Photo 1003(1)

View of the temple shikara.

List of Ancient Monuments in Bengal (Calcutta: 1896), pp. 16-17: 'The finest brick temple in the district od Bankura, and the finest, though not the largest, brick temple is the one at Bahulara, on the right bank of the Darikesvara river, 12 miles from Bankura; the temple is of brick plastered; the ornamentation is carefully cut in the brick; and the plaster made to correspond to it. It is carved and moulded with plaster ornamentations in relief after the style of modern Bengal architecture. There are, however, ornaments on the plaster also, but none inconsistent with the brick ornamentation below. Hence it is concluded that the plaster formed a part of the original design; the mouldings of the basement are, to a great extent, gone; but from fragments here and there that exist a close approximation can be made to what it was: some portions are, however, not recoverable ... The roof of the temple, a portion of the wall, and the doors have given way.'

J. D. Beglar, Report of a tour through the Bengal provinces... (A.S.I. Vol. VIII, Calcutta, 1878), pp. 202-03: 'The finest brick temple in the district, and the finest though not the largest that I have seen in Bengal, is the one at Bahulara, on the right bank of the Darikeswara River, 12 miles from Bankura; the temple is of brick, plastered; the ornamentation is carefully cut into the brick, and the plaster made to correspond to it...'

Duplicate of Photo 1002 (1).