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Dol-Mandir
Dol-Mandir, also known as Dol-Mandav is a Hindu temple of the Puthia Temple Complex in Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. It is located within the Puthia market area. An inscription dates the temple to 1778 built by Vubanendra Narayan, the Panch Ani Raja. The temple is in Puthia town which is away by road from Rajshahi city; the city is also a rail head and is on the Dhaka Rajashahi Highway. Features The temple is built to a square plan, each side measuring . It is a four storied edifice built in brick masonry. At each successive floor the size gets proportionally reduced with the top floor built to square plan, similar to the Panch Mahal in Fatehpur Sikri or Mandvi in Baroda, India. Each of the four floors of the temple has a facade made of a series of arches. The top floor square chamber is crowned with a ribbed dome which is fitted with a spire or kalasha. The surfaces of external and internal walls are simply plastered. See also * List of archaeological sites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archaeological Sites In Bangladesh
This article lists the archeological sites in Bangladesh. Below is a division-wise overview of some notable archaeological sites. Dhaka Division Dhaka * Ahsan Manzil * Armenian Church, Dhaka * Bara Katra * Bhajahari Lodge * Buckland Bund * Chawk Mosque * Chhota Katra * Curzon Hall * Dhaka Gate * Dhakeshwari Temple * Greek Memorial, Dhaka * Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque * Lalbagh Fort * Lakshmibazar Shahi Mosque * Musa Khan Mosque * Northbrook Hall * Old High Court Building, Dhaka * Rose Garden Palace * Ruplal House * Sat Gambuj Mosque * Shahbaz Khan Mosque * Star Mosque Faridpur * Pathrail Mosque Kishoreganj * Jangalbari Fort Manikganj * Baliati Palace * Tewta Zamindar House Munshiganj * Baba Adam's Mosque * Idrakpur Fort Narayanganj * Baliapara Zamindar House * Boro Sarder House * Goaldi Mosque * Gopaldi Zamindar House * Murapara Rajbari * Hajiganj Fort * Lokenath Brahmachari Ashram * Neel Kuthi * Panam Nagar * Sonakanda Fort * Sonargaon * Wari-Bate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puthia
The Puthia Temple Complex consists of a cluster of notable old Hindu temples in Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi District, Bangladesh. Located 23 km to the east of Rajshahi city, it has the largest number of historic temples in Bangladesh.McAdam, Marika. (2004''Lonely Planet's Bangladesh''.pp. 114-115. The temples were built by Hindu Zamindars Rajas of the Puthia Raj family who were noted philanthropists of Rajshahi. The temples have been built in terracotta in a variety of styles combining the typical Jor-bangla Style architecture with other influences. The Rajbari or Palace of the Raja of Puthia and the Dol Mancha are part of the complex. The temples are laid out around a lake named Shyam Sagar and the complex is surrounded by a moat called Shiv Sagar. The Puthia Raj family was established by a holy man named Bhatsacharya, who lived in the 16th century. Raja Man Singh, governor of the Mughal emperor Akbar, confiscated the Jagir of the refractory pathan jagirdar of Rajshahi na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puthia Upazila
Puthia Upazila () is an Upazila of Rajshahi District in the Division of Rajshahi Division, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Puthia is located at . It has 52,922 households and total area 192.63 km2. This is a historical & traditional place in Bangladesh for Puthia Rajbari & Shiva Temple Complex. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Puthia Upazila had 52,922 households and a population of 207,490. 37,278 (17.97%) were under 10 years of age. Puthia had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 49.58%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 975 females per 1000 males. 25,761 (12.42%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population was 1,698 (0.82%). As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Puthia has a population of 342,405. Males constitute 51.16% of the population, and females 48.84%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 81679. Puthia has an average literacy rate of 25.5% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajshahi Division
Rajshahi Division () is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population at the 2022 Census of 20,353,119. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 districts, 70 upazilas (the next lower administrative tier) and 1,092 Union councils of Bangladesh, unions (the lowest administrative tier). The region has historically been dominated by various feudal Rajas, Maharajas and Zamindars. Formerly comprising 16 districts, a new division (Rangpur Division) was formed with the 8 northern districts of the old Rajshahi Division from early 2010. Etymology and names The Rajshahi Division is named after Rajshahi District. Dominated by various feudal Rajas, Maharajas and zamindars of mixed origins throughout history, the name is a compound word, compound of the words ''Raj'' and ''Shahi'', both of which can be translated into reign or kingdom. Archaic spellings in the English language also included ''Rajeshae''. History Rajshahi Division was created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated with a population of over 171 million within an area of . Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast. It has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal to its south and is separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by the List of Indian states, Indian state of Sikkim to its north. Dhaka, the capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city, is the nation's political, financial, and cultural centre. Chittagong is the second-largest city and the busiest port of the country. The territory of modern Bangladesh was a stronghold of many List of Buddhist kingdoms and empires, Buddhist and List of Hindu empir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puthia Rajbari
Puthia Rajbari is a palace in Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi District in Bangladesh. It was built in 1895, by Maharani Hemanta Kumari Devi in the memory of her mother-in-law Maharani Saratsundari Devi, it is an example of Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture. The palace is sited on the Rajshahi Natore highway 30 km from the east of the town and one km south from Rajshahi Natore highway. Currently it houses a museum narrating the history of Puthia and its adjoining area. History Initially, Puthia was a village of Laskarpur Pargana, named after Laskar Khan Nilamber, the brother of the first zamindar of Puthia, who was the first to receive the title of Raja from the Mughal emperor Jahangir. A partition of the estate took place in 1744 and the zamindari was divided among 4 co shares among whom the panch ani (five annas) and char ani (four annas) co-shares become famous in conducting jamindary. Structure Puthia Rajbari is surrounded by ditches. The south end of an open field is whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BRAC University
BRAC University (, also known as BRACU) is a private research university located in Merul Badda, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 2001 as a branch of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed's BRAC under the Private University Act 1992. History Sir Fazle Hasan Abed founded BRAC University in 2001, under the Private University Act. The university was formally inaugurated by the President of Bangladesh and the Chancellor of BRAC University, Shahabuddin Ahmed, at Osmani Memorial Hall, Dhaka, on June 16, 2001. Based on the American liberal arts college model, the university began with just three departments and around 80 students in 2001 at Mohakhali, Dhaka. It held its first convocation in January 2006. As the university grew, it increased the number of programs and introduced master's degrees. The development of a library with high academic standards was important to Sir Abed. The Ayesha Abed Library was digitized shortly after its inception. The university had 11,200 students in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindu
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. It is assumed that the term ''"Hindu"'' traces back to Avestan scripture Vendidad which refers to land of seven rivers as Hapta Hendu which itself is a cognate to Sanskrit term ''Sapta Sindhuḥ''. (The term ''Sapta Sindhuḥ'' is mentioned in Rig Veda and refers to a North western Indian region of seven rivers and to India as a whole.) The Greek cognates of the same terms are "''Indus''" (for the river) and "''India''" (for the land of the river). Likewise the Hebrew cognate ''hōd-dū'' refers to India mentioned in Hebrew BibleEsther 1:1. The term "''Hindu''" also implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajshahi
Rajshahi (, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major Urban area, urban, administrative, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi District, district. Located on the north bank of the Padma River, near the Bangladesh–India border, the city is surrounded by the satellite towns of Nowhata and Katakhali, which together build an urban agglomeration of about 1 million population. Modern Rajshahi Division, Rajshahi lies in the ancient region of Pundravardhana. The foundation of the city dates to 1634, according to epigraphic records at the mausoleum of Sufi saint Shah Makhdum. The area hosted a Dutch settlement in Rajshahi, Dutch settlement in the 18th century. The Rajshahi municipality was constituted during the British Raj in 1876. Rajshahi is a historic center of silk production. Varendra Research Museum, the oldest of its kind in Bangladesh, is located in the city. Someti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list of cities proper by population density, most densely populated cities in the world with a density of about 34,000 citizens per square kilometers within a total area of approximately 300 square kilometers. Dhaka is a megacity, and has a population of 10.2 million residents as of 2024, and a population of over 23.9 million residents in Greater Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan Area. It is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world. Dhaka is an important cultural, economic, and scientific hub of Eastern South Asia, as well as a major list of largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries, Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks list of cities by GDP, third in South Asia and 39th in the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panch Mahal
Panchmahal, also rendered as Panch Mahal, is a district in the eastern portion of Gujarat State western India. ''Panch-mahal'' means "five tehsils/talukas" (5 sub-divisions), and refers to the five sub-divisions that were transferred by the Maharaja Jivajirao Scindia of Gwalior State to the British: Godhra, Dahod, Halol, Kalol and Jhalod, Devgadh Baria. The district had a population of 2,390,776 of which 12.51% were urban as of 2001. The district is located on the eastern end of the state. It is bordered by Dahod district to the north-east & east, Vadodara district to the southwest and Chhota Udaipur district to southeast, Kheda district to the west and Mahisagar district to the north. Name ''Panch-mahal'' is a Hindustani or Gujarati word derived from Panch ("five") and Mahal which adopted from its original usage in Arabic for a place or type of building, later adopted in Hindi to refer to a province, district or its division, an estate etc. The district was originally cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
