Kolaroa Shonabaria Nava-Ratna Temple, Bangladesh

Address

Kolaroa Shonabaria Nava-Ratna Temple, Bangladesh

Sonabaria, Kolaroa, Shatkhira,

Bangladesh.

Moolavar

Krishna

Introduction

The Shonabarianava-ratna temple is dedicated to Lord Krishna, located in the Kolaroa, Satkhira, Bangladesh. Portions of brick engravings atop the entrance of the temple that are stolen, that the temple was built by Horiram Das in 1767 and was dedicated to Shyam Shundor, another name of Krishna.

The temple itself is a 33 feet sanctum with a total height of 41 feet. Being three storeys tall, this gigantic structure contains several dark rooms and dead ends that are now only remnants of its wonderful past. According to old records, there apparently used to be numerous statues on the second floor of the temple, many of which were stolen. Perhaps the thief (or thieves) was one of those imbeciles who scribbled his/her name on the walls? In all though, Shonabaria temple’s true beauty can only be felt by visiting its ruins.