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Begampur, India

Begampur is a Census Town and a Gram Panchayat in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is a part of Chanditala-II Development Block. This place is famous for its own variety of GI-tagged "tant saree" called Begampuri Saree. These sarees can be identified by their loosely woven, light-weight and translucent made and have contrasting borders in red, black, purple, orange etc. These are also emphasized by a serrated edge motif. Narrow borders are woven with designs of a variety of stripes and figured motifs using dyed cotton yarn on the weft. Gupta Bari, in Begampur, is particularly famous for being the ancestral home of Ashapurna Devi, and organises the oldest Kali Puja (around 350 years old) in the locality.

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• ▸Alexander von Humboldt
• ▸Bombay plague epidemic
• ▸Bernardine Monastery, Iziaslav

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