Pancha Ratna Shiva Temple
Hindu temple in Bangladesh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pancha Ratna Shiva Temple, also known as Bhubaneswar Shiva Mandir, is a Hindu temple of the Puthia Temple Complex in Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. It is the largest Shiva temple in Bangladesh. The shrine overlooks the Shiv Sagar (Shiva's lake) to its left. The temple is well decorated in pancharatna (five spires) architectural style and is located at the entrance of the Puthia Rajbari.[1][2] Among the surviving Hindu temples, this shrine is said to be "an exceptional and more attractive for its architectural beauty" in Bangladesh.[1]
The temple is in Puthia town which is 32 kilometres (20 mi) away by road from Rajshahi city;[3] the city is also a rail head and is on the Dhaka-Rajashahi Highway.[2]