Tamluk is the district headquarters of PurbaMedinipur district of West Bengal, India. Present-day Tamluk is the site of the ancient city variously known as Tamralipta or Tamralipti. The present town is located on the banks of the Rupnarayan River close to the Bay of Bengal. According to some scholars, Tamluk derives its name from the Sanskrit word Tamra Lipta meaning “full of copper”.
According to Jaimini’s Mahabharat, Supreme Lord Sri Krishna and Arjun came here to release the divine horse of Ashwamedh Yagna from King Tramradhwaja. The land of Tamluk is always divine and sacred because it was touched by the lotus feet of Sri Krishna. Mahabharat sung by Jaimini rishi mentions elaborately about this incident.
According to local devotes , in various Vaisnava religious writing, the name Tamluk is mentioned as the next “Vrindavan” where on the next Kalpa ( Next Creation of the universe) Sri Krishna will play his Ras Leela. They quote the following verse of Sri Krishna himself confessing his affection with Tamluk to Arjuna.
Tamoliptat Param Sthanam Nasmakam Pritirishyate
Mamakam Hridayang Lakkha Jathatyajyang Tatha Maya
Tamoliptang Hi Natyajyamidameba Su nischatam
Tyajyami Sarba tirthani Kale Kale Yuge Yuge
Tamoliptantta Kausteya Na tyajyami Kadachana.
It means: Tamluk is the supreme place of religion, the way my wife Lakshmi Devi stays in my heart, Tamluk is always nearer to my heart in such a way, Again and again, from time to time, I will leave all pilgrimage, but will never leave Tamluk for a moment even.
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