 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2023) |
Kulingram | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.49 km2 (3.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,565 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
Kulingram is a village in Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal, India under the Jamalpur CD Block.
The traditions of Jain, Buddhist and Vaishnava cultures have been found in different regions of the Jamalpur Thana, including Kulingram. Festivals such as Manasa Puja are celebrated, and deities such as Shiva and Dharmaraj are worshipped. Around six thousand people of both non-Hindu and non-Muslim communities live in Kulingram under Abujahti II Village Panchayat. People of Brahmin, Kayastha, Ugra Kshatriya, Dule, Bagdi, Dhivar castes, and indigenous people, live in Kulingram.
Kulingram is a Vaisnava pilgrimage centre where the practice of Vaishnavism began in the pre-Sri Chaitanya era. The first wave of Bangladesh's Krishnakatha was born in this village, which was long before the birth of Sri Chaitanya in Navadwip. Maladhar Basu, the first Vaishnava poet of Bengal, was born in Kulingram.