Shri Nathji arrived in Calcutta in
1937 and stayed with Shri Ram Saran Das at Paddu Pooker Road. Now this Shri Ram
Sharan Das was a prosperous businessman from Rawalpindi, Punjab. (Now in
Pakistn) and had a large general
merchant’s shop. there. He had an
establishment in Calcutta also. Poddo Pukur Road is in Bhawanipore
area is now known as Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani ,kolkata -700020. Bhowanipore is
among the oldest localities of South Kolkata. Bhowanipore is perhaps the first
'posh' south Kolkata neighbourhood, in the early 19th century. It consists of
well-known and posh localities like Elgin Road, Gokhale Road, Woodburn Park, Bakulbagan
Road, Harish Mukherjee Road, Beltala Road, Townshend Road and parts of
Chakraberia and Lansdowne. The locality has an illustrious past and abounds
with stories of great men and women who lived here. In 1940’s this area was a
posh residential area with Hindu majority. In these photos of Poddo Pooker Road
we can see that his locality has not changed much since the time Shri Nathji
was here, in Calcutta. The old famous sweet shop of Balaram Mullick and
Radharaman Mullick established in1885,
is still here. Information and photos
about this area are provided by Deepa Das, a devotee of Shri Nathji from Salt Lake,
Kolkata.
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