Map the Story #26 - "Historical Large Shiva & Pancharatna Temple, Rajshahi"

Here today I came to participate in this Contest! Map the Story on Steem Atlas #26 contest run by @miftahulrizky.

Rajshahi division has always amazed me because there are some unexpected architectures in that city. If you go to Rajshahi division, you will be able to see all the architectures from ancient times to modern times which are heritages in the pages of history. A few months ago, I went to Uthia Upazila of Rajshahi division where there are some huge temples. I actually went to a palace next to it and saw this temple while coming from there. If you look at it from a distance, it will seem like you are standing in front of a church in Europe.

To enter this temple, you must buy a ticket. After buying the ticket, you have to climb up a huge staircase. It is not an ordinary temple, it is a temple with ancient traditions, as I have come to know. However, a few days ago, a movie was shot in this temple by the Bangladesh Film Institute, which became very famous all over the country. There is a pond around the temple as a natural beauty and the temple is completely painted in simple colors so that a clean atmosphere is created. There is a brick wall next to it, which no one can climb over to enter because it is completely controlled by the administration.

Exterior view of the entire temple

Now if you want to see that there is another Pancharatna Temple temple next to it, then you can walk a little from there and see a huge Pancharatna Temple temple. This Pancharatna temple has many crafts and traditional arts that have been carved and painted. Only people or tourists from different parts of Bangladesh come to see this temple. Bangladesh has other religions besides the Muslim religion, so people of all religions come to see the places of worship of other religions. I saw that some bloggers from abroad except Bangladesh came here to visit. I took pictures of this Pancharatna temple and also took a few pictures standing in front of it.

Front view of Pancharatna Temple
Me in front of the Pancharatna Temple

Let's now see some of the artworks painted in this temple. In ancient times, there were many kings and landlords in Bangladesh, their battle moments are depicted here. Made of clay or other artworks, which are written in the pages of ancient history. On Facebook, when this temple was built, they ruled this temple and the country, and their fighting scenes are depicted here.

When you see these painted scenes, you will go back to the past in your mind. There was a man to look after this temple, I asked him about various things, he told me that the small actions of someone who has been drawn here are directly depicting the events of the early war. The scenes of how Nawab Sirajuddaula fought during the war are clearly depicted here.

All the people of Hindu religion go inside this temple and worship or do religious research. There is a specific master mind for research here who is responsible for managing this temple. However, there is a temple inside the original temple, which is completely closed to Hindus only. This temple has now become an important part of Rajshahi division as a tourist destination. Therefore, people from different sections have taken this place as a religious travel destination. The white temple on the other side is also a symbol of nature.

The large Siva temple from a distance

If you go behind this big service temple you can see another small round temple. I don't know what kind of temple it is but maybe it is also considered as some kind of place of worship. I saw some people entering the small round temple and they went there to take pictures and do their religious activities. It is like a round dome at the bottom and another step dome at the top. Anyway, this white temple looks beautiful and attracts tourists.

Mini Lord Shiva Temple

Now if you want to see the Pancharatna Temple next to it, then you must enter through it. Although the two temples are very close, you have to buy separate tickets to enter both temples. Because it is currently run by the government. For this reason, there are separate ticket counters inside the two temples and the ticket prices of the two temples are different. The ticket price of the white big Siva Temple is 10 taka or 1 steem approx. Then the entry ticket to the Pancharatna Temple is 25 taka or 1 steem approx.

Temple entrance
In front of the entire temple