Deulghata Shiva Temple, West Bengal

Address

Deulghata Shiva Temple, Baram, Purulia Bankura districts West Bengal 723201

Diety

Shiva

Introduction

chief among those ruins are the temples of Deulghata. Purulia is about 315 km west of Kolkata. You know you’re close when you turn south off the Ranchi-Purulia Road and village of Garh Jaipur. But nothing in these narrow lanes prepares you for the stunning structures that lie ahead. It’s 5 km from here to the Ajodhya Hills, across the Kasai River; but still, Deulghata does not reveal itself. The first jain temple you’ll see is at the edge of a paddy field. Intricately decorated, looming into the foreground, it is so overgrown and hidden Behind it, you will see a similar structure and, partially hidden among the trees, more and more, until it hits you that you are among the ancient brick temples of Deulghata Close to the first temple stand the ruins of one of the stone temples both Dalton and Beglar describe. The side doorposts of this one remain, as well as a portion of the inner sanctum, where the yoni of a Shivalingam still stands. This shiva temple completely ruins in a state of disappearance.