List of temples in Bishnupur

This is a list of temples in Bishnupur, which are located in the Bankura district of West Bengal, India. The town is famous for the terracotta temples made from the locally available laterite stones. The Malla rulers were Vaishnavites and built the famous terracotta temples during the 17th and 18th century at this place.

Name of the temple	Deity	Picture	Date	Notes/Beliefs
Rasmancha	Radha Krishna (during Rasa festival)		1600	It is the oldest brick temple. Built by King Bir Hambir. The temple has an unusual elongated pyramidical tower, surrounded by hut-shaped turrets, which were very typical of Bengali roof structures of the time.
Jor-Bangla Temple	Keshto Ray (Krishna) & Gouranga		1655	Built by King Raghunath Singha Dev II. The ornate terracotta carvings are set off by the roof in the classic chala style of Bengal architecture.
Pancha Ratna Temple	Shyam Ray (Krishna)		1643	Built by King Raghunath Singha. It stands on a low square plinth and consists of an ambulatory pathway with a porch opened by three arches on the four sides of the temple. The central shikhara is octagonal, while the rest four are square. The walls are richly decorated with terracotta carvings featuring aspects of Lord Krishna’s life.
Madanmohan Temple	Madanmohan (Krishna)		1694	King Durjana Singh Deva built the temple in the ekaratna style, a square flat-roofed building with carved cornices, surmounted by a pinnacle. Impressive carvings on the walls depict scenes from the Ramayana, Mahabharata and the Puranas.
Lalji Temple	Radha Krishna		1658	Built by Bir Singha II in ekaranta style. It is built on a square raised plinth, consisting of ornamental stucco decorations on low relief carvings.
Radhya Shyam temple	Radha Krishna		1758	Built by Chaitanya Singha in ekaratna style. It was built in a square plan, consisting of a dome-shaped shikhara and stucco motifs depicting floral, geometric and depiction of the life from Puranas.
Nandalal Temple	Nandalal (Krishna)		17th Century	Consisting of a square ground plan and a single tower resting on a curved roof. Very little motif work can be seen on the lower part of the temple.
Kalachand temple			1656.	Built by King Raghunath Singha in ekratna style with laterite stone.
Radhavinod Temple			1659	Raghunath Singha I built the temple in brick.
Madangopal Temple			1665	A Pancharatna mandir built by Shiromani Devi, Queen of Veer Singha II.
Murulimohan Temple			1665	Built by Shiromani Devi, Queen of Veer Singha II. It is an ekratna temple with floral designs and stucco works.
Radha Govinda Temple			1729	Built by Krishna Singh, son of Gopal Singha in ekratna style with laterite.
Radha Madhab Temple			1737	Built by the daughter-in-law of Mallaraj Gopal Singh, Churamoni Devi in ekratna style with brick and has bas relief carvings.
Chhinnamasta Temple	Chhinnamasta			Built by the Guin family of Midnapore.
Sanreswar temple
Malleswar temple			1622	Built by Mallaraj Bir Singh. It is an Ekratna temple built of laterite stone.
Mrinmayee Temple			Originally 997 CE	Originally built by Jagat Malla in 997 CE. The Durga puja takes place for 15 days and all the other temples in Bishnupur does not start the puja until the cannon has been fired from the temple.
Krishna-Valaram Temple
Sarbamangala Temple
Radha Vinod Temple			1659	Built by queen of Raghunath Singh in atchala style.
Jor Mandir (Twin Temples)			1726	A complex of three temples known as the Jor Mandir. These temples were built by Malla King Krishna Singh in 1726.}

See also

• Mallabhum temples