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38-808: Bahulara Ancient Temple is located in Bahulara village in the Onda II village panchayat, in the Onda CD block in the Bankura Sadar subdivision of the Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal . It is 5 km (3.1 mi) from Ondagram railway station and 25 km (16 mi) from Bishnupur . Bahulara is located at 23°10′10″N 87°14′20″E  /  23.1694°N 87.2389°E  / 23.1694; 87.2389 . Note: The map alongside presents some of

76-453: A Jain/Buddhist shrine and later on got reconsecrated as a shaivite monument by the Malla monarchs of Bishnupur. Other than the central Shiva lingam the sanctum sanctorum or the garbhagriha has figurines of Ganesha , Jain tirthankar Parshvsanatha and one of Mahisasurmardini . But the temple is dedicated to Siddhesvara Mahadeva. Height of this temple is 19.2 metre at present. Situated on

114-543: A Mela is also held every year for five days starting on Buddha Purnima.Poet Mira Barat informed that,the Kalipuja of Kalidas Chakraborty was famous at his time.The gazan of BURASHIV Dugdheshwar has old tradition of Majhpara ,Gogra . In 2014, Onda CD block had 1 rural hospital and 5 primary health centres with total 66 beds and 12 doctors. It had 35 family welfare sub centres and 1 family welfare centre. 3,807 patients were treated indoor and 252,239 patients were treated outdoor in

152-703: A large amalaka and kalasa finial . Examples of such dilapidated deuls are still standing at Satdeula (in Bardhaman), Bahulara and Sonatapal (in Bankura) and Deulghat (in Purulia). On the brick deuls already mentioned here, plus Jatar (in 24 Parganas) and Para (in Purulia), “we find extensive and remarkably fine stucco work on carved brick”. According to the List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal

190-408: A scheme of the central government named Backward Region Rural Fund (BGRF). Amalaka An amalaka ( Sanskrit : आमलक ), is a segmented or notched stone disk, usually with ridges on the rim, that sits on the top of a Hindu temple 's shikhara or main tower. According to one interpretation, the amalaka represents a lotus, and thus the symbolic seat for the deity below. Another interpretation

228-421: Is at Onda. Gram panchayats of Onda block/ panchayat samiti are: Chingani , Churamanipur , Kalyani, Kantaberia, Lodna, Majdiha, Medinipur, Nakaijuri, Nikunjapur , Onda I, Onda II, Punisole , Ramsagar, Ratanpur and Santore. According to the 2011 Census of India , Onda CD block had a total population of 252,984, all of which were rural. There were 129,248 (51%) males and 123,736 (49%) females. Population in

266-566: Is crowned with a kalasam or finial, from which a temple banner is often hung. The shape first appears (or survives) as an element in the capitals of columns around the time of Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, recurring in some capitals of the 1st century CE. In some of these, as at the Great Chaitya at the Karla Caves , and the verandahs to Caves 3, 10 and 17 at the Pandavleni Caves ,

304-573: Is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the Factories Act . Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on. There are 271 inhabited villages in

342-624: Is located in the central part of the district. It belongs to the uneven lands/ hard ring rock area. The soil is laterite red and hard beds are covered with scrub jungle and sal wood. Onda CD block is bounded by Bankura II CD block on the north, Bishnupur CD block on the east, Taldangra CD block on the south and Indpur and Bankura I CD blocks on the west. Onda CD block has an area of 502.46 km . It has 1 panchayat samity , 15 gram panchayats , 185 gram sansads (village councils), 291 mouzas and 271 inhabited villages. Onda police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block

380-544: Is that it symbolizes the sun, and is thus the gateway to the heavenly world. The name and, according to some sources the shape, of the amalaka comes from the fruit of Phyllanthus emblica (or Mirobalanus embilica ), the Indian gooseberry , or myrobolan fig tree. This is called āmalaki in Sanskrit , and the fruit has a slightly segmented shape, though this is much less marked than in the architectural shape. The amalaka itself

418-487: Is the site of the Siddheshwara temple dedicated to Shiva . It is the finest specimen of brick rekha deul temple ascribed to Pala (medieval) period. It is about 5 km from Ondagram railway station, midway between Bankura and Vishnupur. At Onda a Dol Mela is held every year for nine days starting on the day of Holi. Datina is a culturally enriched village, situated under Medinipur Gram Panchyat. Here (at Uporpara)

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456-538: Is well established in all the CD blocks of the district and includes the famous Baluchari saris. In 2004-05 Onda CD Block had 749 looms in operation. Bankura district is famous for the artistic excellence of its pottery products that include the famous Bankura horse . The range of pottery products is categorised as follows: domestic utilities, terracota and other decorative items and roofing tiles and other heavy pottery items. Around 3,200 families were involved in pottery making in

494-518: The 2011 census the total number of literates in Onda CD block was 144,618 (65.82% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 85,546 (75.44% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 60,072 (55.81%) of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 19.63%. As per the 2011 census, literacy in Bankura district

532-404: The 2011 census, in the Onda CD block, among the 271 inhabited villages, 37 villages did not have a school, 52 villages had two or more primary schools, 65 villages had at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 29 villages had at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school. Onda Thana Mahavidyalaya was established at Murakata in 2007. Bahulara , a census village under Onda II village panchayat,

570-526: The Ancient Temple at Bahulara is an ASI listed monument. Onda (community development block) From around 7th century AD till around the advent of British rule, for around a millennium, history of Bankura district is identical with the rise and fall of the Hindu Rajas of Bishnupur . The Bishnupur Rajas, who were at the summit of their fortunes towards the end of the 17th century, started declining in

608-705: The Onda CD block, as per the District Census Handbook , Bankura, 2011. 100% villages have power supply. 266 villages (98.15%) have drinking water supply. 30 villages (11.07%) have post offices. 257 villages (94.63%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 51 villages (18.82%) have pucca (paved) approach roads and 88 villages (32.47%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 16 villages (5.90%) have agricultural credit societies and 13 villages (4.8%) have banks. There were 125 fertiliser depots, 12 seed stores and 76 fair price shops in

646-428: The Onda CD block. In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture in Onda CD block could be classified as follows: bargadars 12.99%, patta (document) holders 9.32%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 6.96%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 21.44% and agricultural labourers 49.29%. In 2003-04 net area sown in Onda CD block was 26,981 hectares and the area in which more than one crop

684-442: The age range of 0 to 6 years was 33,274. Scheduled Castes numbered 83,933 (33.18%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 12,443 (4.92%). According to the 2001 census, Onda block had a total population of 219,845, out of which 112,429 were males and 107,416 were females. Onda block registered a population growth of 15.06 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 15.15 per cent. Decadal growth in West Bengal

722-587: The amalaka is "boxed" with a rectangular framework cage. The oldest representation of an Amalaka as the base for the kalasha is seen in a door jamb at the Dahshavatara temple at Deogarh , dated to about 500 AD. Amalakas appear to have been common at the top of shikhara by the Gupta period , though no originals remain in place. They were to remain standard in most of India, in the Nagara and Kalinga architecture styles of

760-510: The banks of the Dwarakeswar River , "Siddheshwara temple at Bahulara in the Bankura district is probably the finest specimen of a brick built rekha deul temple of medieval period now standing in Bengal," according to Nalini Bhattasali . The topmost portion of the spire, called the amalaka , has been damaged at some point in the past, and furthermore in spite of recent restorative efforts by

798-1170: The country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 11 districts of West Bengal. In 2013-14, Onda CD block had 2 ferry services and 7 originating/ terminating bus routes. The Kharagpur-Bankura-Adra line of South Eastern Railway passes through this CD block. There are stations at Kalisen , Ondagram and Ramsagar railway station . National Highway 14 , (old numbering NH 60 ), running from Morgram to Kharagpur , passes through this CD block. State Highway 9 running from Durgapur (in Paschim Bardhaman district) to Nayagram (in Jhargram district) passes through this CD block. In 2013-14, Onda CD block had 246 primary schools with 24,146 students, 32 middle schools with 3,711 students, 16 high schools with 14,390 students and 12 higher secondary schools with 8,442 students. Onda CD block had 1 general college with 1,180 students and 385 institutions for special and non-formal education with 14,880 students. See also – Education in India According to

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836-537: The district in 2002. 234 families were involved in Onda CD block. In 2013-14, Onda CD block had offices of 9 commercial banks and 3 gramin banks . The Bankura district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the Backward Regions Grant Fund . The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across

874-603: The early centuries CE until roughly the cusp of the 7th and 8th centuries CE when the kingdom of Mallabhum was established. Archaeologists feel that the temple was built in the Pala era . Ananda Coomaraswamy believes that the present deul was built in the 10th century. Others feel that it could be a century or two later. Jatar Deul , in the Sundarbans , came up during the same period. The temples at Dihar , in Bankura district, are also rekh deuls . David J. McCutchion says that

912-684: The first half of the 18th century. First, the Maharaja of Burdwan seized the Fatehpur Mahal, and then the Maratha invasions laid waste their country. Bishnupur was ceded to the British with the rest of Burdwan chakla in 1760. In 1787, Bishnupur was united with Birbhum to form a separate administrative unit. In 1793 it was transferred to the Burdwan collectorate. In 1879, the district acquired its present shape with

950-463: The government much of the temple's original ornamentations had fallen prey to the ravages of time. In the month of Chaitra the Bahulara Shiva Gajan takes place over the span of three days with hundreds of devotees attending the festival. According to Binoy Ghosh , the various habitational and ritualistic mounds surrounding the temple at Bahulara have led archaeologists to speculate that it

988-443: The hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD block. Onda Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at PO Medinipurgram , is the major government medical facility in the Onda CD block. There are primary health centres at Ratanpur (with 10 beds), Nakaijuri (Ghorasol) (with 10 beds), Ramsagar (with 10 beds), Santore (Garh Kotalpur) (with 10 beds) and Nikunjapur (with 10 beds). A super speciality hospital has been established at Gogra under

1026-421: The main winter crop, from 19,947 hectares, 6,525 tonnes of Aus paddy from 2,246 hectares, 15,395 tonnes of Boro paddy from 5,020 hectares, 969 tonnes of wheat from 327 hectares and 44,557,000 tonnes of potatoes from 1,984 hectares. It also produced pulses and mustard. The handloom industry engages the largest number of persons in the non farm sector and hence is important in Bankura district. The handloom industry

1064-428: The notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. The Siddheshwara Shiva temple at Bahulara is well known for its unique architectural style and exquisite cut-brick and lime-stucco ornamentation of the walls. This temple is one of the oldest of its types with sikhara of Nagara style. Possibly it was built sometime approximately around 8th-11th century CE as

1102-722: The population spoke Bengali and 3.86% Santali as their first language. In Onda CD block 44.39% families were living below poverty line in 2007. According to the Rural Household Survey in 2005, 28.87% of the total number of families were BPL families in the Bankura district. Livelihood in Onda CD block In the Onda CD block in 2011, among the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 24,522 and formed 24.53%, agricultural labourers numbered 46,704 and formed 46.71%, household industry workers numbered 4,616 and formed 4.62% and other workers numbered 24,142 and formed 24.15%. Total workers numbered 99,984 and formed 39.52% of

1140-410: The population. Others numbered 7,536 and formed 2.98% of the population. Others include Addi Bassi, Marang Boro, Santal, Saranath, Sari Dharma, Sarna, Alchchi, Bidin, Sant, Saevdharm, Seran, Saran, Sarin, Kheria, and other religious communities. In 2001, Hindus were 86.38% and Muslims 11.25% of the population respectively. Languages of Onda CD block (2011) At the time of the 2011 census, 96.07% of

1178-414: The pre-dominant traditional architectural style for temples in the western areas of Bengal in the pre-Muslim period is the tall curvilinear rekha deul and it went on developing from the late 7th century or early 8th century to around the 12th century, increasing its complexity and height but retaining its basic features. Such temples had “curvilinear shikhara with chaitya mesh decoration, surmounted by

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1216-410: The thanas of Khatra and Raipur and the outpost of Simplapal being transferred from Manbhum, and the thanas of Sonamukhi, Kotulpur and Indas being retransferred from Burdwan. However, it was known for sometime as West Burdwan and in 1881 came to be known as Bankura district. Onda is located at 23°08′N 87°12′E  /  23.13°N 87.20°E  / 23.13; 87.20 . Onda CD block

1254-406: The total population, and non-workers numbered 153,000 and formed 60.48% of the population. Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned by self/government/institution. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry

1292-526: The west and east respectively, but not in the Dravidian architecture of South India . Some early temples in the Deccan , such as the 7th-century Lakshamana temple in brick at Sirpur , have amalakas at the corners of some level of the shikhara (but not, as it survives, at the top in the usual way). Like other parts of Hindu temple architecture , there is a large body of symbolic and mystical interpretation around

1330-474: Was 17.84 per cent. Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Onda CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Onda (5,933), Aguri Band Punisol (22,193), Nutangram (4,077) and Chingani (4,004). Other villages in Onda CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Majdiha (1,173), Churamanipur (992), Medinipur (2,662), Lodna (3,072), Kalyani (1,632), Ratanpur (1,822), Santor (1,739), Nikunjapur (2,239), Bahulara (1,124) and Ramsagar (712). According to

1368-495: Was 70.26%, up from 63.44 in 2001 and 52.00% in 1991. Literacy in West Bengal was 77.08% in 2011. Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%. See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data In the 2011 census, Hindus numbered 201,742 and formed 83.30% of the population in Onda CD block. Muslims numbered 34,620 and formed 13.68% of the population. Christians numbered 86 and formed 0.03% of

1406-404: Was a thriving Buddhist centre at some ancient point of time. The series of brick and stone-crafted mounds beside the deul are believed to be the ruins of Buddhist stupas where the remains of Buddhist bhikkhus and bhikkhunis were entombed after cremation. Prior to the dominance of Shaivism and Shaktism , the area was influenced by Buddhism and Jainism from the late millenniums BCE to

1444-426: Was grown was 6,712 hectares. In 2013-14, the total area irrigated in Onda CD block was 18,667 hectares, out of which 9,796 hectares was by canal water, 900 hectares by tank water, 1,140 hectares by river lift irrigation, 606 hectares by deep tubewells, 6,080 hectares by shallow tubewell, 30 hectares by open dug wells and 115 hectares by other methods. In 2013-14, Onda CD block produced 53,122 tonnes of Aman paddy ,

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