Bamakhepa

Bamakhyapa (Bengali: বামাখ্যাপা, romanized: Bamakhæpa, lit. ’mad saint’; 1837–1911), born Bamacharan Chattopadhyay, was an Indian Hindu saint who is held in great reverence in Tarapith and whose shrine is also located in the vicinity of the Tara temple in Birbhum. He worshipped Maa Tara as if she was his own mother. He was born at Atla village in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district.