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{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
| name = Mrinmoyee Temple<br />
| image = Mrinmoyee temple of Bishnupur in Bankura district 01.jpg<br />
| festival = [[Durga Puja]]<br />
| district = [[Bankura District]]<br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| location = [[Bishnupur, Bankura|Bishnupur]]<br />
| founded_by = [[Jagat Malla]]<br />
| creator = <br />
| architecture_type = [[Bengal temple architecture]]<br />
| architecture_style = [[Bengal temple architecture#Dalan temple|''dalan'']] style<br />
| established = {{Start date and age|997}}<br />
| deity = [[Durga]] in the form of Mrinmoyee <br />
}}<br />
'''Mrinmoyee Temple''' is an ancient temple in the town of [[Bishnupur (West Bengal)|Bishnupur]] in [[Bankura district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[West Bengal]] . It was founded in the 10th century by the [[Mallabhum|Malla king]] [[Jagat Malla]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Jagat Malla gets special attention in the history of the [[Mallabhum|Malla dynasty]], as it is believed that as per the direction of the [[Goddess]] Maa Mrinmoyee, he shifted his capital from [[Pradyumnapur]] to Bishnupur and established this clay temple in 997 CE., not far from the palace.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dasgupta |first1=Samira |last2=Biswas |first2=Rabiranjan |last3=Mallik |first3=Gautam Kumar |title=Heritage Tourism: An Anthropological Journey to Bishnupur |date=2009 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-8324-294-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0_o9Qj1LOEC |language=en}}</ref><ref>Mallabhum Bishnupur , Manoranjan Chandra, Dej Publishing, Kolkata, 2004</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How Bishnupur's oldest Durga Puja began in 997 CE, through a divine dream |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/durga-puja-special/how-bishnupurs-oldest-durga-puja-began-in-997-ce-through-a-divine-dream-the-malla-dynasty/cid/1974912 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> The worship of Goddess [[Durga]] in the form of Maa Mrinmoyee in the autumn started after the establishment of the temple. That trend continues. Incidentally, [[Ramakrishna Paramhansa]] Dev and Maa [[Sarada Devi]] visited the Mrinmoyee Temple.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Admin |first1=Torsa |title=বিষ্ণুপুরে হাজার বছরের প্রাচীন পুজো|url=https://torsa.in/durgapuja-of-thousand-years-in-bishnupur/ |website=Torsa |date=20 October 2023}}</ref><br />
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In 2023, the Durga festival of the Mrinmoyee temple in Bishnupur entered its 1027th year. An ancient puja of more than a thousand years. The oldest Durga festival in Bengal. The goddess is worshipped in the name and form of Mrinmoyee. Devi Mrinmoyee is another form of Goddess Durga.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Admin |first1=Torsa |title=বিষ্ণুপুরে হাজার বছরের প্রাচীন পুজো|url=https://torsa.in/durgapuja-of-thousand-years-in-bishnupur/ |website=Torsa |date=20 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ananda |first1=A. B. P. |title=তোপধ্বনিতে আগমনবার্তা, পুজোর সপ্তাহদুয়েক আগেই মল্লরাজ পরিবারে চলে এলেন 'বড় ঠাকুরন' |url=https://bengali.abplive.com/district/worshipping-of-devi-mrinmayee-begins-2-weeks-before-durga-puja-2023-in-mallabhum-family-of-bishnupur-as-per-1-thousand-year-old-tradition-1015037 |website=bengali.abplive.com |language=bn |date=8 October 2023}}</ref><br />
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