Shree Govindajee Temple
Radha Krishna temple in Imphal
Shree Govindajee Temple (Meitei: ꯁ꯭ꯔꯤ ꯁ꯭ꯔꯤ ꯒꯣꯚꯤꯟꯗꯖꯤ ꯂꯥꯢꯁꯪ, romanized: Shri Shri Govindajee Laishang) is a Meitei Hindu temple, dedicated to Hindu deities Radha Krishna (Govindaji). It is the largest Vaishnava temple in Imphal district of Manipur, India. It was originally built in 1846 during the reign of Maharaja Nara Singh and later rebuilt by Maharaja Chandrakriti in 1876.
Location
Shree Govindajee Temple is located in Imphal, the capital of the Indian state of Manipur, next to Sana Konung (Meitei for 'Royal Palace'), the palace of the former Meitei rulers of the Manipur Kingdom. Imphal is accessible by road and air services. National Highway 39 (India) connects with Dimapur (Nagaland) on the North and with Myanmar on the east. It is connected to Silchar in Assam by National Highway 53 (India). National Highway 150 (India) connects with Mizoram. The nearest rail link is at Dimapur, 215 kilometres (134 mi) away, from where regular bus services operate to Imphal. Air services operate to Imphal from New Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati and Silchar.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Shree Govindajee Temple” as radha Krishna temple in Imphal. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as radha Krishna temple in Imphal. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7503489. Authority coordinates are 24.798, 93.948. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1846 and 1876.
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