Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple is a famous Hindu temple of the goddess Kali in Bangladesh. “Jeshoreshwari” means “Goddess of Jeshore” in Sanskrit. The temple is in Satkhira’s Ishwaripur, which is a Shyamnagar upazila, Khulna district, Bangladesh.
Sati’s palm fell here.
Shiva is Worshipped here as Chanda
According to legend, it has known that Maharaja Pratapaditya’s father, Vikramaditya and one of his associates, Basanta Roy, secretly loaded Sultan’s immense wealth of boats and sent them to this area during the extreme anarchy in Gaur after the arrival of innumerable ships carrying the treasures of Gaur, the fame of the forest-covered site gradually spread.
It is said that the newly established state was named Jessore because of the prosperity of this area by taking away the fame of Gaur. Then Pratapaditya established his new capital in 156 near Iswaripur. Legend has it that Pratapaditya found this temple at a confluence of the Jamuna and Ichhamati rivers When he saw smoke rising from a distance while building a new capital city. Another view is that the king saw a line of miraculous light coming out of the jungle here and falling on a rock in the shape of a human’s palm. He got closer and discovered that the ray was coming from a stone shaped like a human palm.
Pratapaditya afterwards began to worship Kali and erected the Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple. It was given the nickname “Goddess of Jessore” because of Jessore. Then they find this seat. It was the most outstanding achievement of King Pratapaditya’s life. He built a chalk-matched temple in honour of the Goddess Jessoreshwari. The new capital city renowned by the king was Jessoreshwari Puri. From then on, the name of this village was Jossoreshwaripur. But now it is Ishwaripur. From the time of King Pratapaditya, his Mantraguru and Dewan Chattopadhyay family is the male servant of this temple.
How to Reach:
Air: Jashore airport is 126KM.
Road: It would be best to first traveled to Satkhira, and then take an auto-rickshaw or bus to the temple. To go to Satkhira, the only way is to take a bus and then cross a river by boat.
