The most magnificent Hindu monuments in Bangladesh-- Kantaji Temple

Bangladesh has several picturesque tourist attractions one is the Kantaji Temple. It is  near by Kantanagar in kaharole police station 12 miles north of Dinajpur town. Kantaji Temple, also known as the Kantanagar Temple. This is a stunning block of religious artwork, and one of the most magnificent Hindu monuments in Bangladesh.

This late medieval Navaratna Krishna Temple, had been made by Maharaja Prannath in 1704-1752 A.D of Dinajpur it took almost 30 years to becompleted.............

under the rule of Maharaja Ramnath, the adopted son of the late Maharaja. It is the country’s finest example of brick and terra cotta shape. Its most remarkable structure, typical of late Mughal-era temples, is its pretty surface decoration, with infinite panels of sculpted terra cotta plaques.

This is 15-sq-meter, three-story building was originally crowned with nine ornamental two-story towers, which deteriorated during 1897 the great of earthquake and were never replaced. The temple built on a high platform. The roof of the ground floor and first floor each contains four sikharas or ratnas. At corners while the roof of second floor in its middle contains the debris of the central sikhara. 

The temple is about1 mile west of Dinajpur to Thakurgaon Highway across the Dhepa River. You can go there by Bus, Motor byke and Rickshaw, Van there within hours from the town. You have to ride on a bus at the Place called 'Kantanagar'.

 

You enjoy the country atmosphere if you walk there. However the distance will be lengthy, if you are to get there via Auto/vehicle up to the temple, may be your family is with you, you need to travel more further to the south from the Kantanagar point and turn after just crossing the Vhatgaon Bridge.

The entire outdoor back of the temple is exquisitely established with terra cotta blade which depicture flora and fauna, geometric motifs, fancied scenes from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata and the contemporaneous social scenes and favorite pastime. The fetish of Kantaji is kept in the temple in its ground floor.