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Maluti Terracotta Temples

মালুটি পোড়ামাটির মন্দির

Shikharipara, Dumka, Jharkhand

Baj Basanta Dynasty (17th–18th century CE)OtherHindu (Shakta)state-protectedAI Compiled

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Maluti Terracotta Temples in Dumka district of Jharkhand is a village containing 72 surviving terracotta brick temples (originally 108) built by the Baj Basanta royal family between the 17th and 19th centuries.

Built in ek-bangla, char-chala, and at-chala styles, their terracotta wall plaques depict episodes from the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Durga Mahishasuramardini legends.