Tridhara Milan Mandir

Located in Panchmura, Bankura of West Bengal, it is sometimes also referred to as the Second Vrindavan and is a melting for the three major sects of Hinduism: Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism.

[1] Tridhara Milan Mandir often referred as Second Vrindavan and is situated at Panchmura under Taldangra police station in Bankura.

Particularly, the term "Tridhara" originated from the fact that the temple is a melting pot and sangam for the three principle sects of beliefs of Hinduism - Shaivism (Shiva), Vaishnavism (Radha Krishna) and Shaktism (Kali).

Along with there are separate temples for other Hindu deities like Shiva, Kali, Ram, Sita, Hanuman and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

The idols of the deities are placed on "bedis" which are made from wood and the floor of all the temples are covered with marble stone.

There are caricatures featuring the Dashavatars of Vishnu, scenes of the Dev - Asur Sangram during the Samudra Manthana, Krishna preaching moral vanis to Arjuna before the Kurukshetra War in Mahabharata, Lord Narayana residing in his Vaikunth Dham with his wife Lakshmi and the lila of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

There are several other statues of common devotees with khol and kartal in their hand, who are doing "kirtan" to preach to the people about Krishna and his divine "lila".

The entrance of Radha Krishna Temple