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Saturday, June 15, 2019

Nandalal Temple, Bishnupur, West Bengal

Nandalal Temple, Bishnupur, West Bengal
Nandalal Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu located in Bishnupur Town in Bankura District of West Bengal State, India. It is not clearly known who built this temple. However, based on the architectural style, it is believed that it should belong to the 17th century CE. The Temple is located at about 2 Kms from Bishnupur Bus Stand, 4.5 Kms from Bishnupur Junction Railway Station and 2 Kms from Bishnupur New Bus Stand.





History
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The Temple
There are seven Eka Ratna (meaning single pinnacled) temples located in Bishnupur. Nandalal Temple is one among them. In earlier days, all these laterite temples were all covered with stucco images. However, with passing of time, most of the stucco works are lost. Nandalal Temple is a beautiful laterite temple built as per Ek Ratna temple architecture style. Like most of the other temples in Bishnupur, this is also dedicated to Lord Krishna. However, currently there is no deity inside the temple.





Nandalal temple is surrounded by beautiful gardens. The Temple was built with rust colored laterite stone. The south facing temple has square ground with a single tower resting on a curved roof.  The exterior of the temple is plain without any decoration. There are covered porches on all four sides around the sanctum and there are three arched openings at each of the two adjacent sides of the temple. It almost looks like more famous Madan Mohan temple, but it is smaller and much less decorated.





Connectivity
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Location

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