Bamakhepa
Bamakhepa
Personal
Born	Bamacharan Chattopadhyay 22 February 1837 Atla village, Birbhum, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj
Died	July 18, 1911(1911-07-18) (aged 74) Tarapith, Birbhum, Bengal Presidency, British Raj
Religion	Hinduism
Nationality	Indian
Temple	Tarapith
Philosophy	Shaktism
Religious career
Guru	Swami Kailashpati and Vedagya Mokshadananda
Disciples Nigamananda Paramahansa
Honors	Tarapith Bhairav

Bamakhyapa (Bengali: বামাখ্যাপা, romanized: Bamakhæpa, lit. 'mad saint'; 1837–1911^[1]), born Bamacharan Chattopadhyay, was an Indian Hindu saint who resided in Tarapith and whose shrine is also located in the vicinity of the Tara temple in Birbhum. He was born at Atla village in the Rampurhat subdivision of the Birbhum district.^[2]

He was Goddess Tara's ardent devotee lived near the temple and meditated in the cremation grounds.^[1] He stayed in Mouliksha temple for continuing the worship of Holy Mother.^[3] Bamakhyapa was fed first in the temple before the deity and nobody obstructed him.^[4] It is believed that Ma Tara gave a vision to Bamakhaypa in the cremation grounds in her ferocious form and then took him to her breast.^[1]

Popular culture

Beginning in 2007, a teleserial named 'Sadhak Bamakhepa' about Bamakhepa ran on television in Bengal. By late 2011, it had run for 1500 episodes.^[5]

In the teleserial Mahapeeth Tarapeeth, the life of the ardent devotee Bamakhepa was also depicted elaborately.^[6]