| Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
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temple does not appear to have been originally covered with plaster, but portions of it
are now covered with plaster, the remains, no doubt, of a coat put on at some subsequent
period. "The tower is, or was surmounted by a cylindric pinnacle like the temple of Buddha Gaya. This sort of pinnacle is very remarkable, and its form resembling a lingam may be more than a mere accident of construction. Constructively, it was evidently impossible to form in brick the amalaka which invariably surmounts temples of stone, itself again surmounted by either urns or tapering discs ending in a spire." Major General Cunningham, however, was of the opinion that the date of this temple should be ascribed to the Eighth Century A.D. According to the commonly accepted tradition, however, Bhairavendra who lived in 1450 A.D built the temple. There is no accurate information as to when this Bhairavendra actually lived. It has been pointed out that the style and the general appearance of the temple have a great similarity to the temples at Deo and Umga in Gaya district. The two temples at Deo and Umga are taken to have been built about the 8th century A.D. |
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