Chhota Shiva Mandir is a Hindu temple of the Puthia Temple Complex in Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The temple, built in 1804, is credited to the Raja Anandanarayan of the Chauddapai.[1]
The temple is in Puthia town which is away by road from Rajshahi city; the city is also a rail head and is on the Dhaka Rajashahi Highway.[2] It is located at the southwestern end of PanchAni palace, on the eastern side of Arani road.
The temple is oriented towards south and has only one chamber with a roof which is in semi-circular shape. The temple's roof is pyramidal, a chuachala (in the form of a hut with four slanting parts) with a curved cornice. The only entrance facing south has ornamentation made in terracotta panels which have carvings of dances of deities of Vasihnava sect of Hindu religion.[1]