Jatar Deul Temple Bengal
l also called tower temple (rekha-deul), is located in the numerous rivers criss-crossed by stone-free alluvial and bush landscape of the southern Sundarbans settlements in the Indian state of West Bengal. It belongs to a small sub-group of Bengal temples, the architectural suggestions from Odisha[clarification needed] can be traced back. However, this type of brick temple we can see at Nebia Khera, Uttar Pradesh.
Location
The Jatar-Deul stands isolated on a small hill in the surroundings of the locality Kanakan Dighi, about 5 km east of the small town of Raidighi in the Mathurapur II community development block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the district of South 24 Parganas in West Bengal; whether it is in the vicinity of the temple, formerly a village has given, or whether it is a regional pilgrimage center, is unclear.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
History
On the client, and thus also on the emergence time of the temple, nothing is known. Some of the researchers – due to the vicinity of the discovered copper plate with an inscription from the 10th century. Century, not, however, refers to the temple, or a simultaneous emergence of time adopted; others date it much later, and put the construction into the 17th. or 18. Century. The Archaeological Department board at the temple site places establishment around 11th century. The discovery of Jatar Deul dates back to the middle of the nineteenth century, when land surveyors stumbled upon a towering brick structure in the midst of the Sundarban.