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Dhirdham Temple
Darjeeling, West Bengal · 27.0375°, 88.2598°
ShivaModernNepali, modelled on the Pashupatinath Temple at Kathmandu
Sacred since
1939 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1939
Modern
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Darjeeling built in 1939 by Rai Saheb Purna Bahadur Pradhan of Nepal. Beg Raj Shakya designed it as a smaller echo of the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu.