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temple of the

Puthia Temple Complex 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, M ...

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. 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

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city; the city is also a rail head and is on the

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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

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, 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

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. The surfaces of external and internal walls are simply plastered.

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Puthia Temple Complex Archaeological sites in Rajshahi District {{Bangladesh-struct-stub

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