Mahapeeth Tarapeeth was a Bengali mythological show that was aired on Star Jalsha and is also available on Disney+ Hotstar. The show narrates the origin of Tarapith shrine- the journey from fear to faith and chart the various phases of Maa Tara and Bamakhepa’s journey to fight against societal evils. This show was produced by Max Entertainment, Surinder Films.
Plot
The show revolves around the manifestation of the unparalleled Tarapith, which according to legends is home to one of the 51 parts (Tara-eyeball) of Maa Sati. It depicts how the Tantric Hindu temple became the revered Shakti Peeth by regaling tales known and unknown that surround it.
Set in 19th century Bengal, the show narrates the journey of the omnipotent goddess’ origin and her miracles, her connection with her ardent devotee Bamakhepa and the obstacles they overcome to abolish malpractices and superstitions in tumultuous times.
Cast
Nabanita Das as Maa Tara
Dhrubojyoti Sarkar as Mahadev
Jasmine Roy as Maa durga
Sabyasachi Chowdhury as Bama Charan Chotopadhay / Sadhak Bamakhyapa / Bama / Bamdev Sarbik Pal as Child Bama Sayak Chakraborty as Lord Krishna Pradip Dhar as morol moshai of Atla village Jeetu Kamal as Anandanath / Choto Kumar (deceased) Roosha Chatterjee as Rani Annada Sundari Kushal Chakraborty as Sarbanandho Chotopadhay (Bama's father) (deceased) Aditi Chatterjee as Rajkumari (Bama's Mother) (Deceased) Indranil Mallick as Bama's childhood friend Arindam Halder as Neel Madhob Anindya Banerjee as Durga Das Sagnik Chatterjee as Borendronath / Boro Kumar Riju Biswas as Birendranath Suchandra Banerjee as Labanya Sourav Chatterjee as Labanya's husband Gourob Chatterjee as Rabindranath Tagore Palash Debnath as the Nayeb of young Rabindranath Tagore Niladri Lahiri as Debendranath Tagore Goutam Halder as Aghoreshwar Thakur Samir Biswas as Tantraguru of Aghoreswar Debraj Mukherjee as Rudranath Mousumi Bhattacharya / Indrakshi Nag as Madhobi: Bama's Boro rani maa Mishmee Das Avijit Sarkar Mimi Dutta Rupankar Bagchi Biswabasu Biswas Aritra Dutta Sambhabhi Dev Chhat as greedy Zamindar Ayesha Bhattacharya as Dakini Soumi Chakraborty as Yogini Sayantani Sengupta as Lalita Saptarshi Ray as Borothakur of Tarapeeth Surojit Banerjee Kaushambi Chakroborty / Alokananda Guha as Maa Bipatarini Sohini Banerjee as Jhunjhuni Judhajit Banerjee Arijit Chowdhury Bimal Chakraborty as Kapalik Hirojeet Chatterjee Deerghoi Paul Tramila Bhattacharya Sanchita Bhattacharya as payesh mata Priyanka Chakraborty Biplab Chatterjee as Bishnu Das Avrajit Chakraborty as Shymananda Sumanta Mukherjee as Nidhu Sardar Sancharee Mukherjee as Sulakkhana's mother Anamika Saha Nishantika Das Anamika Chakraborty Partha Sarathi Deb Moumita Chakrabarty Arindam Ganguly Pallavi Sharma Sudip Mukherjee Raja Goswami as Tarananda Biswarup banerjee as mahadevananda(mahadev thakur) Madhupriya Chowdhury Mainak Dhol
Reception
In week 22 of 2021, the series has risen to fifth place with 3.546 million impressions for the most watched television series in Bengal.