Sat Deul

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Sat Deul is located east of the Durgapur Expressway (part of National Highway 19) and is approachable via the Memari-Tarakeswar Road. It is 3.5 km from Chanchai railway station on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord line.

David J. McCutchion says that the predominant 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 {{transl|sa|shikhara}} with {{transl|sa|chaitya}} mesh decoration, surmounted by a large {{transl|sa|amalaka}} and {{transl|sa|kalasa}} finial. Examples of such dilapidated {{transl|bn|deuls}} are still standing at Satdeula (in Bardhaman), Bahulara and Sonatapal (in Bankura), and Deulghat (in Purulia). On the brick {{transl|bn|deuls}} already mentioned here, plus Jatar (in 24 Parganas) and Para (in Purulia), "we find extensive and remarkably fine stucco work on carved brick".McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 3,13. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, {{ISBN| 978-93-81574-65-2}}

==Highlights==

This brick-built temple shows the features of the Nagara style. The ground plan is pancha-ratha, surmounted by a curvilinear tower. The temple has stucco works over carved bricks. Jaina sculptures found at the place may indicate that it belonged to the Jaina faith and the temple is datable to c. 10th-11th century AD. P.C. Dasgupta, in the Jain Journal 7/3: 130- 132, 1973, mentions Sat deuliya as a rare Jain icon.{{cite web | url = https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/246125/13/13_bibliography.pdf | title =Bibliography | work= page 441| publisher = Shodhganga |access-date = 25 January 2020}} In the List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal it is mentioned as a Jain brick temple.{{Cite web|url=http://asi.nic.in/alphabetical-list-of-monuments-west-bengal/|title=List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of West Bengal - Archaeological Survey of India|website=asi.nic.in|access-date=2018-08-22}}

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File:Sat Deul 1.jpg

File:Satdeul temple.jpg|alt=|Close view of Satdeul Temple.

File:Floral works on the Satdeula temple.jpg|alt=|Floral and Geometric works on the temple.

File:Side view of Satdeul Temple.jpg|alt=|Intricate designs on the side of Satdeul.

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