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The deity Kashiswar Jiu with the gauripatta in the temple. Kashiswar Jiu temple is in Andul of Howrah district near the Saraswati river , West Bengal in India. The presiding deity is a Banlinga which was recovered from the river in mid 17th century by Kashiswar Datta Chowdhury , a local zamindar .
English: Kashiswar Bhairava or Kashiswara Jiu is a banlingam established by Kashiswar Dutta Chowdhury in mid-17th century AD, after he discovered it in the Saraswati River. The God is the guardian deity of Dutta Chowdhury family, Andul, Howrah.
Kashiswar Jiu temple (কাশীশ্বর জিউ মন্দির) [10] [11] is in Andul of Howrah district near the Saraswati river, West Bengal in India.The presiding deity is a Banlinga which was recovered from the river in mid-17th century CE by family's Kashiswar Dutta Chowdhury (b.1607 CE).
Keshabeshwar Temple is an example of the atchala architectural style—a sub-style of the chala style of temple architectur that originated in Bengal.Architecturally, features of the style include sloping roofs, pointed arches, kalash with trishul at the top; there are corridors on three sides of the garbhagriha.
At the junction of the two borders, as a symbol of unity, King Raghunath Malla of Mallabhum built the Ekteswar Shiva Temple and initiated the celebration of Ekteswar's Gajan festival. [9] According to Acharya Jogeshchandra Roy bidyanidhi, "The Vedas mention 'Eka Padeshwar,' which over time has transformed into the name 'Ekteswar.'
The name of the locality "Kadugodi" came as this temple was built in center of the forest so the name Kadu (meaning forest in Kannada) and Gudi (meaning temple in Kannada). The Vaastu & Architecture have a strong resemblance to the Ganga dynasty , which preceded the Cholas .
The Jagannath temple compound is provided with small cells in which the images of different religions find place. Among them may be seen images of Avalokiteswar Paraswanath and Umamaheswar. At the inner gate of this temple are found images of Jain Tirthankaras, Rishabhanath, Paraswanath and Mahavir beautifully carved out in black chlorite stone.
Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga (IAST: mahākāleśvara) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, shrines which are said to be the most sacred abodes of Shiva. It is located in the ancient city of Ujjain in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The temple is situated on the side of the holy river Shipra.