Bangamata

She is considered as the personification of the Bengali Language & Culture, The State of West Bengal and People's Republic of Bangladesh.

[10] In Amar Sonar Bangla, the national anthem of Bangladesh, Rabindranath Tagore used the word "Maa" (Mother) numerous times to refer to the motherland, i.e. Bengal.

Despite her popularity in patriotic songs and poems, her physical representations and images are rare.

[11] It was during this time the Mother Bengal was an immensely popular theme in Bengali patriotic songs and poems and was mentioned in several of them, such as the song ″Dhana Dhanya Pushpa Bhara″ and ″Banga Amar Janani Amar″ (Our Bengal Our Mother) by Dwijendralal Ray.

These songs were meant to rekindle the unified spirit of Bengal, to raise public consciousness against the communal political divide.