Kantaji Temple

Kantojiu Temple (Bengali: কান্তজীউ মন্দির) at Kantanagar is a late-medieval Hindu temple in Dinajpur District, Bangladesh. It was built by Maharaja Pran Nath; its construction started in 1702 and ended in 1752,^[1] during the reign of his son Maharaja Ramnath.^[2] It has one of the best examples of terracotta architecture in Bangladesh. It once had nine spires, but they were all destroyed in an earthquake in 1897.^[3]

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↑ Travel:Dinajpur Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, from Bangladesh Online (ISP).
↑ Nazimuddin Ahmed. "Kantanagar Temple". Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
↑ Journey plus - Dinajpur Archived 2009-08-23 at the Wayback Machine.

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[1] Travel:Dinajpur Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, from Bangladesh Online (ISP).

[Banglapedia-2] Nazimuddin Ahmed. "Kantanagar Temple". Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2013-02-01.

[3] Journey plus - Dinajpur Archived 2009-08-23 at the Wayback Machine.

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