Do-Chala Chhota Ahnik Mandir Explained

Do-Chala Chhota Ahnik Mandir is a Hindu temple of the Puthia Temple Complex in Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The temple faces east, in close proximity to thenorth-west corner of the residence of Maharani Hemanta Kumari. Believed to date to the 1790s-1800s period, it has a rectangular ground plan, with triple archways in the east and south. The east and south facades are "highly decorated with terracotta plaques depicting Radha-Krishna-Balram legends, the episode of Ramayana and floral motifs like theBara Govinda Mandir. The roof cover is of do-chala type (similar to the mud plastered houses in Bengal with layers of slanting rounded roofs) with curved cornice.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Puthia Rajbari. Do-Chala Chhota Ahnik Mandir. 12 May 2015. Rajshahi University Web Page. 18 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100540/http://dept.ru.ac.bd/ihc/Mostafiz/Puthia.htm. dead.