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Early modern · Hindu · India
Lalji Temple
Bishnupur, Bankura, West Bengal · 23.0734°, 87.3270°
Radha and KrishnaMallaEk-ratna (Bengal temple architecture)
Sacred since
1658 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1658 (Malla)
Malla
History & significance
Built in 1658 by the Mallabhum king Bir Singha Dev, this single-towered stone temple measures about 12.3 m on each side and keeps a covered ambulatory behind three ornamented arched entrances. It is ASI-protected and part of the Bishnupur group on UNESCO's tentative list since 1998.