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| name = Ichhai Ghosher Deul<br />
| native_name = '''An [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]] [[List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal|Listed Monument]]'''<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| image = Temple of Ichai Ghosh.jpg<br />
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| map_type = India West Bengal # India<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|23.6097|N|87.4523|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| location = Gourangapur<br/>Paschim Bardhaman<br />
| state = West Bengal<br />
| country = India<br />
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| year_completed = 16th-17th century<br />
| architecture_type = [[Bengal temple architecture#Rekha deul|Rekha deul]]<br />
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'''Ichhai Ghosher Deul''' is located near [[Gourangapur]] in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":0" /> It is a late mediaeval brick-reinforced temple of the sikhara type without any image.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ASI, Kolkata Circle |url=http://www.asikolkata.in/barddhaman.aspx#Ichai}}</ref> Tradition says that Ichai Ghosh constructed the temple in honour of the Goddess Bhagabati.<ref name=":0" /> Notwithstanding, this type of brick temple seen at Neiba Khera, [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |title= On a trail to explore stories behind brick temples &#124; Lucknow News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=4 March 2018 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/on-a-trail-to-explore-stories-behind-brick-temples/articleshow/63154081.cms}}</ref><br />
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==Location==<br />
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The Ichai-Ghosh-temple is largely separated by the river [[Ajay River|Ajay]] in the neighbourhood of the neighbourhood [[Gourangapur]] in the [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in [[West Bengal]], about 178.5&nbsp;km (dynamical distance) north of [[Kolkata]]. Whether it has been in the locality of the temple, formerly a settlement, or whether the temple was a territorial pilgrimage center, is unclear.<ref name="binoyghosh">{{cite book |last1=Ghosh |first1=Binoy |title=Paschim Banger Sanskriti |date=1976 |place=Prakash Bhaban, Kolkata |chapter=I |language=bn}}</ref><br />
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==Account==<br />
The date of expression of the temple is unclear. It may date from 7th to 11th century or 16th to18th centred.<ref name="binoyghosh" /> According to tradition, Ichai Ghosh constructed it in favor of the Goddess Bhagabati.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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According to [[Binoy Ghosh]], Ichhai Ghosher Deul, located at Gourangapur, is one of the few rekha deuls in Bengal. Scholars date it around 16th-17th century and it was perchance erected by the descendants of Ichhai Ghosh, to perpetuate his memory board.<ref name="binoyghosh"/><br />
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[[David McCutchion|David J. McCutchion]] mentions Ichhai Ghoser Deul at Gourangapur as a large smooth curving rekha deul, having a base of 20 feet second power. It is a unattractive brick body structure but for niches and images on tower.<ref name=McCuthion>{{cite book|last1=McCutchion|first1= David J.|title=Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal|date=1972| publication-date=2017|publisher= The Asiatic Society|location=Kolkata|isbn=978-93-81574-65-2}}</ref><br />
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According to the [[List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal]], the Ichhai Ghosh Temple is an ASI enrolled monument.<ref name=Ghosh>{{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|publisher= ASI|work= Item no. 51|access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Structure==<br />
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The temple is astir 18 m high. It has an windowless [[Cella]] ([[garbhagriha]]). Its basement is almost square.<br />
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==Building Decoration==<br />
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The severe discoid-arched portal, is of a orthogonal underframe enclosed; each of the two niches in of ''[[amalaka]]'' and ''[[Kalasam|kalasha]]'' - chapleted fields of the upper Zone show on all four sides of polyfoil arches and not further identifiable figures of gods. Bright plaster remainder on the external walls point to the fact that the temple was temporarily plastered.<ref name="binoyghosh" /><br />
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==Ichhai Ghoser Deul picture gallery ==<br />
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File:Deul Temple (Temple of Bhagabati constructed by Ichai Ghosh).jpg<br />
File:WLM@WB-Temple of Ichai Ghosh 01.jpg<br />
File:Deul of Icchai Ghosh at Gourangopur, Kanksha block in Burdwan 10.jpg<br />
File:Deul of Icchai Ghosh at Gourangopur, Kanksha block in Burdwan 15.jpg|sculpture on the outer walls of Ichhai Ghoser Deul<br />
File:Deul of Icchai Ghosh at Gourangopur, Kanksha block in Burdwan 14.jpg|sculpture on the outer walls of Ichhai Ghosher Deul<br />
File:Deul of Icchai Ghosh at Gourangopur, Kanksha block in Burdwan 19.jpg|sculpture on the outer walls of Ichai Ghosher deul<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [http://www.asikolkata.in/barddhaman.aspx ''Ichai-Ghosh-Temple – photos + Short Infos''] (English)<br />
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