Madangopal Jiu Temple

Madangopal Jiu Temple
The temple in its early days.
Madangopal Jiu Temple Location in West Bengal
Name
Other names	Gopaler Mondir (গোপালের মন্দির)
Proper name	Madangopal Jiu Temple
Devanagari	मदनगोपाल जीऊ मंदिर
Sanskrit transliteration	Madanagōpala jī'ū Mandira
Bengali	মদনমোহন জীউ মন্দির
Geography
Coordinates
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Locale	Mellock
Culture
Primary deity	Radha and Madangopala
Important festivals	Janmastami and Holi
Architecture
Number of temples	1
Number of monuments	1
History and governance
Date built	17th Century AD

Madangopal Jiu Temple (Bengali: মদনগোপাল জীউ মন্দির ) is a temple in the village of Mellock, near Samta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. The temple is locally known as Gopaler Mondir, which literally means the temple of Gopala, that is, Krishna.

The temple is a terracotta ornamented aatchala (roof with 8 slopes) temple of Radha and Madangopal and was built in the 17th century AD by Mukundaprasad Roychoudhury, a descent of the Roychowdhury Zamindars of Mellock. Then the Rupnarayan River used to flow not far away from the temple, but over the time it changed its course and has now moved further away.

Gallery

• Madanmohan-jiu Temple Gallery
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  The brick works on the temple's wall.

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  The ornamented temple at Samta.

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  Madangopal Jiu Temple or Gopaler Mondir under renovation.

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  Renovation work going on.

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  The palanquin used to carry the idols is reputed to be very old.

See also

• Samta
• Madan Mohan