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[name] => Gurudwara Nanak Shahi
[post_id] => 10226
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Gurudwara Nanak Shahi (গুরুদুয়ারা নানকশাহী) is a Sikh Gurudwara in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It is considered to be the only official Sheikh Prayer Hall in Bangladesh. It is located at the campus of the University of Dhaka and considered to be the biggest of 9 to 10 Gurdwaras in the country.
According to the commemorating, the visit of Guru Nanak (1506-1507), founder of Sikh religion, it is the most important historic place. It is said to have been built in 1830. The present building of the Gurudwara Nanak Shahi was renovated in 1988-1989. The parkarma verandah had been constructed on all four sides of the original building to provide protection. You can go there in every Friday afternoon to pay a visit and see their rituals.
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[name] => Golok Dham Mandir
[post_id] => 3010
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Golok Dham Mandir is located at Saldanga village, Saldanga union, Debiganj subdistrict in Panchagarh district. The temple was established in 1846. The distance of the Golokdham Mandir is 12 km north From Debiganj subdistrict. An example of eighteenth century excellent temple architecture. The design is similar to the Greek architecture strategy.
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[name] => Chinishpur Kalibari
[post_id] => 5717
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Chinishpur Kalibari (চিনিষপুর কালীবাড়ি) is one of old temples and a sacred place of worshippers in Hindu religion. So far from locals, it is almost 250 years old temple which was built by Hindu Saint Ram Proshaad (রাম প্রসাদ). He got financial support and land from a person name Ramkrishno Ray (রামকৃষ্ণ রায়) who was a Dewan (দেওয়ান) of G.P. Wize (Last Kuthial of Atkandi Nilkuthi).
He built this temple with stones & bricks. After founding this temple he got married to a local girl who was resident of this region and was daughter of another Hindu Saint named Narayan Chakrabarti. Then he stayed there beside the temple for his lifetime.
Architecture and Layout:
The exterior of this temple is decorated with flower and animal iconic figure. Total layout of this temple is in rectangular shape. In the inside of the temple, the Icon of Mother Goddess Kali is kept in North-side of the brick wall which is probably very ancient, and the Stela is made with stone. In the front side of this ancient temple, there is a another temple of Shiva. A big Banyan tree is standing just beside this temple. May be it is the same years old as this Temple is. In the western side of this temple, there is a large pond.
Festivals in Temple Premises:
This temple becomes so festive in every year at new moon of Bengali month Boishakh (বৈশাখ) and Joistho (জ্যেষ্ঠ), While a local fair is celebrated lasting for 3/4 days at the Temple premises. People from distance come to watch this local fair which is a place of extensive collection of local arts & Crafts. For the people of Hindu religion this fair is very important event and they usually don’t miss it. Another attraction of this temple is every year at the time of fair there are a huge number of billy goats is sacrificed in front of Kali Goddess to make her satisfied with the blood of animals. In course of time this tradition is losing its popularity as many rich people of Hindu Religion had left the country at the time of dividing Indian sub-continent in the year of 1947.
Present Condition:
Very recently a gigantic temple is being constructed outside of the main building of this temple & it is totally covered with the new gorgeousness. Hopefully, it will be one of the most exclusive and gigantic Kali Temples in Bangladesh. Nearly, 80 million BDT will be spent to build this Temple.
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[name] => Gopinath Jiu Mondir
[post_id] => 22029
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[post_content] => {:en}In 1900, Kushtia belonged to Jessor District and ruled by Maharaja Pramath Vushan Debroy. He donated a land on where local business people built the Gopinath Jiu Temple. The Rath-yatra and Mela (fair) started to occur from 1905 in memory of the beloved wife of Maharaja Devroy. 7 years after that, a local rich businessman named Makhan Roy funded to made a large Rath (Replica of Mythical vehicle) made out of Brass. At that time, this was the only and largest Metal made Rath among the whole Indian subcontinent. The Rath is still placed inside the Temple and many people come here to visit the historical Rath. In 2015, a renovation work of the temple began.{:}{:bn}কুষ্টিয়া শহরে ১৯০০ সালে যশোর জেলার নলডাঙ্গার মহারাজা প্রমথ ভূষণ দেবরায় কর্তৃক দানকৃত জমির উপর স্থানীয় ব্যবসায়ীদের চাঁদার টাকায় এ মন্দিরটি নির্মাণ করা হয়। ১৯০৫ সালে মহারাজা প্রমথ ভূষণ দেব তার স্ত্রীর স্মৃতি রক্ষার্থে বর্তমান রথখোলা গোপীনাথ জিওর মন্দির ও রথের মেলা প্রচলন করেন। ১৯১৩ সালে ধনী ব্যবসায়ী মাখন রায় অপূর্ব কারুকার্য খচিত বিরাট আকৃতির একটি পিতলের রথ নির্মাণ করে দেন যা সমগ্র ভারতবর্ষের একমাত্র রথ ছিল।{:}
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