Jaydev Kenduli has long been considered as a possible birthplace of the poet Jayadeva, who had composed
Gita Govinda in Sanskrit. However, the poet may also have been born in another place in Orissa bearing the same name,
Kenduli Sasan. He was believed to be the
court poet of
Raja Lakshman Sen, who ruled in the 12th–13th century. However, most of the works and life of the poet has been found and recorded in Odisha. The image of Radhamadhav set up by him is daily worshipped. The
asana (mat) on which the poet sat and obtained
siddhi (salvation) through meditation is carefully preserved. During the
Mughal era Jaydev Kenduli was part of Senpahari pargana. As per a
firman issued by
Aurangzeb in the 17th century, Senpahari was added to the property of Krishnaram Rai of
Bardhaman Raj. Maharani Brajakishori of Bardhaman had set up temples in different places such as
Puri and
Vrindaban. Jugal Kishore Mukhopadhyay of Jaydev Kenduli was then court-poet at Bardhaman. It is said that it was at his request that the Maharani set up the Radhabinod temple at Jaydev Kenduli in 1683. The temple stands where the house of the poet Jayadeva, was believed locally to have stood, based on the prior assumption of his birth there. Around 1860-70, Radharaman Brajabasi of the Nirbak
Vaisnava sect set up the Nirbak Ashrama at Jaydev Kenduli, the place of birth of their
kula guru (patron saint) of the sect, the poet Jayadeva. In the first half of the 20th century, the Radhaballav temple of the Mukhopadhyay family was established. Many more
ashramas (hermitages) were set up and thus Jaydev Kenduli developed as a religious centre. ==Geography==