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Kantojiu Temple, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Kantojiu Temple (Bengali: কান্তজীউ মন্দির) at Kantanagar,[1] is a late-medieval Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Built by Maharaja Pran Nath, its construction started in 1702 CE and ended in 1752 CE,[2] during the reign of his son Maharaja Ramnath.[3] It boasts one of the greatest examples on Terracotta architecture in Bangladesh and once had nine spires, but all were destroyed in an earthquake that took place in 1897.






 
 

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