History of NANOOR Village

The village of Nanoor is located at the eastern end of Birbhum district. The legendary Baisnab Poet Chandidas was born in this village in 1417, and died in 1467. The 'Dhibi' of Chandidas and the temples of 'Basuli' are still present at the middle at Nanoor village. This village was renamed as 'Chandidas Nanoor' about a hundred year ago. During the age of Chandidas the village was popularly known as 'Sakulipur'. It is said that the foreign merchanets used to come to this ares from 'Tamralipta' (now Tamluk in Midnapore). Nanoor post office was also known as Sakulipur post office, now rechrisened as Chandidas Nanoor Post Office. To pay obeisance to the great poet as also for other administrative expediency Nanoor Development Block Office has been transferred from Kirnahar to Nanoor in 1957.

Chandidas 'Bhita' and Temples of Nanoor

According to the history of Bengali literature Chandidas, a Baisnav poet of mediaeval period was born in 1417 and passed away in 1467 at Nanoor village in the district of Birbhum. The 'Basuli' (renamed as Bisalakhmi) was his tutelary deity. A mound with Basuli and fourteen other temples, famous being associated with the poet Chandidas are still present in the middle of Nanoor village under tha care of tha Archacological department of India.

These temples were built in collaboration with the local 'Zamider' in 17th - 18th century. Some of these temples are having STUCCO ornamentation while two are decorated with Terracotta ornamentation.

The idol of 'Basuli' is made of stone and four-armed holding a lyre with three arms and a prayer beads with the other. This idol is still being worshipped by the villagers.

The adjacent mound is known as Chandidas 'Bhita'. The perimeter and the height of this mound is five hundred feet and seventeen of this mound if five hundred feet and seventeen feet respictively.If has been excavated by Calcutta university in the year 1945 -46. The report of this excavation work has been published in the 'Calcutta review' (March, 1950). It has been again excavated by the Archaeological survey of India in the year 1963-64. Many cultural and historical relise have been discovered by these excavation works.