Guptipara is a village in Balagarh,[1] a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Sadar subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Two oxbow lakes, Dekol and Dhama, are situated at the northern and southern end of Guptipara, respectively.

An increase in population and farming, floods, the STKK road and railway lines define the landscape.

Guptipara is the home of Bengal's first "Barowari" (English: publicly organized) Durga Puja which introduced Sri Bindhabasini Jagaddhatri Puja (Worshipping Devi Durga introduced by Lord Rama), with a club named Bindhyabasini.

[3] In the 1760s, a group of men were stopped from taking part in the household Durga Puja of the ruling Sen family.

In retaliation, seven of these men formed a committee and organised a modern club culture called "Barowari Puja."

Guptipara is the birthplace of folk singer Bhola Moira,[8] and of Diwan Mohanlal, the Commander in Chief of King Siraj ud-Daulah.

The Ramchandra Temples contain many terracotta works,[4] and the structures bear characteristics of the Bengal school of architecture, with carvings depicting scenes from the epics and Puranas.

Even today, residents observe Ras, Dol and Ratha-Yatra, which is Guptipara's greatest festival.

Guptipara is the home of the first branded Bengali "Gupo sandesh," a special kind of sweetmeat.

Guptipara II covers the largest area with Manasatala, Pathakpukur, Beldanga, Kumorpara, Chutorpara, Baburdanga, Aryanagar, Rathsadak, Jamtala, Behula, Ghoshpara, Sondolpur, Rampur, Aida, and Baire, as well as many other small villages.

On the eve of the Ulto Rath, Guptipara holds a unique ritual known as Bhandar Loot.