Chota Anhik Mandir – Bangladesh

Address

Chota Anhik Mandir Puthia Rajbari Complex, Puthia – Bagha Rd, Puthia, Bangladesh

Diety

Shiva

Introduction

Chota Anhik Mandir is a Shiva temple of the Puthia Temple Complex in Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi Division, and Bangladesh. Puthia town where the temple is located is accessible by road, 32 km away from Rajshahi town which is also a railhead. Rajshahi is located on the Dhaka Rajashahi Highway.

Puranic Significance

Chhota Ahnik Mandir, Its inner are highly decorated with terracotta plaques depicting Radha-krishna-Balram legends, the episode of Ramayana and floral motifs like the Bara Govinda Mandir. The whole structure is covered by a do-chala roof with curved cornice. The date of construction is unknown to us. But it is assumed that it may be erected during the last of 18th or the first decade of the 19th century.