Aparna Kali Temple

Aparna Kali Temple in Bangladesh
This shakti peetha is located Bhabanipur village which is 28kms. from Sherpur,Sherpur upzilla, Bogra district, Rajshahi   division.The part of Sati mata’s body fell at Bhabanipur could be left anklet(ornament),ribs of left chest,right eye,or bedding(according to various sources).Devotees can go to Bhabanipur from Dhaka via Jamuna bridge and after passing Chandaikona in Sirajganj district,they can reach ghoga bot tola bus stoppage on the Panchgarh Banglabandh highway from where they can reach the Bhabanipur temple premises by availing themselves of van or rickshaw.pilgrims from the districts located to the north of bogra can reach the Bhabanipur temple by passing through Sherpur,Mirzapur and Ghoga Bot Tola of Bogra district.The name of Bhairav is Vaman Bhairav(Bamesh Bhairab) which is located within the temple premises.
Legend of Aparna Kali Temple
There is a legend saying that while once a conch-bangles dealer was passing by the side of a lonely pond in a dense jungle near the then Bhabanipur temple, a little girl with a tip of vermilion on her forehead approached him and told him that she was the daughter of the Natore Rajbari (Palace). She bought a pair of conch-bangles from him and requested him to collect the price of that bangles from the then Maharani Bhabani from a basket kept in the Rajbari at a specified place. Her appearance and polite words overwhelmed the conch-dealer. The Maharani (Queen) rushed to the place/site with her men and the conch-dealer as soon as she heard this from him. On the earnest prayer by the conch-dealer, Ma Bhabani raised from that pond showing her two wrists with the conch-bangles worn. The Maharani and the men present there were surprised, and the divinity of Mother Bhabani spread throughout this subcontinent. This is that sacred “Shakha-Pukur” (conch-bangles pond) where the devotees take their holy bath when they go there.
Architecture of Aparna Kali Temple
Surrounded by a boundary wall, the Temple comprises about an area of four acres (12 bighas) – Main Temple, Belbaran Tala, 4 Shiva Temples, Patal Bhairava Shiva Temple, Gopal Temple, Bashudev Temple and Nat Mandir. On the north side, there is a Sheba Angan, Holy Shakha-Pukur (conch-bangles pond), 2 bathing ghats, 4 Shiva Temples outside the boundary wall and a Panchamunda Asana