TWO AATH-CHALA TERRACOTTA TEMPLES WITH A SINGLE ONE INFRONT OF THEM ON THE BANKS OF RIVER HOOGHLY IN KALNA , BURDWAN DIST OF WEST BENGAL ARE ON VERGE OF EXTINCTION DUE TO NEGLIGENCE OF ARCHEOLOGICAL DEPTT. OF GOVT.
THESE TEMPLES (IN PIC) WITH A THIRD ONE IN FRONT OF THESE WERE BUILT IN 1753 BY QUEEN CHANGAKUMARI DEVI, WIFE OF KING CHITRASEN OF BURDWAN ROYALTY. WHILE OTHER TEMPLES IN AND AROUND THE CITY ARE WELL PRESERVED BY THE GOVT, DUE TO SOME UNKNOWN REASONS THESE ARE LEFT ALONE RESULTING IN TOTAL DEVASTATION OF TERRACOTTA WORKS. EVEN THE ROOFS ARE GIVING AWAY. STILL THERE ARE PANELS OF TERRACOTTA DEPICTING SCENES FROM RAMAYANA AND RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS CAN BE SEEN ON THE FRONT PARTS OF THE TEMPLES. 
PIC BY SANKHA BHATTACHARYA
