| Temples & Legends of Bengal |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
THE TEMPLES IN PURULIA |
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temple at Balrampur commonly known as Palma Balrampur, a village about four miles from
Purulia on the bank of river Kasai. This temple has a number of Jain images, some of which are clearly those of the Jain Tirthankaras. An inscription on a stone fixed to a pillar found at this village was removed decades back and was fixed by the roadside within the court compound at Purulia. At Boram, a large village four miles south from Jaipur railway station, there are
three temples identical in design in ruins. These temples are clearly Jain in origin and
have Jain images. About a mile from Boram to the south, there is another shrine where
there are some images in nudity. This by itself is a substantial proof that the images are
Jain. The shrine is now taken to be a Hindu temple. 2 J.D. Beghar, Archaeological Survey of India, Vol. VIII. |
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