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| Keywords: View of stone temple, east of the village of Para, Manbhum district in 1872-73.jpg en Photo of the stone temple east of the village of Para This photograph is taken by Joseph David Beglar in 1872-73 The stone temple was once a large and complete temple; traces of the foundations of the mahamandapa can still be seen but only the tower portion containing the sanctum is standing now; this portion was once profusely ornamented with mouldings and sculpture but the weather has worn away the stone a very soft sandstone so much that the correct outline of the mouldings can nowhere be made out J D Beglar Report of a tour through the Bengal Provinces in 1872-73 A S I vol VIII Calcutta 1878 pp 163 The top part of the temple is built differently to the lower part; it is fashioned from a coarser stone and is more plainly cut perhaps representing a later repair of the temple The temple houses an image of Laxmi hewn from a black stone 1872-73 http //www oldindianphotos in/2010_10_19_archive html Joseph David Beglar other versions Custom license marker 2015 01 08 PD-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Temples in West Bengal West Bengal in the 1870s Purulia district Shikharas | ||||
