Jagannath temple – Comilla

Jagannath temple is probably the oldest Temple from Comilla district. It was built by the King of Tripura named Moharaja Rada Kishor Manikuo Bahadur during the 16th century. This temple worships the gods Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra. Statues of those gods were initially placed at the temple of Tripura, but later those were shifted here. This temple is also known as Jagannath Mandir.

Wikipedia mentioned this as Saptratna Mondir whereas the travel book writer Mustafiz Mamun has introduced this as Sotero Rotno Mondir. I am not sure which one is correct but the temple seems unique to me considering the other temples from Bangladesh.

Not sure, statue of Gorur?

It was the last day of our three day’s tour. In fact we have traveled most of the list from our bucket for the previous two days. We had only a few for today and this Jagannath temple was the last place that we visited for this expedition.

A very simple chariot, in Bangla it’s called as Roth.

How to Go:

This Jagannath temple is located mainly at the Bibir Bazar of Jogonnathpur which is 5 kilometers east from the Comilla town. First come to the Chawk Bazar of Comilla town. From there you can take a Battery driven auto vehicle which costs 10 Taka per person. It will be around 15 minutes of journey. The GPS coordinate of the Jagannath Temple is (23°27’43.97″N, 91°12’39.24″E).