Monteswar is a village situated in Manteswar CD block in Kalna subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Most of the area between the Damodar and the Ajay, largely covering the later day Shergarh, Selimpur and Senpahari parganas, was broadly known as Gopbhum, where the Sadgop kings ruled for a long time, prior to the advent of the Muslims.
It offers honours courses in Bengali, Sanskrit, English, history, geography, political science, philosophy and accountancy.
[12][13] IID (Imperial Institute of Design), recognized by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, government of India, is located in Monteswar.
[14] Monteswar has two Dharmathakurs and a gajan festival is celebrated with its traditional fervour, during Baisakh Purnima.
Scholars have pointed out the predominance of non-Aryan influence in practices during these festivities, that start in Vaisakha shukla paksha [15] Monteswar also has Shiva, Siddheswari and other temples.
The Viashnavite poet and author of Chaitanya Bhagavata, Vrindavana Dasa Thakura was a resident of Denur.
The temple of Vrindabana Dasa Thakura has idols of Mahishamardini and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a combination of Shaktism and Vaishnavism.