Shantipur is a city and a municipality in the Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The fort area of this city, also known as Daak-Garh (calling or gathering room) is thought to have been built by Raja Krishnachandra of Nadia.

After the partition of India, many weavers came from Dhaka of Bangladesh and started to reside here in Phulia region, which is a Panchayat area of Santipur.

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi.

[3] The Ranaghat subdivision has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman and Hooghly districts lying across the river.

The handloom weaving style unique to this region are famously known as Santipuri Sari (tant).

Through government support for Indian handicrafts and arts, the weaving community slowly grew and thrived.

Saris and finely woven feather-touch textiles are still being produced in the same traditional method today.

One can find the patterns and colors found in ancient times still reflected in the garments produced in the vast textile belt of Shantipur, Phulia, Samudragarh, Dhatrigram and Ambika Kalna.

The principle deity of the town is 'Radharaman' in the family of Baro Gosai descending from the lineage of Mathuresh Goswami.

The deity was originally installed as a single statue of krishna named 'dol govinda' in Orissa by king indradyumna.

When the king of Yessore (now in Bangladesh), Pratapaditya attacked Orissa, the priest of the temple gave away the deity to his own guru Mathuresh Goswami to protect it in times of emergency.

On the day of Rashyatra, the main festival of the town, all of them are taken out in a grand procession around the city accompanied with drums, kirtan and other celebration.

Curiously, all the thrones are lit with the age-old Belgium glass candleholders and chandeliers, instead of electric lighting, even to this day.

On this day, as a continuation of a tradition introduced by Bara Goswamis near about 250 years ago, a young girl, called Rai-Raja (Rai is another name for Radha and Raja means king), dressed in expensive attire and gold ornaments is seated in a throne and paraded across the city to be worshipped as Radha.

The Pateshwari Mandir is one of the oldest temples in Santipur, dating back to the 16th century,[14] with such a painted canvas of Goddess Kali.

More than 14 generations of Pramaniks - a close group of the Tili subcaste, stayed here before most of the family migrated to Calcutta.

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