Guptipara Krishna Chandra Temple – West Bengal

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Guptipara Krishna Chandra Temple – West Bengal

Brindaban Chandra’s Math Temple complex,

West Bengal

Moolavar

Vishnu

Introduction

Krishna Chandra Temple is located in the Brindaban Chandra Math Temple Complex dedicated to Lord Vishnu located in Guptipara Village in the Balagarh CD block in the Chinsurah subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The temple complex consists of four Terracotta temples with different architectural styles of Bengal.

Puranic Significance

The temple was built by King Bishwar Roy during the reign of Emperor Akbar (1542 – 1605 CE). The temple complex consists of four temples namely Brindaban Chandra Temple, Krishna Chandra Temple, Rama Chandra Temple and Chaitanya Dev Temple.

Krishna Chandra Temple follows atchala style of architecture. The atchala style is similar to the four-sided char chala temple style, but with a small replica of the base temple on top. The temple is facing towards east and stands over a raised platform. The temple consists of sanctum and verandah with triple arched entrance. The temple also two archways on the northern and southern side. There is no terracotta ornamentation in this temple. A Tulsi plant can be seen in front of the temple. The sanctum enshrines an ashta dhatu (mixture of eight metals) idol of Krishna Chandra. The original idol was stolen and has been replaced by a similar idol.