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Chasing Temples in the Capital of Mallabhum - 3

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Enjoy our other Blogs -  MoAnRa Stories  |  MoAnRa Speaks 4 day trip including journey dates By Moutushi Ghoshdeysarkar Day 1  ||  Day 2  || Day 3 || Day 4 Terracotta or baked earth art is extensively in use in West Bengal, from temples to jewellery, decorative sculptures to tiles and everything in between. The rest of India and abroad also adores terracotta, for its pliability which helps give form to a plethora of ideas that is bound only by one’s imagination. The sun was shining bright negating the weather forecast and we set out to shoot all that we could at will. 24 temples was a bit too over the top sort of a target but one must try. This time we started from the nearest one. Rasmanch. You got to buy a ticket, Rs.15 per head, it also pays for two other temples maintained by ASI, Pancha Ratna and Jor Bangla. Rasmanch is a raised platform for displaying the idols of Radha and Krishna from temples around on a particular occasion...