Bandhu Singh
26°23′28″N 82°19′18″E / 26.3911°N 82.3216°E / 26.3911; 82.3216
Amar Shaheed Bandhu Singh Shrinet was a guerrilla who fought against the East India Company.[1]
Bandhu Singh was born on 1 May 1833 in a Shrinet Rajput Zamindar family of Babu Shiv Prasad Singh of Dumari Riyasat. He had five brothers named Dal Hamman Singh, Tejai Singh, Fateh Singh, Jheenak Singh and Karia Singh. He was a devotee of Tarkulaha Devi. He was finally arrested by the British along with Shivgobind Chand of Chillupar, Gorakhpur. He was hanged publicly at Ali Nagar Chauraha in Gorakhpur on 12 August 1858.There is a month-long Mela (funfair) every year starting from Chaitra Ramnavami at the Tarkulaha Devi Temple. People from far-flung locations visit Amar Shahid was a freedom fighter ‘Tarkulaha Mela’ to shop for their annual requirements of Garam Masala (Indian Spices) and to enjoy the traditional ‘Nautanki’ (drama), Nag Kanya shows and small circuses. Also, Tarkulaha Devi Temple was Shaheed Bandhu Singh's favourite place.[1]
References
- ^ a b Amin, Shahid (1995). Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992. University of California Press. pp. 137–140. ISBN 9780520087804.
- "Tarkulhadevi: Mata Tarkulha Devi". Gorakhpur City Information. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013.
- Jadid, Abdul (8 April 2017). "Animal sacrifice at this temple has a martyr connection". Hindustan Times. Gorakhpur.
- Chaubey, Utkarsh (2022). "Bandhu Singh ki Faansi: Maa Tarkulha Devi: The Goddess of a "Forgotten" Hero". In Mukhopadhyay, Anway; Hore, Shouvik Narayan (eds.). Thematizations of the Goddess in South Asian Cinema. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
