Author:

Barsha Agarwalla
Assistant Professor
Department of History
Uttar Banga Maheshwari College
Darjeeling,West Bengal,India

Email: barshaagarwalla97@gmail.com

Abstract::The present paper Exploring the History of Non-Hindu Religious Establishment of Maynaguri tries to describe the cultural richness of the Maynaguri and enhancing the non-Hindu religion history. It contains a detailed history about Islam and Buddhism of North Bengal and how these religions are flourishing in different parts of this area, particularly in Maynaguri. Maynaguri is considered as very famous place for Shiva temples and many scholars also describing this but non- Hindu culture and religious establishments didn’t get much attentions. For that reason, this article tries to give an elaborate discussion about the spread of Islam and Buddhism in Maynaguri with special reference of Maynaguri Town Mosque and Buddha Shanti Ashramic Bihar.

Key Words:Buddhism, Islam, Mosque, Maynaguri, Religious Establishments,Shrine etc.