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26 Shiva temple complex at Khardaha in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal

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English: 26 Shiva temple complex at Khardaha in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal The then landlords of Khardah Sree Ramhari Biswas and Pandit Ramkrishna Biswas founded this unique Temples between c. late 18th and early 19th cent. AD. Altogether there are 26 Shiva Temples divided into two groups, each having its own separate enclosure wall and courtyard. The complex to one's left facing the Ganges has 20 Temples each standing on a approximate 1.5m high podium of bricks, set in lime mortar shows a courtyard in the middle. The complex to one's right consisting of six Temples has similar arrangements like the former. All these 26 Temples having atchala roof follow almost same architectural style. Almost all the Temple walls are embellished with ornate design of creeper, flower, niches and plaster.
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Author Amitabha Gupta
Object location22° 43′ 31.27″ N, 88° 21′ 44.85″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo


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