Location
The Jalpesh Shiva Temple is famous in North Bengal as a pilgrimage for Shiva worshippers. Legend has it that Raja Jalpesh of Pragjyotishpur, on a hunting expedition, discovered a Shivlinga in the first century AD. He enshrined it in a temple, which was destroyed by the ravages of time. Centuries later, in 1665, the present temple was commissioned by Raja Pran Narayan of Coch Behar. The structure bears traces of Muslim architecture.