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Char Bangla Temples

Baranagar, Murshidabad district, West Bengal · 24.2514°, 88.2437°

ShivaNatore RajEk-bangla (Bengal temple architecture)
Sacred since
1760 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1760 (Rani Bhabani of Natore)
Natore Raj

History & significance

Four 18th-century Shiva temples at Baranagar built under the patronage of Rani Bhabani of Natore, the northern one dated 1760. Two carry rich terracotta facades of mythological and everyday scenes, one is finished in incised plaster and one is plain; shifting courses of the Ganges now run within yards of the ASI-protected group.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Natore Raj