At the end of the seventeenth century Sri Debidas Basu constructed the Kalachand Mandir. It was the proof of seventeenth century architecture and it stood there proudly for two hundred years. As time passes by the temple got old and poor. At the start of the twentieth century sons of Sri Kaliprasanna Basu Thakur demolished the old temple and constructed the modern one at its place. The main door was located in the front of the temple in a gully. There was a stone tablet on the top of the door with ‘Debaloy’ written in it. The common people can visit the temple and look at the God right from the gate of the temple; they didn’t even need to go inside the temple to visit the god. Everyone used to pray to the god and pay their respects from the main gate.

The main throne of the god was made out of silver. The bed of the god was also made from silver and it increased its beauty even more. During festivals the idol was covered in different ornaments made out of gold and silver. Raas, Jhulan, Janmastami, Dol (Holi) and Rath were the times when the idol was beautified. For the festivals different materials are always kept in the temple.

The house of Basu Thakur’s from Malkhanagarh was all followers of Kalachand. In the month of Baisakh every house of Basu Thakur’s used to bring the idol to their house with a lot of festivities. The worshipping of the idol and the festivities used to happen from dawn to dusk. The idol was worshipped with different kinds of rice, accompaniments and sweets. In the dusk the idol was returned to the temple with great music and festivity. The priest used to stay with the idol the whole day. During the time of Rath yatra the idol of Kalachand was taken to Taltala Bazaar and was put up in the Rath with much fanfare. At the end of the festivities the priest used to bring back the idol to the temple and worship it in order to put it to sleep.

Many Basu Thakur’s were also followers of Shiva. There was an ancient Shiva temple in Malkhanagarh which came to be known as ‘Sambhunath Temple’. Looking at its architecture, its thin bricks and other building materials it could be inferred that the temple was contemporary to ‘Seghora’ or built within hundred years of the construction of ‘Seghora’. The legend says that this building was built on top of a crematorium of someone influential from the Basu Thakur family. Sri Ghanashyam Basu and his descendants from the Southern House were all followers of Sambhunath.

According to their family tradition all the descendants of Sri Ghanashyam Basu used to take turns to worship the idol of the temple. Legend also mentions that it was Sri Ghanashyam Basu who established the Shivalinga on the top of his father’s grave and the temple was built at the end of eighteenth century. The name of Sri Ghanashyam Basu’s father was Sri Krishnadas Basu Thakur. This temple was also created within hundred years of construction of ‘Seghora’. Later this old temple was destroyed.

Many houses in Malkhanagarh have dedicated space for worship of gods in them along with the idols of gods. The residents of those houses used to worship them every day. The houses of Sri Najir and Sri Rammoni Basu Thakur used to worship the idols in their house with concerted Drum Music (Nahabat). They also had a room dedicated for that which is known as ‘Nahabatkhana’.

Every houses of Basu Thakur’s have arrangements for guests in them. There were a lot of travelers from faraway villages who used to come by boats and then travel by roadways to Taltala Bazaar. There was fear for thieves and robbers on the road during night time. They used to get shelter and foods for the day in the houses of Basu Thakurs.

The famous lawyer from Dhaka was Sri Rajaninath Basu Thakur. He had arrangements for food and lodging in his house at Ahiritola for his students. There were ten students who used to stay at his place and attend college from there. These students mostly turned out to be famous people in the future. Some of them became famous politicians, one of them even turned out to be a minister of West Bengal after independence. Sri Ananta Basu Thakur was also a lawyer at that time in Dhaka. He also maintained the same arrangement in his house.

The Basu Thakurs provided tenancy to their servants around their house in the village. They were not forced to pay any tax for that, instead they used to work at their masters place. When new, they worked at their master’s place against food and clothing. After some time they were paid some wages for their work. The Basu Thakurs also needed barbers and washer men. Even they were given tenancy around the house. The janitors (Jharudars) were called ‘Bhuimali’ at that time. Even they were given tenancy at and around the house of the Basu Thakurs. There were people who used to clean the pond also and they were given tenancy around the house. These are the servants who used to accompany the groom of the house during their marriages. They used to work there generation after generation. They became more than just servants, they used to look after the kids in the house and guide them to be a better person in the future. Their status as servants of the house changed with time. The sons of Basu Thakur family also showed immense respect to these people.

The Sarkars, Tehsildars, Gomosta, Haoladars were also given land tenancy around the house. The Zamindars used to employ private security (Paik Barkandaj) in order to maintain law and order around their zamindari in the eighteenth and the nineteenth century. The ‘Brittwas’ used to get employed in different jobs around the zamindari from generation to generation. The Basu Thakurs made the arrangement where they settled people from different occupation around there house so that they can use them whenever they needed these people. This is how the village was filled up with a lot of people from different population.