Thread by @Sumita327

A beautiful #Temple, known as Kantaji/#KantajewTemple at Kantanagar is a late-medieval Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh/one of the most magnificent religious edifices belonging to the 18th century. 🚩
#Ancient #SanatanDharma #Thread

The temple belongs to the popular Hindu Lord Kanta or #Krishna and this is most popular with the Radha-Krishna cult (assemble of memorable love) in Bengal. 🚩🙏

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.

the construction work of #KantajiTemple at Kantanagar had begun in Dinajpur in 1704 by Raja Prannath and completed by his son Raja Ramnath in 1722. 🚩

Beautiful #Terracotta designs on columns near the entrance. #Carving

Amazingly beautiful #Terracotta designs on the pillar outside the #Kantajewtemple. 😍🚩

Beautiful #Carving on the columns outside the Kantajew #Temple. 😍🚩

Description of the #Kantajewtemple 🚩🙏

This beautiful temple is dedicated to #LordKrishna and his wife #Rukmini Built by Maharaja Pran Nath, its construction started in 1704 CE and ended in the reign of his son Raja Ramnath in 1722 CE. 🚩

Source - #wikipedia

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