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Late medieval · Hindu · India
Shyam Ray Temple
Bishnupur, Bankura district, West Bengal · 23.0711°, 87.3242°
Krishna as Shyam, with RadhaMalla of BishnupurPancha-ratna (Bengal terracotta)
Sacred since
1643 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
built 1643 (Malla)
Malla of Bishnupur
History & significance
A laterite-and-brick temple at Bishnupur in Bankura district, West Bengal, founded in 1643 by the Malla king Raghunath Singha. Its five-towered pancha-ratna form and dense terracotta panels of the Krishna story make it one of the best known of the Bishnupur temples.