Kantaji Temple in Dinajpur

Lots of colorful and ornamental pagodas and temples located in different areas of country attract tourists from home and abrad. Among the temples Kalinarayana Temple (Joydevpur), kantaji temple so on are noteworthy.

In the western part of the country there are several 3 to 4 centuries old temples. Jessoreswari of Khulna is the most famous among them. In addition there are Raghunath mandir and Gopinath mandir of Abhoynagar, Ganesh mandir of Jhenaidaha, Krishna and Durga mandirs of Mohammadpur, Shivmandir of Magura, Kodala Moth of Khulna, Lakhsminarayan and Jorhbangla mandirs of Jessore, Pancha-Rotno mandir or Noldanga, In Kushtia, Shilaidaha, which is associated whih Rabindranath, Lalon’s tomb and Mosharaf Hossain’s homestead are a must-see for all.

There are several temples and ashrams in Coastal Bengal/ Jal Bangla. The names of the kali temple. Sugandha pith in Barisal are noteworthy. A few miles north is the 400-year-old Maha-Bishnu temple at the Lakhsman kathi village, east of Batajore, In Madaripur one will find the Pronob Mott, the former headquarters or the Bharat Sevasram Sangha at Bajitpur village, rounded by the nationalist and reformer saint, Swami Pranavananda Maharaj.

In Southeast Bengal there are at least 50 famous temples and viharas in Chittagong city alone. Some of the well-known ones are: Rajrajeswari kalibari, Chatteswari kalibari, Panchanan dham, Nandan-banan Buddhist Mandir, Brahmo mandir, Koibalya-dham, Jagatpur ashram, Sitakunda, Pathshala. Gandhi Ashram of Norkhali, the half-a-millennium old Chandi-mura temple, the 10^th century Maynamati vihara and many more.

In North Bengal Kings and zamindars have built many temples, Mosques, palaces and ashrams. One of the most famous temples is the terra cotta Kantaji Mandir of Dinajpur