Hangseshwari Temple

Hangseshwari temple

Hanseswari temple is a Hindu Temple of goddess Kali in the town of Banshberia at Hooghly District, Indian state of West Bengal. Banshberia is presently an industrial town positioned in between Bandel and Tribeni. The temple complex has another temple — Ananta Basudeba temple — besides the main temple. Also near is the Swanbhaba Kali temple built by Raja Nrisinha Deb Mahasay in 1788. The Hanseswari temple has a distinctive architecture different from the usual pattern present in this area, consisting 13 minars or Ratnas, each built as a blooming lotus bud. The inner structure of the building resembles human anatomy.It was started by Raja Nrisingha Deb Mahasay and later completed by his widow wife Rani Sankari.

The architecture of the temples is the representation of "Tantrik Satchakrabhed".

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  Hangseshwari Temple

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  Hangseshwari Temple

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  Ananta Basudeba Temple

Haneswari and Vasudev templesHangseshwari temple from inside the vasudev temple

References

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• Sikha Banerjee, "Story of the Hanseswari Temple, Banshberia", from Chitrolekha International Magazine on Art and Design, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012 Special Issue on the Temples of Bengal.
• Hanseswari temple

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