22. Maa Nalateswari (Nalhati, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal)
The goddess of this place is known as Maa Nalateswari who is also praised as Maa or “Bhagobidhata-Nalateswari” or Devi Parvati or Kalika. The orientation of this name came from pre historic story that narrates how the throat of Sati or “Nala” which one of the 51 parts of sati fell here as known by tradition on the other hand some people do believe that “Lalat” or forehead that fell here. So the name “Nalateswari” comes from “Nala” or throat of Maa sati. Within this natural beauty, the eastern side of the plateau provided secret formation of Nalateswari Temple.
Thousands of pilgrimage visits this place as a lot of peace and serenity resides in the minds of the worshippers. Nalhati which is the average elevations, situated in the tropics, comprising a climate of hot dry summers while cool wet winters, happens to be the birth place of Rishi Bankim Chatterjee, is a beautiful conglomeration of nature, history and religion. Here, within deep forest, under the mysterious old Banyan tree where the “Nala” of maa Sati had dropped on this earth.
