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{{short description|Temple in Coochbehar}}
{{Infobox religious building
| name = Kamteswari temple
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| religious_affiliation = [[Hinduism]]
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| map_type = India West Bengal # India
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| coordinates = {{coord|26.1414|N|89.3632|E|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[Gosanimari]]
| state = West Bengal
| country = India
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'''Kamteswari temple''' is at [[Gosanimari]] in the [[Dinhata I]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Dinhata subdivision]] of the [[Cooch Behar district]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Kamteswari temple is at {{coord|26.1414|N|89.3632|E|display=inline}}.

It is about {{convert|8|km}} from Dinhata railway station.<ref name="admin">{{cite web | url = http://coochbehar.nic.in/Htmfiles/tour_religious.html| title = Tourism - Religious| work= Kamteswari temple| publisher = District administration |access-date = 8 August 2020}}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==The temple==
There have been various opinions about who built the temple, because both the [[Khen dynasty|Khen]] and the [[Koch dynasty|Koch]] dynasties were worshippers of goddess Kamteswari. It is now accepted that the original temple was destroyed and the present temple was built by Maharaja Pran Narayan of the [[Cooch Behar State]] in 1665.<ref name="admin"/><ref name="temple">Koch Bihar Jelar Purakirti (in Bengali), Data compilation and writing by Dr. Shyamachand Mukhopadhayay, published by the Department of Archaeology, Government of West Bengal, Second edition 1974, Pages 45-47.</ref>

The main temple roof has been built in the Bengal ''char chala'' style having a curved cornish with a circular dome atop. There are two entrances to the temple, the main entrance being on the west and another on the north. There is a ''nahabatkhana'' at the main entrance to the temple. The temple is {{convert|14|m}} high and has a square base of {{convert|9.9|m}}.<ref name="temple"/>

Deities inside the temple are two [[Lingam|Shiva lingas]], an idol of [[Brahma]], a [[Shaligram|Shalagram]]/ [[Narayana|Narayan]] shila, an idol of [[Gopala-Krishna|Gopal]] made of [[ashtadhatu]] (alloy of eight metals) and a bronze idol of [[Surya]]. There is another Surya idol of the [[Pala Empire|Pal-era]] on the northern wall of the temple and a [[Vishnu]] idol, also of the Pal era, in the south-eastern corner of the temple. Both the latter idols have been brought from somewhere else and placed here. There is another Shiva linga in the south western part of the temple.<ref name="temple"/>

The Kamteswari temple is a [[List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal|state protected monument]].<ref name="ASI MNI">[http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_list.asp List of State Protected Monuments as reported by the Archaeological Survey of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523134605/http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_list.asp |date=2013-05-23 }}.</ref>

==Kamteswari temple picture gallery==
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File:Gosanimari Kamteshwari Temple at Cooch Behar District In West Bengal 11.jpg
File:Gosanimari Kamteshwari Temple at Cooch Behar District In West Bengal 06.jpg
File:Kamteswari temple in Gosanimari 08.jpg
File:Kamteswari temple in Gosanimari 07.jpg
File:Kamteswari temple in Gosanimari 09.jpg
</gallery>
The pictures are a part of Wiki Explores Cooch Behar programme, an initiative by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

{{Cooch Behar topics}}
{{Hindu temples in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Temples in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Cooch Behar district]]

Kamteswari temple - Revision history

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