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A Brisk walk to Dignagar

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"Come I may but go I must.." This is how the profound longing of wanderlust depicted by the famous poet Sir Gerald Gould in his poem "WANDER THIRST". The soul of a traveler cannot confines himself or herself in a single corner of home and in the rotational monotonous life. But the emergence of the deadly pandemic have disrupted the boundless spirit of traveling soul. The confinement transforms into solidarity that the relentless roaming soul bound to stay back in a same settlement  for a long time. Though it is must, but the urge of a wanderer is hard to be enveloped in the inner core. Fortunately in the gap between two extended lockdown I got a chance to explore for a short trip to Dignagar. It is basically 102 Kilometers from Kolkata. This cozy village is privileged to have the Historical creation of "JAL TUNGI" By Maharaja Kirtinarayan in the year 1710. This is basically a small structure of house on a small square Island surrounded by water.It was a no