Murali Mohan Temple

Murali Mohan Temple
Murali Mohan Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Bankura
Deity	Murali Mohan
Location
Location	Bishnupur
State	West Bengal
Country	India
Geographic coordinates	23°4′55.37″N 87°19′03.85″E / 23.0820472°N 87.3177361°E
Architecture
Type	Bengal temple architecture
Style	Ek-ratna style
Founder	Churamoni(Siromoni/Siramani Devi), wife of Bir Singha
Date established	1665; 360 years ago
Specifications
Length	10.1 m (33 ft)
Width	10.1 m (33 ft)
Height (max)	12.2 m (40 ft)
	Monument of National Importance
	Official name: Murali Mohan Temple
Type	Cultural
Reference no.	IN-WB-17

Murali Mohan Temple, is a Krishna temple in Bishnupur in the Indian state of West Bengal. In this temple, the Hindu God Krishna was worshiped as Murali Mohan in this temple.^[2]

History and architecture

According to the Inscriptional plaque, the temple was founded in 1665 by Churamoni (Siromoni/Siramani Devi), wife of Bir Singha King of Mallabhum. The Temple is built in the Ek-ratna style temple architecture.^[1]^[3]

The Murali Mohana temple, which faces south and differs from other temples in the eka-ratna group. Instead of the typical three arched openings, it features a covered ambulatory supported by a series of pillars. The inner sanctum is crowned with a tower. The temple has a base area of approximately 10.1 square meters and stands at a height of 12.2 meters. An emblem, or dhvaja, is positioned above the chuda, marking the deity enshrined within the temple.^[4]

Currently, it is preserved as one of the archaeological monuments by the Archaeological Survey of India.^[5]

Gallery

References

^ ^a ^b Biswas 1992, pp. 17.
^ Dasgupta, Biswas & Mallik 2009, p. 50.
^ "ASI, Kolkata Circle". www.asikolkata.in.
^ Biswas 1992, pp. 16, 17.
^ "ASI, Kolkata Circle". www.asikolkata.in.

Sources

Biswas, S. S. (1992). Bishnupur (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ed.). Director General, Archaeological Survey of India.
Dasgupta, Gautam Kumar; Biswas, Samira; Mallik, Rabiranjan (2009), Heritage Tourism: An Anthropological Journey to Bishnupur, A Mittal Publication, p. 37, ISBN 978-8183242943

External links

Media related to Murali Mohan Temple, Bishnupur at Wikimedia Commons

[FOOTNOTEBiswas199217-1] Biswas 1992, pp. 17.

[FOOTNOTEDasguptaBiswasMallik200950-2] Dasgupta, Biswas & Mallik 2009, p. 50.

[3] "ASI, Kolkata Circle". www.asikolkata.in.

[FOOTNOTEBiswas199216,_17-4] Biswas 1992, pp. 16, 17.

[5] "ASI, Kolkata Circle". www.asikolkata.in.

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