Mymensingh Shiva Temple of Stone - Bangladesh

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Mymensingh Shiva Temple of Stone – Bangladesh

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Shiva

Introduction

Shiva Temple of Stone is an ancient temple and archeological site dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. Raja Jagat Kishore Acharya, the then zamindar of Atani in Muktagachha built the temple with the help of architect Moyez Uddin. It is the temple set up by the zamindars in front of the Armed Police Battalion Camp in Muktagachha town of Muktagachha upazila of Mymensingh district. The distance from Muktagachha Upazila to the temple is 18 kilometers.

Puranic Significance

In 1826, with the grace of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan, Muktagacha became habitable and started zamindari. Later, 16 landlords lived here. For this, the place is known as ’16 Hissar Zamindar‘ meaning in English ‘region of 16 landlords’. One of those 16 zamindars was Raja Jagat Kishore Acharya, the zamindar of Atani. He built a stone Shiva temple in 183 with the famous architect Moyez Uddin of Patna, India. Jagat Kishore gave a lot of gifts to Acharya Moyez Uddin for the construction of this temple. The temple is built of stone. The temple is said to be more than 700 years old. There are various designs on the walls, herbaceous work on the dome and beautiful arch work.