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Madangopal Jiu Temple (Bengali: মদনগোপাল জীউ মন্দির ) is a temple in the village of Mellock, near Samta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. The temple is locally known as ''Gopaler Mondir'', which literally means the temple of Gopala, that is, Krishna. The temple is a terracotta ornamented ''aatchala'' (roof with 8 slopes) temple of Radha and Madangopal and was built in the 17th century AD by Mukundaprasad Roychoudhury, a descent of the Roychowdhury Zamindars of Mellock. Then the Rupnarayan River used to flow not far away from the temple, but over the time it changed its course and has now moved further away. The temple is now in ruins. Reconstruction work was started in the early 2010s but stopped midway. ==Etymology== 'Madangopal' is actually a combination of two titles or names of Lord Krishna, namely 'Madan', which means he Lord of love and 'Gopal', which means one who plays with the cowherds while 'Jiu' is the Bengali alternative of the Hindi word 'Ji', which is used to show respect towards someone. So, the total sums up to mean - "the temple of the respected Lord of love who plays with the cowherds." The locals call the temple by the name 'Gopaler Mondir', which means the temple of Gopal. 'Mondir' means temple and the suffix '-er' just signifies one's possession and is the Bengali alternative of the apotrophe s ('s) of the English language. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Madangopal Jiu Temple」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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