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The Temple and Rasmancha

द टेम्पल एंड रासमंच
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Kalna Sub-Circle

About this monument

This is the finest and oldest atchala temple in the Birbhum District. The temple stands on a laterite foundation and is built of soft limestone. It depicts on its triple-arched façade episodes like taming of Kaliya, Krishnalila, Rasamandala and deities like Anantasayin Vishnu, Brahma Vishnu, Vayu, Indra, Karttika, Ganesa etc. Besides, exquisite decoration adorm the other parts of the façade. The date of the temple is not known but the execution of the decoration is in style of the period th th during c.17 -18 century A.D.

Site plan

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Site plan from the ASI Inventory of Monuments and Sites of National Importance, Vol. VII Part IV, Kolkata Circle (2015).

Photographs

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Gazette Notification

Statutory notification declaring this a centrally protected monument.

Preliminary Notification
1 pages · 0.1 MB
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Final Notification
19 December 1906 · 2 pages · 0.33 MB
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Locality
Suri, Birbhum
Coordinates
23° 54′ 12″ N, 87° 31′ 44″ E
Sub-circle
Kalna Sub-Circle
Category
Protected Monument
Gazette Sl. No.
38
Access
Free entry
Airport
N.S.C.B.I. Airport, Dum Dum
Railway station
Suri
Bus station
Suri
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