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sometimes used, as in Garui, thanad Assensol, district Bardwan, 
in Visnupur, d strict Bankura, and in the subu rb of Midnapur 
ae oe Raj temple). These have, however, very few 
cary 
The temples stand on a raised platform, wide and fairly 
high, often 4 to 6 feet above the court- 
yard level. The platform has in front 
occasionally steps, as in the Raghunath of Baxa, Hugli, but is 
mtg panelled, without any carvings. 
e body of the temple consists of the sanctum, generally 
Body. various additions. The sanctum is 
shine, 3 sometimes cubical, with the in- 
sides plain, or occasionally painted as in Brndavan-candra of 
Guptipara. The sanctum has, as a rule, a covered verandah in 
front. Other additions may also be found, such as extra covered 
verandahs on both sides, or running on all the sides, with 
n 
Platform. 
grouped temples, ae individuals are on very simple plans, want- 
a verandah or r 
The yeekeaeh as usually three arched openings piahe 
wo pillars. The arches are point 
pe cay alia cusped outside and generally 16-cusped. 
The pillars from which the arches spring are short, thick, heavy- 
square above and below, with two or more thick bands 
round the central shaft. The architrave is marked out from the 
upper part of the front by a series of curved lines, and the 
a eg portion is gout peer hime from the sides of the 
front. These side portions end in well-defined corners whose 
artnet bands and vartioal lines or panels simulate the ap- 
pearance of buttressing towers. 
In the older brick es the spaces between the arches, 
see en the curved lines and the roof- 
ieacinicon, and in Saiva or Sakta temples the peer of Siva 
or his consort, Kali or Does. With them are mixed panels of 
roset or ugh aedeecter patterns; and in some instances minia- 
ture temples are piled one above the other along the arched 
openings. The tice of the roof is marked by a row of rails or 
square RSA = The massing of these minute and varied 
works gives a charm to the whole front and is decidedly effec- 
tive. Besides the verandah, the inner sanctum is often covered 
in front with carved panels, which are, pees: simpler an 
