| Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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KONCH |
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| There is a
lingam of Koncheswar Mahadeva inside the temple. It would seem that a new floor has been
constructed later at a somewhat higher level, so that the lingam now appears standing in a
hollow. From this hollow a small channel leads to the north to carry off the oblation
water poured over the lingam. The outlet of this channel is still there on the north side.
This shows that this channel formed a part of the original construction. The temple is
built of properly shaped, well-burnt bricks though of different sizes. Some bricks measure
11" X 5 ½ " X 2 ¾", some 9" X 4 ¾" X 2 ¾ " and other
13" X 7 ½" X 2 ¾". The use of different types of bricks is, the temple
has undergone extensive repairs from time to time, as held by Cunningham and Beglar of the
Archaeological Survey of India. It is, however, clear that the last reconstruction was
done quite a considerable period ago.
Konch temple or the area around is not protected under the Ancient Monuments Act and
the temple is decaying rapidly.The entrance to the temple is, as usual, presented by a
great rent or opening in the face of the tower. It consists of vertical sides, spanned by
an arch of overlapping small sized bricks of the shape of a tall isosceles triangle with
indented sides. This entrance is divided into two parts by a stone right across a lower
rectangular one. |
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