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Early modern · Hindu · India
Raghunatha Temple, Alangiri
Alangiri, Egra, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal · 21.8466°, 87.4693°
RaghunathDas family patronageNabaratna, Bengal temple architecture
Sacred since
1810 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1810
Das family patronage
History & significance
A nine-pinnacled nabaratna temple of 1810 raised by the Das family within the walled courtyard of their residence at Alangiri near Egra. Standing about forty feet high with triple-arched verandahs on three sides, it is among the largest temples of the Midnapore country.