The ruins of a fort at Gar Mandaran provided the setting for Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel Durgeshnandini. The story rotates around the strike and control of Gar Mandaran stronghold of Raja Birendra Singh, associated with the Bishnupur Raj. Durgeshnandini is a romantic novel, based partly on history and partly on hearsay. The story centers around the attack and occupation of...Read More