Hangseshwari Temple

Hangseshwari temple

Hangseswari temple or Hanseswari temple is a Hindu Temple of goddess Hangseswari (the goddess who came in a dream of Raja Nrisingha Deb Roy Mahasay) in the town of Banshberia at Hooghly District, Indian state of West Bengal. Banshberia is an industrial town positioned in between Bandel and Tribeni. Rani Hanseswari was the mother of Raja Nrisingha Deb Roy, hence the deity is worshipped as Maa Hanseswari. The deity is worshipped as a form of Maa Kali in Hindu mythology. The temple complex has another temple — Ananta Basudeba temple — besides the main temple. Also near is the Swanbhaba Kali temple built by Raja Nrisinha Deb Roy Mahasay in 1788. The Hanseswari temple has a distinctive architecture different from the usual pattern present in this area, consisting 13 minars or Ratnas, each built as a blooming lotus bud. The inner structure of the building resembles human anatomy. It was started by Raja Nrisingha Deb Roy Mahasay and later completed by his widow wife Rani Sankari in 1814.

The architecture of the temples is the representation of "Tantrik Satchakrabhed".

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  Hangseshwari Temple
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  Hangseshwari Temple
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  Ananta Basudeba Temple
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  Hangseshwari temple from inside the Basudev temple.

References

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• Sikha Banerjee, "Story of the Hanseswari Temple, Banshberia", from Chitrolekha International Magazine on Art and Design, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012 Special Issue on the Temples of Bengal.
• Hanseswari temple

Hindu Temples in West Bengal
Bankura	Temples in Bishnupur Bahulara Siddheshwara
Bardhaman	Kalyaneshwari Temple Khaepa Kali Tala Pratapeswar Temple Naba Kailash (108 Shib Mandir) Krishna Chandra Mandir Siddheswari Kali Mandir Gopalbari Mandir Lalji Mandir
Birbhum	Nandikeshwari Temple Tarapith
Hooghly	Ananta Basudeba Temple Hangseshwari Temple Taraknath Temple Rampara Kalibari Jagatnagar kalibari
Howrah	Belur Math Madangopal Jiu Temple
Jalpaiguri
Kolkata	Birla Mandir Kalighat Thanthania Kalibari Firinghi Kalibari Lal Mandir Dwadosh Shib Mandir Lake Kalibari
Nadia	Mayapur ISKCON Temple Sonar Gouranga Mandir, Nabadwip Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Nabadwip Dwadash Shib Mandir, Nabadwip Siddheshwari Kalibari, Krishnanagar Shyama Chand Mandir, Shantipur Nandakishore Mandir, Halisahar Rathtala Mandir, Kanchrapara
North 24 Parganas	Dakshineswar Kali Temple Kripamayee Kali Temple Adyapith Mandir Teghoria Loknath Mandir
Medinipur	Mohanpur Jagannath temple
Centres	Antpur Bakreshwar Barakar Bansberia Bishnupur Harmasra Dharapat Ekteswar Gangasagar Jaydev Kenduli Kalna Kamarpukur Kankalitala Labhpur Mainaguri Makardaha Mayapur Nabadwip Rajbalhat Sonatapal Tarapith Tarakeswar