Amarkanan is a small village with a great natural beauty situated at Bankura district in the state of West Bengal. Amarkanan is at the foot of Korohil ( Koro Pahar), a 400 feet high hill which is a very pleasant and beautiful spot, only 19 Km. away from Bankura. There is a beautiful temple of Savitri Devi at the top of the hill.Amamrkanan is a village growing towards a semi-town with school, college etc. Another attraction of Amarkanan is Sri Ram Krishna Seva Dal Ashram.Established by Sri Gobinda Prasad Singha, a zamindar and a GAndhian freedom fighter, this Ashrama was vsited by famous personalities like Mahatma Gandhi, Kazi Nazrul Islam,Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Satish Dasgupta etc. Kazi Nazrul, during his stay in Amarkanan, had written a song “Amakanan moder Amarkanan”.
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