Chauchala Chhota Govinda Mandir is a Hindu temple of the Puthia Temple Complex in Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The temple is believed to date to the 1790s-1800s period. [1] [2]
The temple is in Puthia town which is 32 kilometres (20 mi) away by road from Rajshahi city; [1] the city is also a rail head and is on the Dhaka Rajashahi Highway. [3]
The temple stands next to the Bara Ahnik Mandir on a high platform, covered with a pyramid shaped vault. The temple's interior has one chamber with porches on the eastern and southern directions. [2] The southern frontage is extensively decorated with terracotta plaques, which depict ten incarnations Avatars of Vishnu, Lankakanda a chapter in the epic Ramayana legend, Radha-Krishna epic stories, flower designs and geometric art and scenes of the civic life of the period. [1] The frontage on the west has terracotta ornamentation panels some of which are in a dilapidated condition or pilfered. [2]
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