Dharapat

Dharapat is a village in Bishnupur subdivision of Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision.

Jain relics at villages Sonatapal, Bahulara, Dharapat, Harmasra and Paresnath (near Ambiknagar) are now taken as Hindu relics and some of the intact images are daily worshipped as Hindu deities.

Barren women of the locality worship at the temple with the hope of bearing a child.

One of them, and a very interesting one, is a statue of Parasnath that has been converted into a Vishnu idol by carefully adding two hands.

Divisions of West Bengal