Kantajee Temple : An Outstanding Monument of Late Medieval Bengal
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1st. ed.
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9843221230, 9789843221230
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186p., 51 Plates
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The Kantajee Temple of Dinaipur is one of the most magnificent religious edifices to have survived from the late medieval period. Its construction was begun by Raja Prannath during his reign (1682-1722), and completed by his successor and adopted son Ramnath in 1752.
The temple is dedicated to Lord Krishna and his wife Rukmini. It is an Indo-Islamic type of pinnacled, or nava ratna (nine towered), temple though today its towers are ruined. The temple's ground ...
