Banda Deul Ancient Jain Temple - Purulia District, West Bengal, India - Jain temple in Banda - Purulia, India

Banda deul is situated on raghunathpur cheliyama road .After crossing moutorh one km approx is Banda .inside the village is this Jain deul .now ASI is taking care of this place

A nice place for art and cultural workers. Calm and calm and quiet with natural beauty.

There is a temple at Banda, which is described by the Archaeological Society of India as a "Rekha Deul" of triratha variety in sand stone. "The temple is richly decorated, the themes being creepers, scroll work and stylised Chaitya window." The temple was built around the 11th century. In 1872, the archaeologist J.D.Beglar came across this temple, then covered with deep vegetation in a forest. The area around the deul was cleared and it started attracting attention. Adrish Bardhan, a science fiction enthusiast and writer, established that the structure of the Banda deul was vandalised by the soldiers of Firuz Sah Tughlaq in 1360. "It is not clear whether it was a Hindu or a Jain temple. The jagmuhan part of the temple (the middle tier of a typical Odisha-style three-tier temple) was never completed and the peerless floral designs carved on soft stone on the front facade were badly defaced. The circled crown on the top (known as amalaka) was also broken." The temple had a Mandap which has largely collapsed, However, eight pillars are still there supporting the cross beams. The temple has a water outlet with a makara (crocodile) head.

Banda Deul is an 11th-century temple in Banda village (also called Deulghera) in the Raghunathpur II CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Puruliabdistrict in the state of West Bengal,India. There is a temple at Banda, which is described by the Archaeological Society of India as a rekha deul of triratha variety in sand stone. "The temple is richly decorated, the themes being creepers, scroll work and stylised chaitya window." The temple was built around the 11th century. Mainly there is lack of maintenance. This place would be more beautiful if proper maintaining is done. One of the ancient and famous tourist spot located near Ragunathpur. Many visitors came here to see the architecture of this monument but they have to travel through some bad roads.

Excellent place to witness a mixture of rural life and ancient structure .

Banda deul Jain temple situated at Raghunathpur 2 block , purulia .nice temple with good scenic rural view .

Banda Deul, ancient jain structure situated about 14 km away from Raghunathpur in Raghunathpur Chelyama road, Purulia, West Bengal

Banda deul is an 11th century Temple with the most richly decorated terracotta cravings.