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[No. 2, 
Rajendralala Mitra —On the Temples of Deoghar. 
sides had been built and the pillars set up. In the annexed plan, the roofed 
portions alone are shown.* The fact mentioned by Mr. Beglar that one of 
the pillars juts into the surrounding wall should show that the wall dates 
from a later time ; but the unequal and irregular width of the verandas and 
their unfinished condition, supported by the belief that they were added 
subsequently, may well suggest the idea of the wall being of an earlier period. 
The base of the temple and the boundary wall existing, the width of the 
verandas had to be regulated according to the space available. 
It would seem that no image had been prepared when the temple was 
taken in hand, and, when the crisis arrived, it was out of the question to 
think of a new image. But the temple having been roofed in, something 
had to be put in it, and we now find three images of Vishnu on the throne 
which had been designed for one image, that of Lakshmi-narayana. The 
images are loosely propped against a wall behind the masonry platform, 
instead of being fixed by their bases. They are in alto-relievo, each repre¬ 
senting a four-handed human figure standing on a lotus throne. They are 
of unequal size. The largest image is 3'-6" high, the next 2 feet, and 
the last l'-6"; and they have apparently been brought away from some old 
temple, for they have been injured by the removal j parts of the back-frame 
have been broken and other parts chipped off. 
No. 7 belongs to Ananda-bhairava, who is represented as a human 
being, lifesize, squatting on a lotus seat, and engaged in meditation. At 
first sight one is apt to take it for a Buddha in meditation. The temple 
was undertaken by Anandadatta Ojha, but he did not live long enough to 
finish it. His son Paramananda did not care for it, but his grandson, 
Sarvananda, completed it in A. D. 1823. 
No. 8 is a vat or well, situated right in front of the last. It is 
assumed to represent the two rivers Ganges and Yamuna, and named accord¬ 
ingly. 
No. 9 is situated to the south of No. 7, and is dedicated to the images 
of Rama, Lakshmana, and Janaki. The images are very modern, and call 
for no remark. The temple was built by Ramadatta Ojha in the 9th 
decade of the last century. 
No. 10 is the vat wherein flow the waste waters of the great temple, 
and afford the only sustenance which the pilgrims derive during their 
rigorous fasts. 
No. 11 is the great temple already described. 
No. 12 is a flat-roofed temple with a small porch. It contains a lin- 
gam which has the distinctive name of Nilakantha or the ‘ Blue-throated/ 
* In the plan annexed to Mr. Beglar’s note in the Archaeological Survey Reports, 
Vol. VIII, all the four sides are shown. 
