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Early modern · Hindu · India
Keshabeshwar Temple
Ramnathpur, Mandirbazar, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal · 22.1542°, 88.3221°
Shiva, worshipped as a lingamKeshab Roychowdhury (zamindar patron)Atchala, Chala style
Sacred since
1748 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1748
Keshab Roychowdhury (zamindar patron)
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Ramnathpur founded in 1748 by the zamindar Keshab Roychowdhury, whose architect Basudeb took twelve years over it. Its atchala roof carries a kalash and trishul, corridors run along three sides of the sanctum, and the Charak Puja fair is still held in its grounds.