Kamteswari Temple

Getting there

• By air

  Cooch Behar Airport is a domestic airport with daily flights from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. The nearest international airport is Bagdogra Airport, near Siliguri, about 142 km from Cooch Behar.

• By train

  The temple is about 8 km from Dinhata railway station. The station serves the city of Dinhata and lies under the Alipurduar division of Northeast Frontier Railway.

Why devotees come here

Kamteswari Temple stands at Gosanimari in the Dinhata I block of the Dinhata subdivision, Cooch Behar district, West Bengal. It is a Hindu temple of Devi Kamteswari, worshipped by both the Khen and Koch dynasties. It is a state protected monument, and the present building dates from 1665.

Both the Khen and the Koch dynasties worshipped Devi Kamteswari, and the temple is a state protected monument. Inside are two Shiva lingas, an idol of Brahma, a Shalagram stone, a Gopal idol cast in an alloy of eight metals, and a bronze idol of Surya.

An earlier temple on this site was destroyed. Maharaja Pran Narayan of the Cooch Behar State put up the present building in 1665. The Gosanimari village article gives the same year. The roof follows the Bengal char chala style, with a curved cornice and a circular dome on top. The temple stands 14 metres high on a square base of 9.9 metres.

There are two entrances, the main one on the west and another on the north. The main entrance has a nahabatkhana. The temple lies in Dinhata I block, in the Dinhata subdivision of Cooch Behar district. The district covers 3387 square kilometres.

Tips for your visit

• Use the west entrance, the main one.
• There is a second entrance on the north side.

Questions people ask