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Hiyangthang Lairembi Temple, Imphal

Hiyangthang Lairembi Temple is located at Hiyangthang in Imphal West District. The is temple perched on a small hillock and is dedicated to the Goddess Hiyangthang Lairembi. It is an important place of worship of the Meitei community residing in Manipur. The temple is seven storied and faces eastwards with three rectangular doors of the […]

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Rasmancha, Bishnupur Bankura

Theย Rasmancha ย is a historical building located at Bishnupur,ย Bankura district,ย West Bengal,ย India. It was commissioned by Mallabhum kingย Hambir Malla Devย (Bir Hambir) in 1600 CE.ย Length and breadth of this temple is 24.5 meter and the height is 12.5 meter. The base or altar of the temple is made of laterite stone and upper part is made with bricks. […]

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Raghunath Singha Dev, Bankura

Raghunath Malla Devย also known asย Raghunath Singha Dev, was the fifty-first king of theย Mallabhumย (now in the Indian state ofย West Bengal). He ruled from 1626 to 1656 CE.Because Kalaram, son ofย Dhari Hambir Malla Dev, was unfit to become a king due to his physical inability, his mother, who was Dhari Hambir’s wife, enthroned her husband’s young brother […]

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Jor-bangla, Bankura

Jor-bangla, also calledย Yorubangala, is a style ofย Hindu temple architectureย that arose inย Bengalย region of theย Indian subcontinent.ย The style involves twoย skeuomorphic structures that reflect the traditional thatched huts of the region, one that serves as a porch, in front of the other that serves as a shrine.ย Each structure has a roof of theย ek-banglaย (or do-chala) style, with two curved segments […]

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Durjan Singha Dev, Bankura

Durjan Singha Devย was the fifty-third king of theย Mallabhum. He ruled from 1682 to 1702. Durjan Singha Dev (1682 – 1702), the son of Bir Singha Dev was opposite to his father. He was not at all cruel; on the contrary, he had a very gentle, polite character. He was logical, kind hearted and also pious. […]

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Bir Hambir, Bankura

Hambir Malla Dev, also known asย Bir Hambir(Beera Hambeera) &ย Veer Hambir, was the forty-ninth king of theย Mallabhum.He ruled from 1565 to 1620 CE. Bir Hambir was a pious man who started followingย Vaishnavism. A story in two Vaishnava works (Prem-vilasa of Nityananda Das (alias Balaram Das) and Bhakti Ratnakara of Narahari Chakrabarti) recounts the manner in which […]

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Radha Krishnachandra-ISKCON temple, Imphal

Shri Radha Krishna Chandra Manimandir is the centrepiece of the University of Bhagavata Culture, ISKCON in Manipur. This beautiful temple is constructed by Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami Sripad Maharaj (founder-rector of the University of Bhagavata Culture and International) director of the Bhakti Vedanta Institute. Manipur is a place where Lord Krishna is held in very high […]

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Hanuman and Mahabali temple, Imphal

Shree Hanuman Thakur temple is a highly revered shrine of Lord Hanuman located in Imphal. It stands on the banks of the Imphal River among the groves, Mahabali forest. The temple enshrines a beautiful idol of Lord Hanuman in human form. The idol is carved out on a big slab of stone. The temple is […]

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Lord Sanamahi temple, Imphal

The temple is located in Imphal town in the first Manipur Rifle Ground. It was patronised by king Kulachandra in 1891. The structure is raised on an octagonal base. The southern side has got flying steps. The facade carries a rectangular door. In the octagonal structure each component wall meets the double cornice. The cornice […]

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Lord Krishna temple, Imphal

The temple is located in Imphal at Brahmpur Guru Aribam Leikai, on the banks of the Imphal River. The temple was patronised by King Charairongba and built in the year 1704 AD. The temple is built in bricks. It is given a thick cement coating from outside. The pedestal is raised in three layers of […]