Bangladesh Temples

Jain Temple, Dinajpur, Rare in Bangladesh

Kali temple in Sundarban, Bangladesh built by Raja Pratapatidya in early 1600 ad.

Dhamrai Jagannath Roth  is a chariot temple, a  Roth , dedicated to the Hindu  God  Jagannath  located in  Dhamrai ,  Bangladesh . The annual Jagannath  Roth Jatra  is a famous Hindu festival attracting thousands of people. The Roth Jatra in Dhamrai is one of the most important events for the Hindu community of Bangladesh. Sri Jagannath (Lord of the World) is believed by the Hindus to be an incarnation of Lord  Vishnu , one among the Holy Hindu Trinity of Gods ( Brahma  the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva  the destroyer). Lord Jagannath is also believed to be a deity form of Lord  Krishna . For the thousands of Hindu devotees, it is considered a pious deed and the huge processions accompanying the chariots play devotional songs with drums, tambourines, trumpets etc. A glimpse of Lord Jagannath on the chariot is considered to be very auspicious and saints, poets and scriptures have repeatedly glorified t...

Chandi mandir is located at the place name Dhamsreni about 3 km east from Ulipur sub district of Kurigram district. Several of it known that the mandir was established (1658-1707) at the time of Mughal emperor Aurangajeb. The mandir looks like a kali Mandir. An earthquake was occurred in 1897. That time the earthquake causes serious damage of the mandir. Now a new mandir has been built beside the old mandir. It was the headquarters of Baharabanda Raganara and Rani Satyabrati was the Landlord.

Dolmanca Mandir is located at the place name Dhamsreni about 3 km east from Ulipur sub district of Kurigram district. Now it is runs. This Temple or mandir is located at the home yeard of Braksama Priest who was Appointed by (1658-1787) landlord Rani Satyabrati. Here has more some temples but all of them are seriously damaged by 1897 earthquake.

It is situated at Panchagram in Lanlmonirhat district. In the month of Chaitra. Hindus do worship here. People says that A Hindu landowner Narayan Chakrawarti dag this pond cause of draught. But cause of having no water in the pond he got a dream to worship by leaving two daughter of him in the middle of the pond named Sindur and Mati. But he failed to bring all the elements for the worship. When he went to take all the elements the pond fulfilled with water, the two daughters of the lanowner failed to reach in the bank and died. Aftert that he saw a dream that his two daughter got immortality. Old foundation stone of SindurMoti temple

Golokdham Mandir is located at Saldanga village, Saldanga union, Debiganj subdistrict in Panchagarh district. the temple was established in 1846. The distance of the Golokdham Mandir is 12 km north From Debiganj subdistrict. An  example of eighteenth century Excellent temple architecture. The design is similar to the Greek architecture strategy.

Kalashkathi temples falling apart for want of attention Goutam Mukharjee, one of the descendants of Kalashkathi zamindar (landlord), said zamindar Janaki Ballav established the estate more than 350 years ago by taking lease of land from the Nawabs of Bengal. There were 13 landlord families at Kalashkathi of Bakerganj who constructed palaces, temples, and monuments in memories of the zamindars, locals said.  Presently there are, however, only five temples and three palaces remaining in dilapidated conditions. The lands on which the structures are established are now belong to private owners.  Locals and archaeologists say the historical evidence could gradually wear away as people are using the places in whatsoever ways.  A group of archaeologists and historians, while visiting the site recently, were astonished to see the rare terracotta structures and demanded immediate measures to protect the temples and mementos. Jahangirnagar University’s archa...

The five hundred years’ old ‘Manasa Mandir’, a temple popularly known as ‘Bijoy Gupter Manasa Mandir’, saw inauguration at Goila in Agoiljhara upazila under the district on Friday, following completion of its reconstruction. Bijoy Gupta was the great poet of popular ‘Padma Puran’ (1484-5), the tales of ‘Padma’ ( Devi Manasa) in ‘Mangal Kavya’ trend, one of the most important composed forms of the mediaeval Bangla literature dedicated to the deities of rural and low-caste Hindus. Poet Bijoy Gupta set up the murti (idol) of Manasa, the snake deity, at his birthplace of Goila in Agoiljhara upazila in 1494 and the Hindus started worshipping there. The devotees built there a beautiful Manasa idol with brass in early twentieth century. Pakistan occupation army and their associates looted and destroyed the temple and idol during Liberation War of 1971. The local devotees built a makeshift Manasa idol with sand and cement in post-liberation period. In 2003, the local people fo...

The Kodla Math is located on the east bank of the Bhairab River in the village of Kodla about 10 km from Bagerhat. Kodla Math, also known as Ayudha math, is an ancient old Hindu temple. It was built in the 17th century.

Handial is a village name from the Chatmohor Upozila of Pabna district of Bangladesh. There is an old temple located in that village name Jagannath Mandir. As it is located at the Handial village, it is known as Handial Mandir too.  It is a single door small sized temple which was built using bricks. This temple getting narrower as it is progressing upwards. Only the front wall of the temple has some terracotta. The temple is placed over a high plinth.  From the inscription, its found that the temple was reconstructed by someone named Bhobani Proshad during 1590. But scholars are assuming that the temple was built even another 100 years before from that time.  The whole temple premise is under a boundary. Another two newly temples are being constructed at the both side of the old temple. There is a small chariot available inside the premise. Also, a Mondop(মন্ডপ) is available for annual Durga Puja. 

This temple was built by the King of Tripura named Maharaja Rada Kishor Manikuo Bahadur during the 16th century. The temple deities are lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra. Statue of those gods were initially placed at the temple of Tripura, but later those were shifted here .