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Early modern · Hindu · India
Shantinath Shiva Temple
Chandrakona, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal · 22.7382°, 87.5189°
Shiva, worshipped here as ShantinathUndeterminedBengali nava-ratna with ridged turrets
Sacred since
1828 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1828
Undetermined
History & significance
An 1828 nine-pinnacled nava-ratna Shiva temple in the Mitrasenpur quarter of Chandrakona, roughly nineteen and a half feet square and protected as a state monument. Its terracotta panels carry Ramayana battle scenes, Krishna lila, Bhishma on his bed of arrows, the Dashavatara and rows of musicians.