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Black Pagoda : Nabaratna Kali Temple (Gentoo Pagoda), Chitpore Road, Calcutta, 1787

Posted byঅযান্ত্রিকDecember 30, 2013August 6, 2019Posted inHinduismTags:black pagoda, calcutta, calcutta streets, chitpore, chitpore road, gentu pagoda, gobinda mitra, gobindaram mitra, kali temple, nabaratna, Thomas Daniell, Views of Calcutta

Gentoo Pagoda and House

নবরত্ন কালী মন্দির, গেন্টু  বা কালো প্যাগোডা   নামে পরিচিত, চিৎপুর রোড, কলকাতা, ১৭৮৭
This is a view of the Nabaratna temple of the Godess Kali, also known as ‘Black Pagoda’ and ‘Gentu Pagoda’, which was built on the Chitpore Road in 1731 by Govindram Mitter (1720-56), a wealthy Hindu landlord. Its 165-feet spire was a navigational aid for sailors, the reason why they called it a ‘pagoda’. The building was never properly completed and decayed so much over time that the main tower with five domes collapsed around 1813.
This is a coloured etching with aquatint entitled Hindu Pagoda and House by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840) , published in 1787

 

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NABARATNA TEMPLE OF GOBINDRAM MITTER

Aug 6 2019
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Posted byঅযান্ত্রিকDecember 30, 2013August 6, 2019Posted inHinduismTags:black pagoda, calcutta, calcutta streets, chitpore, chitpore road, gentu pagoda, gobinda mitra, gobindaram mitra, kali temple, nabaratna, Thomas Daniell, Views of Calcutta

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