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Love for wife

The king dug 365 ponds out of love for his wife.

By Yahya MahmudPublished 13 days ago 3 min read
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The king dug 365 ponds out of love for his wife.

There are many love stories in the pages of history. With the passage of time, the way of expressing love has changed a lot. Shahjahan-Mumtaz's love is immortalized in the Taj Mahal, their memorial on earth.
Although the words seem like a fairy tale, the so-called King Chandilal Pal of the Pala dynasty has kept such signs of love. He dug 365 ponds in Naogaon for the well-being of his queen and gave birth to a fairy tale.
Folklore of Chakchandira village in Isabpur union of Dhamirhat upazila of Naogaon, Raja Chandilal Pal brought the first queen to the palace in the eighteenth century. A few years later he fell in love and brought a second queen. The king loved the second queen very much. After a few days, Rani was diagnosed with an incurable disease.

Raja Chandilal calls all the princes of the kingdom but does not get any benefit. Later he got the news of a skilled hakim of the neighboring state. He invited Hakim through envoys to come to his kingdom. After Hakim came, the king told everything about the queen's illness. Hearing this, Hakim advised the king that if 365 ponds were dug and the queen bathed in one pond every day, then the queen would get rid of the disease.

Hakim's words made the king think. How to dig so many ponds in such a short time? His wife quickly started digging the pond by giving it to all the people of the state. A pond was dug during the day and the queen bathed in it. After a year, Rani was cured of severe illness.

On the surface, going to Chakchandira village, one can see the vast green forests of the forest department on the banks of each of the 365 ponds. The chirping of various birds can be heard on the branches of the forest trees. Apart from this, the forest department has its own green afforestation on 1500 hectares of land, which is very attractive for travelers. However, if the transportation system is good, many visitors will be crowded, the locals said.

Local people said they heard from their grandfathers that King Chandipal dug 365 ponds spread over a kilometer and a half here for the well-being of his little queen. After the queen recovered, the two queens lived side by side in the palace. Two separate ponds were excavated for bathing of the two queens, which are now known as the 'Two Satin Ponds'. If you go down to bathe in the two ponds, you will see many valuable things including bricks and stones.
They also said that many people come from far away to see 365 ponds. Due to the poor communication system here, many people come and suffer, many go back again.

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1: Talking about Shah Jahan's love makes me laugh a lot. Because he used to harm others in the name of love. What was the need to cut someone's hand to express love. Then some of his family lost a father, some son, some husband or some member of his family. His family then How helpless. Love doesn't teach you to hurt anyone. Rather teaches to live in peace. Finally, I will say one thing, if you talk about love, don't mention the name of this militant

2: Emperor Shah Jahan's Taj Mahal is a symbol of love for Mumtaz Begum? So who are the women who lived in four hundred rooms in Emperor Shahjahan's palace? Still those four hundred rooms are intact and protected as Mahafez Khana. Once you go, you can see it with your own eyes and get to know the detailed history from the guide. According to some historians, Taj Mahal is the symbol of Emperor Shahjahan's opulence.
There is a funny story about this. A poor man became crazy about marriage and got married four times in a row. After that, while running a family with four wives, lightning broke his head. Became helpless, took refuge with the village pandit and told the details of the four marriages. The pandit first wants to know how much land there is? Then the poor man said bitterly that there is only one bigha of land. Then the Pandit advised him to dig a pond in that one bigha land with four wives. After digging the pond, one of the four wives broke their back, one broke their spine, one broke their neck, one broke their leg, and all four of them divorced the noble husband and went to their father's house for treatment and rest.

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