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'''Rajnagar Kali Mandir''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]: राजनगर काली मंदिर) is a Hindu temple dedicated to [[Kali|Goddess Kali]] in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of Bihar. It is located at the campus of the [[Navlakha Palace|Rajnagar Palace]] in the [[Madhubani district]] of [[Bihar]] in [[India]]. It is made by white marble and elephant ivory. It is one of the major tourist destinations in the Mithila region of Bihar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-22 |title=राजनगर के नवलखा पैलेस में मौजूद है 11 मंदिरों का समूह, भूकंप के 90 साल बाद भी बना हुआ है शानदार |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/story-bihar-tourist-spots-rajnagar-navlakha-palace-epicenter-of-culture-and-architecture-faced-drastic-earthquake-in-1934-still-gives-glorrius-look-7387873.html?utm_source=microsoft-livehindustan |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=www.livehindustan.com |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaudhari |first=Ram Gopal Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Rambles_in_Bihar.html?id=W88BAAAAMAAJ#Kali%20Mandir |title=Rambles in Bihar |date=1917 |publisher=Express Press |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The Rajnagar Kali Mandir was built during the period of [[Rameshwar Singh|Maharajadhiraja Rameshwar Singh]] in Mithila. It is said that Maharajadhiraja Rameshwar Singh was a great devotee of the Goddess Kali.<ref>{{Cite web |title=वास्तुकला का अद्भुत नमूना है राजनगर का राज परिसर, मंदिरों और राजमहल की कलाकृतियां करती हैं चकित - Rajnagar Estate Complex in Madhubani Bihar is example of unique architecture in temples and kings palace Jagran Special |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-rajnagar-estate-complex-in-madhubani-bihar-is-example-of-unique-architecture-in-temples-and-kings-palace-jagran-special-22537955.html |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> <br />
[[File:Maharajadbg.jpg|thumb|[[Rameshwar Singh|Maharajadhiraj Rameshwar Singh]]]]<br />
[[File:Kali Temple at Raj Nagar.jpg|alt=|thumb|Older view of the Rajnagar Kali Mandir]]Goddess Kali was the Kuldevi of the Darbhanga Maharaja in Mithila. It is said that wherever the Darbhanga Maharaja had a palace, a grand temple of the Kuldevi Kali was also built there.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-19 |title=Madhubani News: इस मंदिर की घंटी की आवाज पर पहुंच जाते थे ये जानवर, फिर बंद कर दी गई रात की पूजा |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/madhubani-these-animals-used-to-reach-the-sound-of-the-bell-of-this-temple-6564351.html |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
The Rajnagar Kali Mandir is also called as Tajmahal of the Mithila region. According to the history of the Rajnagar Palace, the King Rameshwar Singh had ordered 6 statues of Goddess Kali made in Ajmer. The cost of those statues was twenty eight thousands Indian rupees. Since the temple was built using white marble, so it is compared with the [[Taj Mahal|Tajmahal]] of [[Agra]].<ref name=":0" /> It is an important tourist destination of the [[tourism in Mithila]].<br />
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[[Category:Kali temples]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu temples in Madhubani district]]</div>Veronairy