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Ambika
Kalna
108
New
Kailash
Temple
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Kalna's
current
name
is
Ambika
Kalna.
Kalna
is
mentioned
in
the
Mangalkavya
as
"Amba
Muluk".
On
the
banks
of
the
river
Bhagirathi,
Amba
was
a
significant
river
port
of
that
era.
Kalna
and
Amba
are
shown
as
two
separate
places
in
a
map
made
by
Mr.
Rennell
in
the
seventeenth
century.
This
place
became
more
famous
after
the
arrival
of
Mahaprabhu
in
later
times;
The
name
is
Ambikanagar.
The
108
Shiva
Temple,
also
known
as
Nab
Kailash
Temple,
was
built
in
1609
by
King
Tejchandra
of
Burdwan.
It
is
said
that
this
temple
was
built
to
celebrate
the
transfer
and
ownership
of
royal
property
in
Bishnupur.
There
are
108
Atchala
temples
in
two
concentric
circles,
34
in
inner
circle
and
64
in
outer
circle.
This
temple
may
have
been
built
with
the
108
Rudrakshas
of
Japmala
in
mind
(ref:
researcher
Yajneshwar
Chowdhury).
Of
the
64
temples
in
the
outer
circle,
one
is
white
and
one
is
black,
and
all
the
34
temples
in
the
inner
circle
have
white
Shivlings.
That
is,
a
total
of
61
white
and
36
black
Shivlings.
According
to
researchers,
white
is
a
symbol
of
abandonment
and
black
is
a
symbol
of
enjoyment.
Hence
the
establishment
of
white
and
black
Shivlings
to
evoke
consciousness
or
knowledge
from
two
opposite
senses.
There
are
two
doors
in
each
circle
of
this
temple.
One
to
the
north
of
the
first
circle,
one
to
the
south.
In
the
inner
circle
one
is
east,
the
other
is
west.
No
more
than
four
Shivlings
can
be
seen
from
any
place
in
the
temple.
The
Gauripattas
above
the
Shivling
face
north.
As
the
circle
rotates,
the
direction
of
Gauripatta
also
faces
north.
More
than
200
years
old,
these
temples
are
built
in
an
extraordinary
geometric
environment,
which
is
truly
amazing.
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