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Nava-Kailasha Temple

Kalna, IN

Nava-Kailasha Temple

Naba Kailash Mandir is a Shiva temple in Kalna City of Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India. The temple structure, completed in 1809, consists of a combination of two concentric circles with a total of 108 small temples, each dedicated to Shiva. It represents the number of beads on a japamal

a, and the walls of this temple depict episodes from Mahabharata and Ramayana and many hunting scenes. There are seventy-four temples in the outer circle and thirty-four temples in the inner circle. Each of these 108 temples has a Shiva linga. Each Shiva linga in the inner circle, symbolizing Sadasiva, is white, while half of the Shiva linga in the outer circle, symbolizing Rudra, are black, and the other half are white.

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