Madangopal Jiu Temple

Madangopal Jiu Temple
The temple in its early days.
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Location
Location	Mellock
State	West Bengal
Country	India

Madangopal Jiu Temple (Bengali: মদনগোপাল জীউ মন্দির ) is a temple in the village of Mellock, near Samta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. The temple is locally known as Gopaler Mondir, which literally means the temple of Gopala, that is, Krishna.

The temple is a terracotta ornamented aatchala (roof with 8 slopes) temple of Radha and Madangopal and was built in the 17th century AD by Mukundaprasad Roychoudhury, a descent of the Roychowdhury Zamindars of Mellock. Then the Rupnarayan River used to flow not far away from the temple, but over the time it changed its course and has now moved further away.

Gallery

• Madanmohan-jiu Temple Gallery
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  The brick works on the temple's wall.
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  The ornamented temple at Samta.
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  Madangopal Jiu Temple or Gopaler Mondir under renovation.
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  Renovation work going on.
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  The palanquin used to carry the idols is reputed to be very old.

See also

• Samta
• Madan Mohan