Patharchapuri is a village under Suri police station in Birbhum District

Birbhum District

Birbhum district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the three administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is located at Suri...

 in the India

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n state

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 of West Bengal

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. It is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Suri.

Geography

Pathar Chapuri is located at 23.92681°N 87.434293°E.

History

A Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

  saint named Shah Meheboob but commonly known as Data Saheb is said to have been gifted with miraculous powers and he used to cure dangerous diseases by applying ash. He died on 10 Choitro

Choitro

Choitro is the last of the twelve months of the Bangla Calendar. It falls from mid-March to mid-April and is the last month of Spring.Choitro is also known as:*Chait in the Nepali Bikram Sambat calendar....

 1298 according to the Bengali calendar

Bengali calendar

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.

Khan Bahadur, the Zamindar

Zamindar

A Zamindar or zemindar , was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and ruled over and taxed the bhikaaris who lived on batavaslam. Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja , Raja , Nawab , and Mirza , Chowdhury , among others...

 of Sekedda, initiated the organisation of a fair at Patharchapuri. He was the first president of the Mazar

Mazar

A Mazār is a tomb or mausoleum ; the word deriving from the Arabic verb zāra , 'to visit', whence also comes the noun ziyārah , 'a visit', or 'visiting the tomb of a saint for blessings.'. Though the word is Arabic in origin, it has been borrowed by a number of eastern languages, including Persian...

 Maintenance Committee set up in 1918 by J.C.Dutta the District Magistrate. In 1933, Bijoychand Mahtab of Bardhaman Raj

Bardhaman Raj

The Bardhaman Raj was a zamindari estate that flourished from about 1657 to 1955, first under the Mughals and then under the British in the province of Bengal in India...

 gifted the land.

Culture

The tomb of Data Saheb in the village is frequented by many visitors. A fair is held on 10–12 Choitro commemorating the death anniversary of Data Saheb. Lakh

Lakh

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s of pilgrims assemble at Patharchapuri during the occasion.