Only upper portion of the idol was rescued by a member of Chakraborty family after the war ended .
After the war ended the temple was rebuilt by the family and a new statue was established which was made in Benaras and taken to the temple from India by air by a member of Chakraborty family named Tarapada Adhikary also known as Tarapada Chakraborty.
[1] The statue was donated by Tarun Kanti Ghosh and his family -ex minister of West Bengal.
Chatteshwari Temple is considered one of the Shakti Peethas, which are holy places revered by Shaktism.
The origin of the Shakti Peethas is from the mythology of Daksha Yaga and Sati Devi's self immolation and Shiva carrying her corpse resulting in the falling of body parts as he wandered.