| Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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temple, however, is not old. There is not much of architecture. As Spooner has observed:
"We see a single square chamber, constituting of the cella, with a simple ordinary
roof, rising to a point, and with a narrow porch in front. These are the constituents of
our simplest form of temple, and in the present example we find them in as simple forms as
now are traceable among the existing and recorded monuments." There is a stray
reference to the temple of Hariharnath during the Subedarship of Raja Man Singh who is
said to have done some repair work. Raja Ram Narain, a noted figure of Bihar, built the
present temple during the later Mughal period. The temple has been recently reconstructed
by the Birlas. The temple of Hariharnath Mahadeo is the principle place of worship here
but several smaller temples also receive the offerings of pilgrims. Among these are the
Kali Asthan and the Panch Devata Mandir; the latter was built by a priestess who claimed
to have built the temple with the offerings she received. |
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