About this monument
The temple is brick-built and faces east. It has a cruciform plan and a towering sikhara rising perpendicularly before taking an elliptical turn near the peak. It is bereft of any decorative element except two niches topped by a cusped arch each. One of them houses a female figure probably of a divine nature and the other contains a flower design. The sanctum has a domed ceiling. The temple underwent some faulty restoration work destroying several of its early features. Tradition ascribes the building of the temple to Ichai Ghosh, a legendary local chief. The architectural features of the temple suggest that it was not built before the 16th century A.D.
Site plan
Photographs
Visitor Amenities
Facilities available here.
- Garbage Bin
- Cultural Notice Board (CNB) in English, Hindi and Bengali
- Protection Notice Board (PNB)
- Direction Board
- Benches for sitting
Source: ASI Kolkata Circle — Monument Site-wise Amenities List.
- Locality
- Gaurangpur, Paschim Bardhaman
- Coordinates
- 23° 36′ 33″ N, 87° 27′ 07″ E
- Sub-circle
- Kalna Sub-Circle
- Category
- Protected Monument
- Gazette Sl. No.
- 68
- Access
- Free entry
- Airport
- N.S.C.B.I. Airport, Dum Dum
- Railway station
- Durgapur
- Bus station
- Durgapur
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