Laksmikanta Roy Choudhury got the Jaigirdari of huge area of lands in CE 1608 from Man Singha. It was then that the place of Barisha came under his dominion. He started a "durga puja" here in CE 1610, which is at present the oldest "durga puja" of Bengal. Also in total, eight "durga pujas" are being held in the family at present. The descendants of Laksmikanta Roy Choudhury later on started living here from the year CE 1716 and carried on developmental works and since then it is the biggest settlement of the Sabarna family.