Chauchala Chhota Govinda Mandir Explained

Chauchala Chhota Govinda Mandir is a Hindu temple of the Puthia Temple Complex in Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The temple is believed to date to the 1790s-1800s period.[1] [2]

The temple is in Puthia town which is away by road from Rajshahi city;[1] the city is also a rail head and is on the Dhaka Rajashahi Highway.[3]

Features

The temple stands next to the Bara Ahnik Mandir on a high platform, covered with a pyramid shaped vault. The temple's interior has one chamber with porches on the eastern and southern directions.[2] The southern frontage is extensively decorated with terracotta plaques, which depict ten incarnations Avatars of Vishnu, Lankakanda a chapter in the epic Ramayana legend, Radha-Krishna epic stories, flower designs and geometric art and scenes of the civic life of the period.[1] The frontage on the west has terracotta ornamentation panels some of which are in a dilapidated condition or pilfered.[2]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Mahmumuda . Alam . 2013 . Puthia temple complex: Developing tourism through architecture . Bachelor of Architecture . . 30 . 11 May 2015.
  2. Web site: Puthia Rajbari. Chauchala Chhota Govinda Mandir. 13 May 2015. Rajshahi University Web Page. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100540/http://dept.ru.ac.bd/ihc/Mostafiz/Puthia.htm. 18 May 2015. dead.
  3. Book: Mikey Leung. Belinda Meggitt. Bangladesh. 2009. Bradt Travel Guides. 978-1-84162-293-4. 301.