Bahulara Ancient Temple

Coordinates: 23°10′10″N 87°14′20″E / 23.1694°N 87.2389°E / 23.1694; 87.2389
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Bahulara Ancient Temple
An ASI Listed Monument
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism/ Jainism/ Hinduism
Location
LocationBahulara
Bankura district
StateWest Bengal
CountryIndia
Bahulara Ancient Temple is located in West Bengal
Bahulara Ancient Temple
Shown within West Bengal
Bahulara Ancient Temple is located in India
Bahulara Ancient Temple
Bahulara Ancient Temple (India)
Geographic coordinates23°10′10″N 87°14′20″E / 23.1694°N 87.2389°E / 23.1694; 87.2389

Bahulara Ancient Temple is located in Bahulara village in the Onda II village panchayat, in the

Bishnupur.[1]

Geography

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8km
5miles
River
Dwarakeswar
Damodar River
Durgapur
Barrage
B
Durgapur Barrage
Jagannathpur
T
Jagannathpur, Bankura (T)
Sonatapal
T
Sonatapal (T)
Ekteswar
T
Ekteswar (T)
Bahulara
T
Biharinath
H
Biharinath (H)
Susunia
HV
Susunia (H)
Saltora
R
Saltora (R)
Saldiha
R
Saldiha (R)
Puabagan
R
Puabagan (R)
Pakhanna
R
Pakhanna (R)
Onda
R
Onda, Bankura (R)
Murakata
R
Murakata (R)
Mejia
R
Mejia, Bankura (R)
Medinipur
R
Medinipur, Bankura (R)
Maliara
R
Maliara (R)
Kanchanpur
R
Kanchanpur, Bankura (R)
Gangajalghati
R
Gangajalghati (R)
Durlabhpur
R
Durlabhpur (R)
Chhatna
R
Chhatna (R)
Bikna
R
Bikna (R)
Amarkanan
R
Amarkanan (R)
Achuri
R
Achuri (R)
Bankura
M
Bankura (M)
Jhantipahari
CT
Jhantipahari (CT)
Ghutgarya
CT
Ghutgarya (CT)
Barjora
CT
Barjora (CT)
Beliatore
CT
Beliatore (CT)
Places in Bankura Sadar subdivision in Bankura district
M: municipal town/ city, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: hill centre, T: temple/ religious centre, B: barrage
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Bahulara is located at 23°10′10″N 87°14′20″E / 23.1694°N 87.2389°E / 23.1694; 87.2389.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Siddheshwara temple

The Siddheshwara

Parshvsanatha and one of Mahisasurmardini. But the temple is dedicated to Siddhesvara Mahadeva.[3]
Height of this temple is 19.2 metre at present.

Situated on the banks of the Dwarakeswar River, "Siddheshwara temple at Bahulara in the Bankura district is probably the finest specimen of a brick built rekha deul temple of medieval period now standing in Bengal," according to Nalini Bhattasali. The topmost portion of the spire, called the amalaka, has been damaged at some point in the past, and furthermore in spite of recent restorative efforts by the government much of the temple's original ornamentations had fallen prey to the ravages of time. In the month of Chaitra the Bahulara Shiva Gajan takes place over the span of three days with hundreds of devotees attending the festival.[4]

Temple at Bahulara photographed by an unknown photographer in 1897. Presently in the collection of Leiden University

Buddhist and Jain centre

According to

Mallabhum was established. Archaeologists feel that the temple was built in the Pala era. Ananda Coomaraswamy believes that the present deul was built in the 10th century. Others feel that it could be a century or two later. Jatar Deul, in the Sundarbans, came up during the same period. The temples at Dihar, in Bankura district, are also rekh deuls.[5]

Rekha deul

kalasa finial. Examples of such dilapidated deuls are still standing at Satdeula (in Bardhaman), Bahulara and Sonatapal (in Bankura) and Deulghat (in Purulia). On the brick deuls already mentioned here, plus Jatar (in 24 Parganas) and Para (in Purulia), “we find extensive and remarkably fine stucco work on carved brick”.[6]

According to the List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal the Ancient Temple at Bahulara is an ASI listed monument.[7]

Bahulara picture gallery

  • View outside
    View outside
  • The deities
    The deities
  • Wall decorations
    Wall decorations
  • Wall decorations
    Wall decorations
  • Wall decorations
    Wall decorations
  • Wall decorators
    Wall decorators
  • Visitors
    Visitors

References

  1. ^ "Bahulara". India9.com. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Incredible India". West Bengal. India tourism. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  3. ^ a b "ASI, Kolkata Circle".
  4. ^ "Temples of West Bengal". Siddheswari temple. Hindu Links Universe. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  5. ^ Ghosh, Binoy, Paschim Banger Sanskriti, (in Bengali), part I, 1976 edition, p. 363, Prakash Bhaban
  6. ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
  7. ^ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of West Bengal - Archaeological Survey of India". Item no. 6. ASI. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

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