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Temporary Structure, Durga Puga Pandal, Gopalganj, Bihar
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Temporary Structure, Durga Puga Pandal, Gopalganj, Bihar
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26.46057722854555, 84.43890119757081
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Good Find ! I think this was built in 2017, but in the location just as you say. I found a Video posted in Sep 2017 of this place.
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"This is a Dussehra (Durga) Puja (Prayer) pandal and this pandal was built at Gopalganj bus stand. In 2018, Puja Organisers had to spend more than 10 lakhs (one milllion Rupees) to build this pandal. This is not a temple. It is based on some temple located in South India."
To my knowledge there is no such temple in South India. At the most the design could have been inspired by Akhshardham temple at New Delhi - external link
Gopalganj Bus Stand in GM - external link
@Krenek - You are correct - Apparently this is not an actual temple but a pandal - sort of temporary structure which is generally created for a religious or other events to cater for large gathering such as a wedding, fair, exhibition or festival. During some religious functions people make very elaborate pandals whose designs vary from year to year.
This photo can be seen in this Facebook page - external link
The poster's text in Hindi, translated into English reads; "Mata Rani's court is more beautiful than Taj Mahal .........This temple is located in Bihar"
Mata (English: Mother) Rani (English Queen) in Hindu religion can refer to any one of of several female goddesses but often refers to Goddess Durga, specially in Bihar, Bengal etc.
In above Facebook page, some Amit Kumar has clearly commented in Hindi, which reads in English that "This is a Dussehra (Durga) Puja (Prayer) pandal a
According to what I understood and saw, it's a (big) non-permanent decoration for the Durga Puja festival that took place in the town of Gopalganj, somewhere at the Station Rd, at about 26.4542754 84.4354003
My friend CuriousJM will check those information
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