No. XIII.
THE TEMPLE OF MANDESWARA, NEAR CHAYNPORE, BAHAR.
This Temple is near the village of Chaynpore, in the province of Bahar. It terminates the top of the hill of Seeta, and was dedicated to Mandeswara, one of the appellations of Maha-Deva. By the accumulated mass under which the Temple is now buried, it appears probable it had originally a spire, similar to many other Hindoo Temples in this part of india; and the peculiar forms of the ornamental parts found near the entrance, strengthen this conjecture. The irregular path on the side of the hill leading up to the Temple is in many places marked with the mouldering remains of antient Hindoo art.
Chaynpore is about 30 miles S.E. from Benares.
The Temple of Mandeswara, near Chaynpore, Bahar.