Kantajew Temple

Dinajpur District, Bangladesh

Also known as: কান্তনগর মন্দিরకాంతానగర్ దేవాలయం (బంగ్లాదేశ్)

কান্তজির মন্দিরের সম্মুখ দৃশ্য DescriptionKantanji's Temple fornt view in Dinajpur.jpg Kantanji's Temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Date 06.03.2009 Source Own work by the original uploader Author Nasar-A-Tawhid Siddiquey --(Naogaon) — Photo: The original uploader was Wiki naogaon at Bangla Wikipedia. via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Kantanagar Temple, commonly known as Kantaji Temple or Kantajew Temple at Kantanagar, is a Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The temple is an 18th century religious edifice. The temple belongs to the Hindu Kanta or Krishna, and is most popular with the Rukmini-Krishna devotees in Bengal. This temple is dedicated to Krishna and his wife Rukmini. Built by Maharaja Pran Nath, its construction started in 1704 CE and ended in the reign of his son Raja Ramnath in 1752 CE. It is an example of terracotta architecture in Bangladesh and once had nine spires, but all were destroyed in an 1897 earthquake.[1]

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Key facts

Location	Dinajpur District, Bangladesh
Status	Active

Sources

Kantajew Temple - Wikipedia — Wikipedia
Wikidata Q3347158 — Wikidata