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Chand Sadagar চান্দ সদাগৰ চাঁদ সদাগর | |
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| Born | Chandradhar 200–300 AD Champaknagar,Eastern South Asia |
| Occupation | Ancient merchant |
| Spouse | Sanaka |
| Children | 7 |
| Relatives | Behula (daughter-in-law) |
Chand Sadagar (Assamese: চান্দ সদাগৰ,Bengali: চাঁদ সদাগর) was a Bengali/Assamese sea merchant of Champaknagar. This merchant has been claimed by both theAssamese and theBengalis. Medieval Bengali poetBipradas Pipilai mentioned in his"Manasamangal Kāvya" (or "Manasa Vijay") that merchant ship of Chand Sadagar used to proceed to the sea from ancient Champaknagar after passing throughTribeni, situated at the junction ofSaptagram and the confluence ofGanges,Saraswati andJamuna River of modern-dayWest Bengal.[1] Narayan Dev in the scriptures gave an account in hisManasamangal about the merchant ship of the trader Chand Saudagar proceeding to the sea from ancient Champaknagar passing throughSaptagram and Tribeni, the tri-junction of the Ganges, Saraswati and Jamuna River.[citation needed] In thePadma Puran (Hindu Scripture), account of Chand Bania (Sadagar) is specifically mentioned.
According to the local folklore ofBengalChampaknagari, orKasba-Champainagari, situated in thePurba Bardhaman district ofWest Bengal is the Champak Nagar of ancient Bengali merchant Chand Sadagar. The locals believe that the place is associated with Ma Manasa and Chand Sadagar. In "Ain-i-Akbari" also the name of Champainagari Pargana under Sarkar Madaran has been mentioned, which was located in the present Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. Kasba-Champainagari is located on the north bank ofDamodar River, approx. 32 miles west ofBardhaman city and south ofBudbud. We know from the story of Manasamangal that Chand Sadagar was a staunch Shaivite and he even built a Shiva temple in his house. According to the local folklore of this village, the two Shivalingas (one of which is Rameshwar Shivalinga) resting in two ancient Shiva Temples situated in this village ofPurba Bardhaman were established by Chand Sadagar himself. There is a beautiful Shiva temple on a high mound situated to the south of the DVC canal. The Shiva temple, located next to a huge Ashwattha tree, has a huge Shivalinga (without the Gauri Patta), known as Rameshwar Shivalinga. There are also two high mounds in the village, one of which is believed to be the ruins of Behula's Basarghar (Sati-Tirtha) and Chand Sadagar's house.[2][3] Another place inBengal, associated with the bridal chamber of Behula and lakshindar isGokul Medh in present-dayBogra district, Bangladesh. The high mound of Bogura is popularly known in localBengali folklore as the Basarghar (bridal chamber) of Behula.[4]
Sundarban Tiger Reserve of West Bengal, is associated as the place where Neti, foster mother of Ma Manasha, lived and worked as a washerwoman. A temple atHowrah, aKolkata neighborhood, is believed to have been built by Chand Sadagar.
Between the citadel and the eastern embankment atGaur, a ruined structure, is claimed to be the house of Chand Sadagar.[5]
According to Assamese folklore, Champaknagar is placed inChaygaon,Kamrup, about 30–40 km from Guwahati, Assam.[6] Champaknagar is still there in Chaygaon area ofKamrup dist in Assam. There are remains of ancient structures and also a statue of Devi Kali there, the structure is also known as Mer ghar. Locals believe that it is that house or place where Behula and Lakhindhar spend the first night after marriage and there Lakhindhar was bitten by a Snake send my Manasa Devi. To escape from the plight of Ma Manasa, Lakhindhar and Behula escaped to a place calledGokul Medh, 3 km south ofMahasthangarh and 9 km north ofBogra town, 1 km from the Bogra-Rangpur road of modernBangladesh after Behula's Basarghar or Lakhinder's Medh. During excavations here in 1934–36, 162 rectangular abattoirs were found in a lined courtyard. It was built in the sixth or seventh century AD. According to local folklore, this place is associated with Behula and Lakhinder. The remains of a temple have been found 800 meters west of the north-west corner of the ruins at Chengispur village in Mahasthangarh. It is called Khullana mound. The Karatoya River, which flows through the region, is now narrow but is known to have been huge in the past.There is a region inDhubri district of Assam, much north of Bogra, the area is believed to be reminiscent of Mansa's companion leader Netai Dhubuni. Netai Dhubuni is known as the divine washerwoman who washed the cloths of Gods. There is also a rock associated to her near Netai Dhubuni park inDhubri town. The name ofDhubri town is also named after Netai Dhubni. There is also a hillock named Chandardinga in Dhubri district of Assam the people there believe that the boat of Chand Sadagar crashed and sank down at that place.
