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{{Infobox religious building
| name = Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu Mandir
| image = Ramkeli the temporary home of Lord Sri Chaitanya 16.jpg
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| caption = Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu Mandir complex
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| district = [[Malda district|Malda]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
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| deity = [[Madanamohana|Madanamohan]]
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| festival = [[Ramkeli Mela|Ramkeli Mahotsav and Fair]]
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| architecture_style = Combination of ''Dalan'' and [[Ratna Style|''Ratna'']] Style
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| funded_by = [[Rupa Goswami]] and [[Sanatana Goswami]]
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| established = 1509
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'''Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu Mandir''' is a [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnava]] temple at Ramkeli village in [[West Bengal]]. Hindu god [[Krishna]] is worshiped in the form of ''[[Madanamohana|Madanamohan]]'' in this temple. It is located in the ruined [[Medieval India|medieval]] city of [[Gauḍa (city)|Gauda]] in [[Malda district|Malda]] district. Built by [[Rupa Goswami]] and [[Sanatana Goswami]], known as Mahavaishnavas, the temple stands in the northern part of the village. The present temple building is a great example of the combination of ''Dalan'' and [[Ratna Style|''Ratna'']] architecture of the district; however, the temple was established in the first decade of the 16th century.

The temple is the product of the spread of the [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]] throughout [[Bengal]]. This temple is administered by the ''Madana Mohan Jiu Trust Committee''.

==History==
The temple was established in 1509 by Mahavaishnava [[Rupa Goswami]] and [[Sanatana Goswami]] at Ramkeli.<ref name="ABP Group">{{cite web |author1= |title=পয়লা দিনেই সরগরম মালদহের প্রাচীন রামকেলি মেলা |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/north-bengal/historical-ramkeli-fair-begins-1.628637 |website=Anandabazar Patrika |access-date=30 October 2023 |location=Malda |language=bn |script-title=bn:Paẏalā dine'i saragarama māladahēra prācīna rāmakēli mēlā |trans-title=The ancient Ramkeli fair of Malda was crowded on the first day itself |date=15 June 2017 |quote=কথিত রয়েছে, তৎকালীন গৌড়ের বাদশা হুসেন শাহর আমলে মন্ত্রিসভায় ছিলেন মহাবৈষ্ণব বলে পরিচিত রূপ ও সনাতন গোস্বামী। তাঁরাই ১৫০৯ খ্রীষ্টাব্দে রামকেলিতে মদনমোহন মন্দির প্রতিষ্ঠিত করেছিলেন। |trans-quote=It is said that during the reign of Gaur King Hussain Shah, Roop Goswami and Sanatana Goswami, known as Mahavaishnava, were in the cabinet. They established the Madanmohan Temple at Ramkeli in 1509.}}</ref> On 15 June 1515, [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] met Rupa Goswami and Sanatana Goswami during the journey to [[Vrindavan]] on [[Joishtho]] [[Sankranti]].<ref name="getbengal1">{{cite web |last1=Banerjee |first1=Reetwika |title=Ramkeli – the Vaishnava heartland of Bengal famous for devotional fair |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/ramkeli-the-vaishnava-heartland-of-bengal-famous-for-devotional-fair |website=Get Bengal |access-date=1 November 2023 |date=30 May 2020}}</ref>{{sfn|Sarkar|2021|p=58}}

The temple was rebuilt in 1938 (1345 [[Bangabda]]<ref name="artwork-and-kolash"/>), during which the present temple building was constructed.<ref name="maldazillaparishad">{{cite web |title=Malda Zilla Parishad |url=https://maldazillaparishad.in/zp_place_visit.php |website=maldazillaparishad.in |publisher=Malda Zilla Parishad |access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>

[[West Bengal]]'s [[Department of Tourism (West Bengal)|Department of Tourism]] took up the Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu Mandir renovation plan in 2016, including the Mahaprabhu Chaitanya Charan temple, guest accommodation and the main entrance of the temple. About 6 crore rupees were allotted for the renovation.<ref name="anandabazar2">{{cite web |author1= |title=গৌড়-আদিনার হাল ফেরাতে নয়া প্রস্তাব |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/north-bengal/malda-administrative-department-asks-for-report-on-infrastructural-development-of-tourist-centers-1.470844 |website=Anandabazar Patrika |access-date=31 October 2023 |location=Maldah |language=bn |script-title=bn:Gauṛa-ādināra hāla phērātē naẏā prastāba |trans-title=A new proposal for restoration of Gaur-Adina |date=4 September 2016 }}</ref><ref name="thestatesman1">{{cite web |title=Malda set to revamp popular pilgrimage site |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/malda-set-to-revamp-popular-pilgrimage-site-1503006469.html |website=The Statesman |access-date=1 November 2023 |location=Malda |date=13 September 2021}}</ref>

==Architecture==
The temple premises are surrounded by a wall. There is an entrance at the south-east corner of the wall. On the eastern and western sides of the temple premises are long buildings with several rooms including [[Veranda]], which are used for temple purposes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Long buildings with several rooms including Veranda. |date=16 March 2018 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramkeli_the_temporary_home_of_Lord_Sri_Chaitanya_18.jpg}}</ref> There are seven ponds around the temple premises.

===Temple building===
The two most architectural styles of [[Bengal temple architecture]] are the ''Dalan'' and [[Ratna Style|''Ratna'']] is observed in Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu Mandir. The part of the temple building from the base to the roof is constructed in ''Dalan'' style and above the roof in ''Ratna'' style.<ref name="artwork"/> The temple building is surrounded by a rectangular [[altar]], slightly higher than the temple courtyard, but lower than the building floor. There is one step of stair between the temple courtyard and the altar, and two steps of stair between the altar and the building floor.

There are five ''ratna'' in total, four at the four corners of the roof and one in the middle. ''Ratna'' located at the four corners are smaller compared to the middle size of ''ratna''. Three ''Kolshi'''s are placed on top of the middle ''ratna''.<ref name="artwork-and-kolash"/>

The interior of the temple building is divided into two parts, which are the worship room and the [[Veranda]]. There is a wall between the worship room and the Veranda. A door in the wall connects the worship room and the Veranda.

===Nata-mandir===
[[File:Ramkeli the temporary home of Lord Sri Chaitanya 17.jpg|280px|thumb|right|Nata-mandir in the middle of courtyard; the main roof, sloping roof and pillars are visible in the picture.]]

In the front of the temple building, there is a [[Nata mandir|''nata-mandir'']] in the middle of the temple premises, which is used for [[Kirtan|Sankirtan]] and rest of the visitors. The ''nata-mandir'' is open all around and there are no walls around it. There are twelve pillars around the ''nata-mandir'' and four pillars in the middle part. The four central pillars support the main roof of the nata-mandir. Four sloping ''chala''s start from the four sides of the nata-mandir and meet at the four walls above the four pillars in the middle part. Above these walls lies the original roof. The central pillars of the nata-mandir are larger in diameter than the surrounding pillars.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramkeli_the_temporary_home_of_Lord_Sri_Chaitanya_17.jpg |title=The Nata-mandir of Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu Mondir |date=16 March 2018 }}</ref>

===Entrance===
The arched entrance is located in the south-east of the premises. The arch is supported by two pillars. At the top of the pillar is placed the ''kolash''. The arch is connected to the pillar at the base of the ''kolash'' (urn). The two pillars have a niche each, but there are no statues or pictures in it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramkeli_the_temporary_home_of_Lord_Sri_Chaitanya_15.jpg |title=The arched entrance of Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu Mondir |date=16 March 2018 }}</ref>

==Artwork==
[[File:Ramkeli the temporary home of Lord Sri Chaitanya 21.jpg|280px|thumb|left|The facade of temple with three arches and flower-leaf designs]]
[[Terracotta|Terracotta art]] work is observed on the facade of the main temple. The facade of the temple has three arches, which are supported by four pillars. A little deeper than the main wall above the three arches are flower-leaf designs, which are made by the terracotta art. The roof's eaves of the temple are extend outwards from the surrounding walls. At the junction of the facade and the roof of temple there are two continuous series of flower-leaf designs on the front wall. The lower series of flower-leaf designs is larger than the upper series. A shape of rope is created on the wall below the flower-leaf arrangement.<ref name="artwork-and-kolash">{{cite web |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramkeli_the_temporary_home_of_Lord_Sri_Chaitanya_19.jpg |title=Series of flower-leaf designs |date=16 March 2018 }}</ref> The arrangement of flower-leaf designs and the shape of rope are all created by terracotta art. Seeing the terracotta rope, it seems as if the walls around the temple are tied with the rope. Above the middle arch the two ends of the rope form a [[knot]].<ref name="artwork">{{cite web |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramkeli_the_temporary_home_of_Lord_Sri_Chaitanya_21.jpg |title=The facade of Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu Mondir |date=16 March 2018 }}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite journal |first1=Dr. AkhiI | last1 = Sarkar |editor1-last= Sarkar |editor1-first=Anil Kumar |date=2021
|title= Journal of People's History and Culture, Volume – 7 Number – 2
|url=https://www.gsmp.in/past-issue-journal.php?id=3330&category=Volume+-+7+Number+-+2%2C+December+-+2021#
|journal=Journal of People's History and Culture
|publisher=Garia Society for Studies of Marginal People
|volume=7
}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Ramkeli Madanmohan Jiu Mondir}}

{{Hindu temples in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Krishna temples]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Malda district]]

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