Annapurna Temple, Titagarh

{{Short description|Hindu Temple in West Bengal}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}

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| name = Annapurna Temple

| image = Annapurna Temple of Titagarh-Barrackpore in North 24 Parganas 19.jpg

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| caption = The Annapurna Temple

| map_type = India West Bengal

| map_caption = Location in West Bengal

| coordinates = {{coord|22.74923|88.36614|format=dms|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}

| country = {{flag|India}}

| state = West Bengal

| district = North 24 Parganas

| location = Titagarh

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| deity = Shiva, Annapurna

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Annapurna Temple, is a Hindu temple navaratna (nine-pinnacled) heritage{{Cite web|title=Explore heritage along the Hooghly, bend by bend|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/places/wbtdcs-hooghly-ganges-river-tour-covers-serampore-chandernagore-chinsurah-bandel-and-barrackpore/cid/1846290|access-date=2022-02-15|website=www.telegraphindia.com}} situated on the bank of the Ganges at Rasmani ghat at Titagarh,{{Cite web |title=NORTH 24 PARGANAS - West Bengal Tourism, Experience Bengal, Dept. of Tourism, Govt. of W. B. |url=https://wbtourism.gov.in/destination/district/north_24_parganas |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=wbtourism.gov.in}} Barrackpore in North 24 Paragana.{{Cite book|last=Murshid|first=Ghulam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9o4SEAAAQBAJ&dq=Annapurna+Temple+Barrackpore&pg=PT386|title=Bengali Culture Over a Thousand Years|date=2018-01-25|publisher=Niyogi Books|isbn=978-93-86906-12-0|language=en}} The temple is similar to the Bhavatarini temple at Dakshineswar.{{Cite book|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Uday|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ileEAAAQBAJ&dq=Annapurna+Temple+Barrackpore&pg=PA73|title=Advances in Urbanism, Smart Cities, and Sustainability|last2=Biswas|first2=Arindam|last3=Mukherjee|first3=Jenia|last4=Majumdar|first4=Sushobhan|date=2022-04-21|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-000-57655-9|language=en}} Inside the main temple sanctum, you can see Lord Shiva and Maa Annapurna idols. The idol of Lord Shiva is made of silver and of Maa Annapurna is made of ashtadhatu (astha means eight and dhatu means metal) which is an alloy of eight metals.