Chandannagar, then a French colony, soon became a throbbing point of Jagadhatri Puja, after Krishnanagar.
The legend dates back by 230 years, when Raja Krishna Chandra of Krishnanagar was imprisoned in 1761 by then Nawab of Bengal Mir Kasim for being a defaulter in paying the revenue to the Nawab's treasury. Raja Krishna Chandra was, however, released from confinement during the Bengali month of Aswin (Sept-Oct), an auspicious month of Durga Puja and religious festivity.
The Raja reached Rukunpur river ghat in Nadia on the day of Dashami from Murshidabad.
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