

Pilgrimage and Politics in Colonial Bengal. Tantric visions of the divine feminine: the ten mahāvidyās. 2 The show narrates the origin of Tarapith shrine- the journey from fear to faith and chart the various phases of Maa Tara and Bamakhepa ’s. ^ "আসছে নতুন ধারাবাহিক 'মহাপীঠ তারাপীঠ' ". ( ) 1 Mahapeeth Tarapeeth was a Bengali mythological show that was aired on Star Jalsha and is also available on Disney+ Hotstar."Sadhok Bamakhyapa becomes highly popular" (accessed ) In the teleserial Mahapeeth Tarapeeth, the life of the ardent devotee Bamakhepa was also depicted elaborately. By late 2011, it had run for 1500 episodes. He is also considered one of the main spiritual figures of Bengal Renaissance for his unbound devotion for Ma Tara.īeginning in 2007, a teleserial named 'Sadhak Bamakhepa' about Bamakhepa ran on television in Bengal. It is believed that Ma Tara gave a vision to Bamakhaypa in the cremation grounds in her ferocious form and then took him to her breast. After this incident, Bamakhaypa was fed first in the temple before the deity and nobody obstructed him. It is said: Ma Tara appeared in the dream of Maharani ("Queen") of Natore- Rani Annadasundari Devi and told her to feed the saint first as he was her son. He did not follow the set rules of the temple and as result was even once roughed up by the temple priests for taking food meant as offering for the deity.

People came to him seeking blessings or cures for their illness, in distress or just to meet him. He perfected yoga and Tantric sadhana (worship)under the tutelage of his guru baba Kailashpati, which resulted in his becoming the spiritual head of Tarapith. Bamakhyapa's Temple at Maluti in Jharkhand
