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Garh Panchkot
Garh Panchkot Ras Mandir
Location	India
Coordinates	23°36′00″N 86°46′00″E / 23.6°N 86.76667°E / 23.6; 86.76667
Area	Purulia District, West Bengal

Location in West Bengal, India

Garh Panchkot, meaning "Fort of the Five Clans", is a ruined fort located in the eastern part of India at the foothills of Panchet Hill in the district of Purulia, West Bengal.^[1]^[2] The ruins of the Panchkot Palace are a silent testimony to the Bargi attack during the 18th century.

8km
5miles

Damodar River

Panchet Dam
Reservoir

Panchet
Hill

Joychandi Pahar

Bero

Santuri

Ramchandrapur

Muraddi

Madhukunda

Kashipur

Kalloli

Baranti

Raghunathpur

Lapara

Adra

Kantaranguri

Arra

Murulia

Ramkanali

Telkupi

Garh Panchkot

Banda Deul

Usir

Sarbari

Para

Nituria

Harmadih

Haraktor

Gobaag

Cheliyama

Anara

Achkoda

Parbelia

Hijuli

Saltore

Nabagram

Shankara

Chapari

Dubra

Kanki

Santaldih

Places in Raghunathpur subdivision in Purulia district
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, T: tourist centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

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Garh Panchkot is located at 23°36′00″N 86°46′00″E / 23.6°N 86.76667°E / 23.6; 86.76667.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Gallery

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References

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^ Sarkar, Tithi (12 March 2012). "Road tripping: Check out the best getaway options from Kolkata.getaway". India Today. Retrieved 17 November 2024 – via ProQuest.
^ Mitra, Soumita (May 2022). "Religious and Cultural Confluence of Eastern and Western India: Revisiting of the Folk Philosophy". Contemporary Literary Review India. 9 (2): 132–147 – via ProQuest.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Garh Panchkot.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Garh Panchakot.

Purulia district topics

General

Subdivisions

Municipalities

Community development blocks

Purulia Sadar subdivision	Arsha Balarampur Hura Purulia I Purulia II
Manbazar subdivision	Barabazar Bandwan Manbazar I Manbazar II Puncha
Jhalda subdivision	Baghmundi Jhalda I Jhalda II Joypur
Raghunathpur subdivision	Para Raghunathpur I Raghunathpur II Neturia Santuri Kashipur

Education

Schools	Purulia Zilla School Sainik School, Purulia
General degree colleges	Achhruram Memorial College Ananda Marga College Arsha College Balarampur College Bandwan Mahavidyalaya Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College Bikramjit Goswami Memorial College Chitta Mahato Memorial College Government General Degree College, Manbazar II J. K. College Kashipur Michael Madhusudhan Mahavidyalaya Kotshila Mahavidyalaya Mahatma Gandhi College, Purulia Manbhum Mahavidyalaya Netaji Subhash Ashram Mahavidyalaya Nistarini Women's College Panchakot Mahavidyalaya Raghunathpur College Ramananda Centenary College Santaldih College Sitaram Mahato Memorial College
Engineering & medical colleges	Ramkrishna Mahato Government Engineering College Purulia Government Medical College and Hospital Purulia Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
Universities	Sidho Kanho Birsha University

Hills

Rivers

Transport

Railway stations

Lok Sabha constituencies

Purulia

Vidhan Sabha constituencies

Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies

See also

v t e Temple towns in West Bengal
Districts	Temple towns
Bankura	Ajodhya (12 Shiva temples) Akui (Radhakanta temple) Ambikanagar (Ambika temple) Atbaichandi (Basuli temple) Baital (Shyama Chandi temple) Balsi Purbapara (Vishnu deul, Shiva temple etc) Bishnupur (many temples) Deulbhira (Parshvantah temple) Dharapat (Deul of Dharapat) Dihar (Shnareshwara Shiva Temple, Shaileswara Shiva temple) Dwadashbari (Nandakishor temple) Ekteswar (Shiva temple) Gokulnagar (Gokulchand temple) Gumut (Muninagar Radhakanta Temple) Hadal Narayanpur (Radha Damodara Temple) Harmasra (many temples) Jayrambati (Sarada Ma’s birthplace) Maynapur (Hakanda temple) Patit Dommahal (Sridhara temple) Sonatapal (Sun temple)
Birbhum	Bakreshwar (several temples) Hetampur (Dewanji temple) Ilambazar (Gouranga, Raghunathji and other temples) Jaydev Kenduli (Radha Binode temple) Kankalitala (Shakti peetha) Nanoor (Bisalakhi and other temples) Suri (Radha Damodara temple) Surul (Lakshmi Janardan and other temples) Tarapith (Tara temple)
Cooch Behar	Baneswar (Shiva temple) Dhaliabari (Siddhantha Shiva temple) Gosanimari (Kamteswari temple} Sidheswari (Sidheswari Devi temple)
Darjeeling	Darjeeling (Mahakal temple, Peace Pagoda, Ghoom Monastery)
Hooghly	Antpur (Radha Govindjiu and other temples) Badanganj (Damodara temple) Bali Dewanganj (many temples) Bansberia (Hangseswari, Ananta Basudeba and other temples) Bhalia (Raghunatha temple) Dihi Bayara (Swarup Narayan temple) Gourhati (three temples) Guptipara (four temples) Gurap (Nandadulala temple) Kamarpukur (birthplace of Sri Ramakrishna) Kanpur (Kanakeswar Shiva temple) Parul (Raghunatha and Bisalakshi temples) Tarakeswar (Taraknath Temple)
Howrah	Belur (Belur Math)
Jalpaiguri	Mainaguri (Jalpesh Temple)
Murshidabad	Baranagar (several temples)
Nadia	Mayapur (several temples) Nabadwip (temple city) Palpara (Palpara temple)
North 24 Parganas	Dakshineswar (Kali Temple) Baranagar (Kripamayee Kali Temple, Baranagar Math)
Paschim Bardhaman	Gourangapur (Ichhai Ghosher Deul) Bankati (Shiva temple)
Paschim Medinipur	Chandrakona (many temples) Daspur (several temples) Dihi Baliharpur (Radha Gobinda temple) Dubrajpur (Lakshmi Janardana temple) Ghatal (many temples) Gobindanagar (Radha Govinda temple) Jalchak (2 temples) Jalshara (Buro Shiva temple) Karnagarh (3 temples) Kharar (many temples) Khirpai (3-4 temples) Lachhipur (Sridharjiu temple) Laoda (2 temples) Loyada (3 temples) Narajole (many temples) Pathra (34 temples) Radhakantapur (two temples) Ramjibanpur (many temples) Shaulan (Shyama Sundara temple) Shrirampur (Lakshmi Janardana temple)
Purba Bardhaman	Amrargar (several temples) Baidyapur (Jora Deul) Bardhaman (many temples) Kalna City (many temples) Kogram (Mangal Chandi temple) Mankar (several temples) Sribati (Sri Visweaswara, Sri Bholanath and Sri Chandreswar temples)
Purba Medinipur	Alangiri (2 temples + rasmancha) Bhagabanpur (Dakhsina Kali temple) Dihibahiri (Jagannath temple) Egra (Shiva deul) Jukhia (Radha Govinda temple) Mahishadal (Madan Gopala temple} Paikbheri (Shyama Sundar temple) Panchrol (4 temples)
Purulia district	Achkoda (old atchahlas) Anaijambad (Digambar Jain Temple) Budhpur (Shiva temple) Cheliyama (Radha Binode temple) Chharra (old Jain temple) Deulghata (old temples) Garh Panchkot (old pancha-ratna and other temples) Haraktor (old idols) Pakbirra (old Jain temples) Para (old temples) Telkupi (old submerged temples)
See also	Bengal temple architecture Hindu temples in West Bengal Jain centres in West Bengal