Hangseshwari temple

Hangseshwari temple

Hangseshwari temple is a temple of goddess kali in the town of Banshberia in Hooghly District of the Indian state of West Bengal. The temple complex has another temple — Ananta Basudeba temple — besides the main temple. Also near is the Swanbhaba Kali temple built by Raja Nrisinhadeb Roy Mahasay in 1788. The Hangseshwari temple has a distinctive architecture different from the usual pattern present in this area. It was started by Raja Nrishinghadeb Roy Mahasay and later completed by his widow wife Rani Sankari.

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

References

* [http://hooghly.nic.in/visit.htm Hangseswari temple]


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