Chachra Shiv Temple (In Bangla Chachra Shiv Mondir) is a 17th century built Hindu temple that is located at Chachra of Jessore district. It is located exactly beside the Jessore-Benapole highway. This is a two-stored Shiva temple that has a single Rotno (basically the second store) at the top. From the inscription of the temple it’s found that the Temple was built by someone named Monohor Ray during 1696. Check the photo gallery of Jessore for more pictures.
Chachra Shiv Temple has a stylish outer wall at the three sides out of four. Most of those are old fashioned but simple terracotta. It was left carelessly for many years. But recently the department of Bangladesh Archaeology renovated the temple and declared this as an archaeological asset of Bangladesh.
How to go
Chachra Shiv Temple is located in Chachra which is very near from the main town of Jessore district. The temple is exactly beside the Jessore-Benapol highway. Our bus from Dhaka dropped us near the Monihar Cinema Hall at Jessore town. From there it was a 20 Taka Rickshaw fare. It took around 10-15 minutes to reach near the Chachra Shiv Temple. GPS Coordinate of the temple is (23° 8’39.89″N, 89°12’15.07″E).
Where to stay
There are few hotels available in Jessore and Khulna. But most of them are not available to book from online. If you want a comfortable hotel then I’d suggest you to stay in Khulna as they have quite a few international quality hotels over there. You can use the below search box to see hotels from Khulna.
Chachra Shiva Temple / Chachra Shiva Mondir,
Jessore District,
Bangladesh,
GPS Coordinate (23° 8’39.89″N, 89°12’15.07″E),
List of hotels from Khulna.
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog alonelytraveler.com
Friday, 21 June 2013
