATED 3^RD APRIL 1903.

5.      PETITION BY RAJENDRA CHANDRA PAL FOR PERMISSION TO SELL 7 GOALTULLI LANE FILED BEFORE THE DISTRICT JUDGE OF 24 PERGUNNAHS ON 27^TH MAY, 1905 IN CASE NO.  OF 1895.

6.      THE DISTRICT JUDGE’S ORDER PERMITTING SALE DATED 31^ST MAY, 1905.

7.      AGGREMENT FOR SALE DATED 15^TH BAISAKH, 1312, EXECUTED BY RAJENDRA CHANDRA PAL IN FAVOUR OF NAGENDRABALA DEVI AND SARAT CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAYA.

8.      REGISTERED CONVEYANCE DATED 26^TH AUGUST, 1905, EXECUTED BY RAJENDRA CHANDRA PAL IN FAVOUR OF SRIMATI NAGENDRABALA DEVI AND SARAT CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAYA.

SRIMATI NAGENDRABALA DEVI AND SRI SARAT CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAYA APPROACHED ARBITRATOR SRI NAGENDRANATH CHATTERJEE IN MAY, 1912 TO PARTITION 7 GOPE LANE, INTALLY, EQUALLY. ON 15^TH DECEMBER, 1912, A FORMAL DEED OF AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED AND NAGENDRABALA DEVI PAID PRASANNAMOYEE AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF Rs. 200. ON 9^TH FEBRUARY, 1913, 7 GOPE LANE, INTALLY, WAS FINALLY PARTITIONED WITH NAGENDRABALA DEVI OBTAINING 6/2 GOPE LANE, AND SARAT RETAINING THE FORMER ADDRESS WITH THE PARTITIONED HALF COMPRISING 1 COTTAH 8 CHITTAKS.

THE PLAN OF SHEWING CONVERSION OF THE EXISTING SLOPING ROOF ABOVE THE OLD STAIRCASE ADJACENT TO THE LATER BUILT ‘THAKUR GHAR’ WAS SANCTIONED ON 26^TH JUNE, 1921. THE UPPER STOREY OF 7 GOPE LANE WAS SANCTIONED ON 14^TH SEPTEMBER, 1923.

IT WAS SRIMATI PRASANNAMOYEE DEVI (DIED ON 19^TH JANUARY, 1928) WHO PURCHASED THE UNDIVIDED ONE STOREY 3 COTTAH  PROPERTY (WHICH COSTED Rs. 2500/-) BY A KOBALA OF 1905 IN THE BENAMI OF HER BROTHER SARAT, AND THE LATTER GOT THE PROPERTY BY FORCE OF HER WILL (DATED 29^TH BAISAKH, 1329 B.S.) THAT AFTER HER DEATH THE PROBATE WAS GRANTED TO HIM, IN CASE NO. 43 OF 1928. SINCE HER DEATH, SARAT HAD BEEN IN EXCLUSIVE JURIDICIAL POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY.

LATER SARAT ASKED HIS SONS, TULSI AND MANMATHANATH, TO LEAVE THE HOUSE ON 6^TH OCTOBER, 1932, AND THEN AGAIN IN FEBRUARY, 1933. THAT ON REFUSAL SARAT FILED A LAW SUIT ASKING THEM TO LEAVE. SARAT GOT KHAS POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY, EJECTING TULSI AND MANMATHANATH ON 27^TH JULY 1934, ACCORDING TO THE DECISION OF TITLE SUIT NO.172 OF 1933. SRI DURGA PRASANNA PAL WAS THE THEN SUBJUDGE OF SECOND COURT, ALIPUR.

MITTRA AND COMPANY (4/1 PEARY MOHAN SEN GARDEN LANE, CALCUTTA) LAID THE PLAN OF ‘TAGORE GAR’ ON 13^TH JULY, 1936. THE PLAN WAS SANCTIONED BY THE CORPORATION OF CALCUTTA, BUILDING DEPARTMENT, DIST.III, ON 24^TH SEPTEMBER, 1936.

THAKURANI WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE THAKUR GHAR IN THE FIRST FLOOR AND SRI TULSI CHARAN CHATTOPADHYAYA ACCOMPANIED SARAT IN HER ‘PRAN PRATISTHA’ ACCORDING TO HIS FATHER’S WISH IN THE ‘MAGHI PURNIMA’ OF 1345 B.S. TULSI PASSED AWAY ON 12^TH KARTIK, 1347 B.S. AT THE AGE OF 39 YEARS.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROPERLY AND EFFECTUALLY CARRYING ON THE SEVA OR WORSHIP OF DEITY SREE SREE ISWAR PRASANNAMOYEE KALIMATA THAKURANI, SARAT TRANSFER ASSIGNED AND DEDICATED UNTO THE DEITY ALL THE HOUSE PROPERTY AND A CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY. SARAT BECAME THE FIRST SHEBAIT OF THE DEITY AND AFTER HIM HIS GRANDSON SAILENDRANATH WAS ASSIGNED AS THE NEXT SHEBAIT. HENCE 7 GOPE LANE, ENTALLY, WAS CONVERTED INTO A TRUST PREMISE ON 18^TH FEBRUARY, 1950, IN THE PRESENCE OF RISHIKESH BOSU (8/B BRINDABON GHOSH LANE, CALCUTTA- 700012), MANOBENDRANATH SINHA (1/2 RAMANATH MAZUMDAR STREET, CALCUTTA- 700009) AND MANICKLAL GHOSE (20/2 SURESH SARKAR ROAD, CALCUTTA- 700014).

TULSI WAS MARRIED TO SRIMATI JOGOMAYA DEVI (D/O:  SRI BASANTA MUKHOPADHYAY AND SRIMATI MALATI DEVI OF 96 SERPENTINE LANE, CALCUTTA- 700014). JOGOMAYA’S SISTERS WERE SRIMATI SUDHANONI DEVI AND ‘PAKHI’ DEVI. JOGOMAYA’S BROTHERS WERE SRI PANCHANAN MUKHOPAHYAYA AND SRI MURARI MUKHOPADYAY. SRI GOPINATH MUKHOPADHYAYA, SRIMATI MONIMALA DEVI AND SRIMATI ‘TOSHAN’ DEVI WERE THE CHILDREN OF PANCHANAN. GOPINATH’S MATERNAL HOUSE WAS IN PUTIARI, TOLLYGAUNGE, AND GOPINATH’S COUSIN (RELATED THROUGH MATERNAL SIDE) WAS ACTOR SRI AYAN BANERJEE (TOLLYWOOD INDUSTRY). JOGOMAYA’S COUSIN SISTER WAS MARRIED TO SABORNO ROY CHOWDHURY’S ‘MEJO’ FAMILY.

JOGOMAYA DEVI’S MOTHER, SRIMATI MALATI DEVI, WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAJBAIDYA (PERSONAL PHYSICIAN OF THE KING) OF GIDHAUR, BIHAR. MALATI DEVI’S COUSIN (PATERNAL AUNT’S SON) WAS SRI JUGOL. JUGOL’S SON IN-LAW’S MATERNAL AUNT WAS SRIMATI SANDHYA MUKHERJEE (SINGER).

BASANTA MUKHOPADHYAY’S SISTER, SRIMATI SATI DEVI WAS MARRIED TO SRI DAYAMOY BANDYPADHYAY (SON OF SRI ABINASH CHANDRA BANDYAPADHYAY AND GRANDSON OF SRI ANUKUL CHANDRA BANDYOPADHYAY), ZAMINDAR OF BANKSARA, SATRAGACHI. THEIR SON WAS SRI FAKIRCHAND BANERJEE, A HIGHLY DESIGNATED OFFICER OF NETHERLAND BANK. HE WAS MARRIED TO SRIMATI HIRANBALA DEVI (D/O: SRI BHOOTNATH GANGULY, SOVABAZAR). THEY HAD FOUR SONS NAMELY, SRI BISWANATH BANERJEE (FORMER PRINCIPAL OF GOBARDANGA COLLEGE AND SURENDRANATH COLLEGE), SRI BAIDYANATH BANERJEE, SRI BHOLANATH BANERJEE (S.B.I. EMPLOYEE) AND SRI DINANATH BANERJEE, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, SRIMATI ARATI DEVI (W/O: SRI HARAKUMAR BHATTACHARYA) AND SRIMATI BASANTI DUTTA (W/O: SRI TARUN DUTTA). BISWANATH HAD A SON SRI MOULINATH. BAIDYANATH (F/O:  SRIMATI SRABONI CHATTERJEE) IS THE MATERNAL GRANDFATHER OF ‘SURYA’. BHOLANATH HAD A SON SRI ANJAN (F/O:  SRIMATI TANNISTHA DEVI) AND A DAUGHTER SRIMATI SULAGNA BISWAS (M/O: SRIMATI SNEHA BISWAS).

SRI HARAKUMAR BHATTACHARYA WAS THE SON OF SRI KALIKINKAR BHATTACHARYA OF JABUI VILLAGE, MEMARI, BURDWAN DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL. HARAKUMAR AND ARATI DEVI’S SON IS SRI SUBRATA BHATTACHARYA (H/O: SRIMATI RANI DEVI, F/O: SRIMATI SHUMEDHA DEVI AND SRI SOUHARDYA BHATTACHARYA)

HIRANBALA’S SISTER SRIMATI NANDARANI DEVI WAS MARRIED TO SRI KALICHARAN CHATTOPADYAYA. THEY HAD TWO SONS, NAMELY SRI SAMIR CHATTOPADHYAYA AND SRI SHYAMAL CHATTOPADYAYA.

TULSI’S SON SRI SAILENDRANATH CHATTOPADYAYA, BORN IN THIS HOUSE’S ‘ATOOR GHAAR’ OR BIRTH PLACE, WAS THE FIRST BENGALI SPORTS CONVENOR OF S.B.I, MARKING THE THIRD GENERATION IN SB.I. HE ALSO A DISTINGUISHED FOOTBALLER OF ARYANS FOOTBALL CLUB (UNDER SAMBHU MUKHERJEE’S CAPTAINCY, 1946-1948), PARTICIPATED IN MOHUNBAGAN FOOTBALL CLUB’S FIRST DIVISION MATCHES, LIFE MEMBER OF CRICKET ASSOCIATION OF BENGAL, SECRETARY OF ENTALLY KITE CLUB (WINNING SIX CONSECUTIVE KITE CHAMPIONSHIPS), DISHARI AWARD WINNING DRAMATIST (CO-ACTED WITH STALWARTS LIKE UTPAL DUTTA, GITA DEY, ETC.), ENTREPRENEUR OF PIGEON FLYING COMPETITIONS IN CALCUTTA, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF SANTOSH MITRA SQUARE’S DURGOTSAV -1948 (WHICH PREVIOUSLY USED TO BE ORGANIZED IN AN ADJACENT ALLEY AND SATOSH MITRA SQUARE WAS THEN CALLED ST. JAMES SQUARE), RELATED TO SCIONS LIKE KALIGHAT TEMPLE’S THAKO GANGULY FROM PATERNAL SIDE, BELOVED FRIEND OF CHUNI GOSWAMI (INDIAN FOOTBALLER), RAMESHWAR SARKAR (JEWELLERS), CHANDI GANGULY (C.A.B MEMBER AND FORMER INDIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN SOURAV GANGULY’S FATHER), LADY RANU MUKHERJEE AND SIR BIREN MUKHERJEE OF ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, ASIT BARAN (ACTOR), SALIL CHOWDHURY (SINGER), SHYAMAL MITRA (SINGER) AND OTHERS. SAILENDRANATH’S ELDER BROTHER IN LAW WAS FAMOUS CARD PLAYER SRI KALIGOPAL BANERJEE (RELATED TO SRI MOHINI MOHAN BANDYOPADYAY AND HENCE TO SINGER SRIMATI NIRMALA MISHRA).

SAILEN WAS MARRIED TO SRIMATI MINA DEVI (D/O: SRI ABHOY PADA BHATTACHARYA- DIED ON 16^TH OCTOBER, 1966- AND SRIMATI SHANTIRANI DEVI OF 9 GARPAR ROAD, CALCUTTA- 700009). ABHOY PADA WAS S/O SRI SYAMAPADA BHATTACHARYA. SANTIRANI DEVI’S STEP MOTHER WAS COUSIN OF SRI ASHOK KUMAR (FAMOUS INDIAN ACTOR), SRIMATI SATI DEVI, SRI ABHAS KR. GANGULY (KISHORE KUMAR) AND SRI ANOOP KUMAR OF GANGOPADHYAY FAMILY OF KHANDWA, CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR. SHE WAS ALSO RELATED TO THE RAJAS OF BHAWAL ESTATE. MINA DEVI’S SISTER SRIMATI KONA DEVI WAS MARRIED TO SRI GYANENDRA MOHAN BANERJEE WHOSE MATERNAL AUNT WAS ‘BOUTHAN’ (SISTER IN-LAW) OF ARUN KR. CHATTERJEE (UTTAM KUMAR). MINA HAD FOUR OTHER BROTHERS, SRI SAMIR BHATTACHARYA, SRI TAPAN BHATTACHARYA, SRI ASHIM BHATTACHARYA AND SRI PRADYUT BHATTACHARYA. MINA DEVI WAS ELEMENTARY IN DONATING HER TRACTS OF LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PATULI, WEST BENGAL.

SAILEN’S SISTERS SRIMATI UMA DEVI WAS MARRIED TO SRI KALI GOPAL (SURVIVED BY SRI TAPAN BANERJEE, SRI RATAN BANERJEE, AND SRIMATI ARUNA DEVI-(W/O: SRI BASUDEV ROY)), SRIMATI JYOSTNA DEVI WAS MARRIED TO SRI HARIGOPAL BANERJEE (SURVIVED BY SRI MANOJ BANERJEE, SRIMATI AMITA DEVI- W/O:  SRI AMAR MUKHERJEE- NEPHEW OF WEST BENGAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY’S FORMER SPEAKER SRI BIJOY BANERJEE), AND SRIMATI ANIMA DEVI WAS MARRIED TO SRI NITYANANDA BANERJEE (SURVIVED BY SRI JAYANTA BANERJEE).

TAPAN BANERJEE IS MARRIED TO SRIMATI UMA DEVI (D/O: SRI BAIDYANATH CHATTERJEE AND SRIMATI NIHARKONA DEVI) AND HAS TWO DAUGHTERS, SRIMATI RUPAI DEVI AND SRIMATI MUNAI DEVI. RATAN IS MARRIED TO SRIMATI KRISHNA DEVI (D/O: SRI NOTU BEHARI BANERJEE AND SRIMATI PRATIBHAMOYEE DEVI) AND HAS A SON, SRI RUDRANIL BANERJEE. ARUNA HAS A SON, SRI INDRANIL ROY. IT HAS TO BE MENTIONED HERE THAT KALIGOPAL AND HARIGOPAL WERE BROTHERS. THEY HAD ONE MORE SIBLING, ACTOR SRI SRIGOPAL BANERJEE (MARRIED TO SRIMATI JYOSTNA DEVI AND F/O: ACTOR SRI NANDA DULAL BANERJEE), WHO WAS YOUNGER TO KALIGOPAL AND ELDER TO HARIGOPAL. SRIGOPAL ACTED IN FILMS LIKE ‘UTTAR FALGUNI’ IN TOLLYWOOD.

SRI BASUDEV ROY IS THE SON OF SRI NARENDRANATH ROY AND THE GRANDSON OF SRI NARAYAN CHANDRA ROY. NARAYAN CHANDRA WAS THE SON OF SRI HARAKUMAR ROY AND THE GRANDSON OF SRI KEDAR ROY.

KALIGOPAL (S/O:  SRI UPENDRALAL BANDYOPADHYAYA, GRANDSON OF:  SRI CHANDRA KUMAR BANDYOPADHYAYA) WAS THE BEST FRIEND OF NIRODH GANGULY, FATHER OF CHANDI GANGULY. THE GANGULYS’ BEFORE PURCHASING THE HOUSE AT BEHALA USED TO STAY AT BOWBAZAR. INFACT, CRANDRA KUMAR PANDIT WAS THE TEACHER OF RAJA MANINDRA CHANDRA NANDI. CHANDRA KUMAR’S FATHER SRI SAMBHUNATH BANDYOPADHYAYA WAS MARRIED TO SRIMATI GOLOKMONI DEVI (SISTER OF SRIMATI DURGAMONI DEVI AND D/O:  SRI RAMLOCHON CHAKRABORTY OF JOYNAGAR, WESTBENGAL). SAMBHUNATH WAS THE SON OF SRI MANIKLAL BANDYOPADHYAY AND GRANDSON OF SRI MUKTARAM BANDYOPADHYAY. UPENDRALAL’S MATERNAL AUNT’S SON WAS SANGEETRATNA SANGEETNAYAK PANDIT MOHINIMOHON MISHRA (BANDYOPADHYAY). MOHINIMOHON’S CHILDREN WERE SRI MURARI MOHON MISHRA (SINGER), SRIMATI NIRMALA MISHRA (SINGER) AND OTHERS. CHANDRA KUMAR’S BROTHER WAS SRI KSHETRA KUMAR. KSHETRA KUMAR’S SON WAS SRI SURENDRALAL BANDYOPADHYAYA AND GRANDSON WAS SRI SHANTIMOY BANDYOPADHYAY.

SRI TAPAN BANERJEE HAS PRESENTLY SETTLED DOWN IN ARGHA APARTMENT, 50 NEW G.T. ROAD, UTTARPARA, HOOGHLI, PINCODE- 712258. SRI RATAN BANERJEE HAS BEEN PRESENTLY RESIDING IN 90 PANCHKORI SADHUKA ROOAD, NATAGACHI, SODEPUR, NORTH 24 PARGANAS. ARUN IS THE RESIDENT OF 6, AMRITALAL CHATTERJEE SARANI, UTTARPARA, HOOGHLY, PINCODE- 712258.

SRI MANMATHANATH CHATTOPADHYAYA WAS MARRIED TO SRIMATI MALINA DEVI (D/O: SRI DHONKRISHNA BANERJEE, A FAMOUS ARISTROCRAT OF DOMJUR, WEST BENGAL). DHONKRISHNA’S FATHER WAS SRI NILMONI BANDYOPADHYAYA. APART FROM MALINA SEVI, DHONKRISHNO HAD TWO MORE SONS, NAMELY, SRI KAMALAKKA BANERJEE AND SRI NALINAKKHA BANERJEE. MANMATHANATH HAD ONE DAUGTER, SRIMATI SOBHONA DEVI, AND THERE SONS, NAMELY, SRI SAMIR CHATTOPADHYAYA, SRI SUNIT CHATTOPADHYAYA (H/O: SRIMATI ILA DEVI, F/O: SRIMATI SUMANA DEVI) AND SRI PRANIT CHATTOPADHYAYA (H/O: SRIMATI ROMA DEVI, F/O: SRIMATI PRERANA DEVI). ILA DEVI’S PARENTS WERE SRI BISHNUPADA BANDYOPADHYAYA AND SRIMATI SANTI DEVI, AND ROMA DEVI’S PARENTS WERE SRI KALIKUMAR HALDAR AND SRIMATI SANDHYA DEVI. KALIKUMAR WAS THE SON OF SRI JOGENDRANATH HALDAR. MANMATHANATH LATER SETTLED IN A SEPARATE RESIDENCE 30/2/1 WOOMESH MUKHERJEE ROAD, BELGHARIA, CALCUTTA- 700056.

SOBHONA WAS MARRIED TO SRI SITAL CHANDRA CHOUDHURY (S/O: SRI BHUPENDRANATH CHOWDHURY) AND HAD ONE SON, SRI SUDHIN CHANDRA CHOUDHURY (H/O: SRIMATI RACHANA DEVI, F/O: SRI ANIK CHOUDHURY), AND TWO DAUGHTERS, SRIMATI MUKTI DEVI (UNMARRIED) AND SRIMATI MITA DEVI (W/O: SRI TAPAN ROY, M/O: SRI BOUDHAYAN ROY). BHUPENDRANATH CHOWDHURY WAS THE SON OF SRI GOPAL CHANDRA CHOWDHURY AND THE GRANDSON OF SRI HARADHAN CHOWDHURY.

NAGENDRABALA HAD TWO SONS, SRI RAKHALDAS BANDYOPADHYAYA (MARRIED TO SRIMATI ROMOLA DEVI) AND SRI BHUPALDAS BANDYOPADHYAY (MARRIED TO SRIMATI BELA DEVI), AND FIVE DAUGHTERS, NAMELY, ‘NUPUR’, SRIMATI HEMANGINI DEVI (‘GAURI’), SRIMATI MRINALINI DEVI (‘MONA’), ‘PANU’ AND SRIMATI AMIYA DEVI (‘MANTU’). SRIMATI ROMOLA DEVI WAS THE GRAND DAUGHTER OF SRI ISWAR GANGULY OF KALIGHAT, AFTER WHOM THE ISWAR GANGULY LANE OF KALIGHAT, CALCUTTA, HAS BEEN NAMED. SRIMATI BELA DEVI WAS THE DAUGHTER OF SRI JOYGOPAL GOSWAMI AND SRIMATI BIBHABOTI DEVI OF GOSAI MALPARA, HOOGHLI.

HEMANGINI DEVI WAS MARRIED TO SRI PARESH BHATTACHARYA OF HOBIPUR VILLAGE, RANAGHAT. SHE HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, SRIMATI NAMITA DEVI AND SRIMATI LAKSHMI DEVI. MRINALINI DEVI WAS MARRIED TO SRI KRISHNA KINKAR MUKHERJEE OF KARAYA, PARK CIRCUS, CALCUTTA. PANU HAD A SON ‘GOPAL’ AND A DAUGHTER ‘RENU’. THEY USED TO RESIDE IN MANOHARPUKUR ROAD, CALCUTTA. AMIYA DEVI WAS MARRIED TO SRI SAROJ BHATTACHARYA, THE NEPHEW (SISTER’S SON) OF PARESH BHATTACHARYA.

RAKHAL HAD FIVE DAUGHTERS SRIMATI ANJALI DEVI (W/O: SRI SUKUMAR MUKHOPADHYAYA), SRIMATI PUSHPO DEVI (W/O: SRI AMAL MUKHERJEE OF RAMRAJATOLA, HOWRAH), SRIMATI JUBILI DEVI (OR ‘JUJU’, W/O: SRI KRISHNA GOPAL GHOSE), SRIMATI SHYAMOLI DEVI (OR ‘KOKO’, W/O: SRI MANOJ ROYCHOWDHURY) AND SRIMATI CHANDANA DEVI (OR ‘CHONA’, W/O: SRI ASHIM BHATTACHARYA), AND ONE SON, SRI SATYEN BANDYOPADHYAYA (H/O: SRIMATI ANITA DEVI).

BHUPAL HAD ONE SON SRI SHYAMAPADA BANDYOPADHYAYA AND FOUR DAUGHTERS, NAMELY, SRIMATI SHANKARI DEVI, SRIMATI KABERI DEVI (‘KALTU’), SRIMATI SIPRA DEVI AND SRIMATI KEYA DEVI (‘AHLLADI’). SHANKARI DEVI HAS BEEN MARRIED TO SRI SAMIR CHATTERJEE (OF COLLEGE STREET) AND HAS A SON, SRI SUMIT CHATTERJEE. KAVERI DEVI IS THE WIFE OF SRI PANCHANAN MUKHERJEE (OF BEHRAMPUR) AND IS THE MOTHER OF SRI PALLAB MUKHERJEE. SIPRA DEVI HAS BEEN MARRIED TO SRI ASHIM KUMAR CHATTERJEE (OF SHYAMSUNDOR MANDIR, KHARDAH) AND HAS A SON, SRI AVIRUP CHATTERJEE. KEYA DEVI IS THE WIFE OF SRI PARTHO SEKHAR CHATTERJEE (GRANDSON OF DR. M.N CHATTERJEE) AND HAS A SON SRI PRAYASH SEKHAR CHATTERJEE. SHYAMAPADA’S WIFE, SRIMATI SRILEKHA DEVI IS A SINGER. THEIR SON SRI AREEJIT BANERJEE AND DAUGHTER SRIMATI SWAGATA DEVI (DANCER) ARE PRESENTLY BASED AT THE US. SWAGATA DEVI HAS BEEN MARRIED TO SRI ANANYO BANDYOPADHYAYA.

SRI SUBIR KUMAR CHATTERJEE, THE ELDER SON OF SAILENDRANATH AND BROTHER OF SRI PROBIR KUMAR CHATTERJEE (PRESENT SHEBAIT OF THAKURANI), MARKED THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE GENERATION IN S.B.I. HE ASSISTED HIS FATHER IN VENTURES TO UPHOLD THE FAMILY NAME IN VARIOUS OCCASIONS. HE TRIED TO MATERIALIZE WHAT SWAMIJI ONCE SAID ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERCASTE MARRIAGES BETWEEN A BRAHMIN AND A KAYASTHA DAUGHTER. ACCORDINGLY, HE BROKE THE AGE OLD CUSTOM PREVALENT DURING HIS TIMES, AND HE NOT ONLY MARRIED OUTSIDE HIS MEL, BUT ALSO OUTSIDE BRAHMIN CASTE. HOWEVER, HE DEFINITELY FOLLOWED SARAT'S DEBUTTUR WILL AND SWAMIJI'S  TEACHINGS OF NOT MARRYING OUTSIDE HINDOO RELIGION. HE WAS MARRIED TO SRIMATI MALLIKA (D/O: SRI DEBABRATA GHOSE AND SRIMATI ARATI DEVI) OF 42 MASJID BARI STREET, CALCUTTA- 700006. THEIR ONLY SON IS SRI SOUMIK CHATTERJEE (IT OFFICIAL) WHO HAS BEEN CONSIDERED BY HIS UNCLE SRI PROBIR KUMAR CHATTERJEE AS HIS ONLY HEIR.

DEBABRATA’S PATERNAL GRAND FATHER WAS KING’S COMMISSION COLONEL UPENDRA NATH GHOSE CHOWDHURY (WHO LED THE ABYSSINIAN WAR FRONT UNDER THE BRITISH RAJ; S/O:  SRI GOPAL GHOSE, GRANDSON OF: SRI GOKUL GHOSE) OF AKNA’S GHOSE CLAN. UPEN GHOSH’S TWELVE SISTER’S WERE MARRIED TO TWELVE DISTINGUISHED PERSONALITIES OF INDIA. THE THIRD OF UPEN’S SON WAS SRI SUDHIR GHOSE- THE RENOWNED NATIONALIST. UPEN’S YOUNGEST SON WAS SRI AJIT GHOSE WHOSE BROTHER IN LAW WAS SRI BASANTA CHOWDHURY (ACTOR). SRIMATI MONOROMA (BORN IN QUETTA), UPEN’S ELDER DAUGHTER WAS MARRIED TO THE DR. T. BOSE OF THE BOSE CLAN RELATED TO DR. RADHA GOBINDA KAR WHO ESTABLISHED CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (1886), PRESENTLY KNOWN AS R.G.KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE  AND HOSPITAL. UPEN’S SECOND SON WAS SRI SISIR GHOSE (SURVIVED BY HIS SON SRI MOHON GHOSE, AND DAUGHTERS MADHURI, JHARNA, ARATI (W/O: SRI PARIMAL MITTER OF BHOWANIPUR’S ‘MITTER BARI’) AND NAMITA, GRANDSON SRI MALAY GHOSE, GREAT GRANDSON SRI SUJON GHOSE), AND FOURTH SON WAS SRI SUNIL GHOSE. DEBABRATA’S FATHER, SRI NIRMAL CHANDRA GHOSE (OR GORA CHAND GHOSE, BORN IN FRANCE) WAS UPEN’S ELDEST SON. GORA CHAND WAS MARRIED TO SRIMATI SUSOMA MITTER, THE DAUGHTER OF SRI PRAVASH CH. MITTER (WHO DESIGNED CENTRAL AVENUE, LAKE AREA, ETC. WHILE WORKING IN THE CALCUTTA IMPROVEMENT TRUST) AND SRIMATI CHARUSHILA MITTER OF 26 GANGAPRASAD MUKHERJEE ROAD, CALCUTTA– 700025 (ADJACENT TO ASUTOSH MUKHERJEE’S HOUSE). PRAVASH WAS THE DESCENDENT OF SRI KASHI MITTER (AFTER WHOM THE KASHI MITTER GHAT IS NAMED). PRAVASH WAS THE SON OF SRI MAHESH MITTER AND GRANDSON OF SRI JOGESH MITTER. PRAVASH HAD THERE SONS- SRI PRATAP MITTER, MAJOR SUBEDAR PRABHAT MITTER (F/O:  SRI DEBOJYOTI MITTER (F/O: SRI ATMAJYOTI MITTER), SRIMATI DEBJANI MITTER AND SRIMATI DEBORSHI SINHA) AND SRI PRAKASH MITTER (OF CALCUTTA IMPROVEMENT TRUST). PRAVASH’S YOUNGER DAUGHTER SRIMATI PRATIMA MITTER (RENUMA) WAS A DISTINGUISHED KIRTAN SINGER. THE MITTERS OF BHOWANIPUR AND WIFE OF UPEN GHOSE WERE ALSO RELATED TO WRITER SRI DINABANDHU MITRA (WRITER OF ‘NIL-DARPAN’), SRI KAMAL MITRA (ACTOR) AND SRI BIMAL MITRA (WRITER) AND THE SANKAR GHOSE OF THANTHANIA KALI TEMPLE, CALCUTTA. GORACHAND’S ELDEST SON, SRI KESHTO GHOSE, WAS A RENOWNED LEFTIST OF CALCUTTA. GORACHAND’S SECOND SON WAS SRI SUBRATA GHOSE AND HIS THIRD SON WAS DEBABRATA. GORACHAND’S FOURTH SON WAS SRI PRIYABRATA GHOSE. GORACHAND’S ONLY DAUGHTER, SRIMATI REKHA DEVI, WAS MARRIED TO SRI KESHAB DUTTA (HAATKHOLA DUTTA CLAN).

KESHTO GHOSE HAD TWO SONS, SRI ARUP GHOSE (F/O: SRIMATI MEENAKSHI DEVI) AND SRI ATANU GHOSE (F/O:  SRIMATI ANANYA GHOSE, H/O: SRIMATI DIPA GHOSE, SON –IN-LAW OF: SRI BAMAPADA SINHA), AND ONE DAUGHTER, SRIMATI MITRA DEVI (W/O:  SRI AMAL BANERJEE, M/O:  SRIMATI INDRANI BANERJEE).

DEBABRATA’S WIFE, ARATI DEVI IS THE DAUGHTER OF SRI JOGESH CHANDRA PATRA AND SRIMATI UMASASHI PATRA OF 18 SASHI BHUSHAN DEY STREET, CALCUTTA- 700012. JOGESH’S FATHER WAS SRI THAKOLAL PATRA. ARATI HAS A SISTER SRIMATI MANJU PATRA (UNMARRIED), AND A STEP BROTHER SRI BIRENDRANATH PATRA. DEBABRATA HAS FOUR DAUGHTERS, NAMELY SRIMATI LIPIKA MITRA (W/O:  SRI GAUTAM MITRA, M/O:  SRIMATI MAYURI MITRA), SRIMATI MALLIKA DEVI, SRIMATI MANDIRA ROY (W/O:  SRI SNEHASIS ROY OF 131-D BAGHAJATIN COLONY, CALCUTTA- 700032, M/O:  SRIMATI SOURAVI ROY) AND SRIMATI ANTARA DEY (W/O: SRI ARUMOY DEY OF 14/1 A SERPENTINE LANE, CALCUTTA- 700014, M/O: SRIMATI AYANTIKA DEY), AND TWO SONS, NAMELY, SRI DIBYENDU GHOSH AND SRI SUVENDU GHOSH OF 10C HARALAL MITRA STREET, THIRD FLOOR, CALCUTTA- 700003 (H/O: SRIMATI SAMPA GHOSH (TEACHER), F/O: SRIMATI SATAKSHI GHOSH). GAUTAM IS THE SON OF SRI SUDHANGSHU KR. MITRA AND SRIMATI MINA MITRA. SNEHASIS ROY IS THE SON OF LEFTIST SRI RABI ROY AND SRIMATI SHOVA DEVI (THE FORMER TEACHER IN-CHARGE OF EASTERN RAILWAY ATP SCHOOL, BAMANGACHI, HOWRAH). RABI WAS THE SON OF DR. GIRINDRA CHANDRA ROY AND SRIMATI SANTOSH KUMARI DEVI. ARUMOY IS THE SON OF SRI RANJIT DEY AND SRIMATI DIPA DEY, AND YOUNGER BROTHER OF SRI ARUP DEY. ARUP HAS A DAUGHTER, SRIMATI ARUNDHOTI DEY. RANJIT DEY WAS THE SON OF SRI HARENDRANATH DEY AND SRIMATI NIRMALA PRABHA DEY AND GRANDSON OF SRI GOPAL CHANDRA DEY.

PRIYABRATA IS SURVIVED BY HIS ONE DAUGHTER, SRIMATI KUNTALA GHOSE, AND ONE SON, SRI KOUSHIK GHOSE.

THESE ARE ONLY A FEW PERSONALITIES, RELATED TO THE BLESSED CHATTERJEE FAMILY OF ENTALLY, WHO COULD BE REMEMBERED TO BE NAMED IN THIS PIECE OF DOCUMENT OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE. THUS,  ‘PRASANNA MANDIR’, PRESENTLY ADDRESSED 7 GOPE LANE, ENTALLY, CALCUTTA- 700014, THE DEBOTTAR ESTATE OF SREE SREE ISWAR PRASANNAMOYEE KALIMATA THAKURANI, IS WHERE DIVINITY AND THE ‘BABU CULTURE’ OF CALCUTTA HAS MERGED. HERE, SEVERAL USTAADS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMED WITH SRI SARAT CHANDRA CHATTERJEE IN HIS REGULAR ‘JALSAS’. IT WAS HERE THAT SEVERAL PERSONALITIES OF TREMENDOUS SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE, USED TO DISCUSS SEVERAL ISSUES TO UPLIFT THE INDIAN SOCIETY. THUS, THIS TEMPLE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATED TO BE OF HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD, SYMBOLISES THE COMBINATION OF HOARY TRADITION AND CULTURED URBANITY OF A QUINTESSENTIAL ARISTROCRATIC ‘BONEDI’ FAMILY OF CALCUTTA.

                                PRASANNA MANDIR, 1422 B.S., 2015 A.D.