Barsur
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| State : | Chhattisgarh | ||
| District : | Dantewada | ||
| Sub-district : | Gidam | ||
| Location : | 19 ° 8 ′ N , 81 ° 23 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 380 m | ||
| Area : | 27.34 km² | ||
| Residents : | 6,636 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 243 inhabitants / km² | ||
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Barsur or Barsoor is a town in the north Indian state of Chhattisgarh with a population of around 6,500 . Several Hindu temples from medieval times belong to the place .
location
Barsur is located about 2 km southeast of the Indravati River at an altitude of about 380 m above sea level. d. M. approx. 82 km (driving distance) east of Raipur or 92 km (driving distance) west of Jagdalpur . The climate is warm; Rain falls mainly in the monsoon months June to September.
population
The predominantly Chhattisgarhi and Hindi- speaking residents of the place are predominantly Hindus ; other religions hardly play a role among the rural population of India. The female share of the population is about 5% higher than the male.
economy
Farming plays the main role in the villages; sometimes chickens and / or dairy cows are also kept. In the village there are small traders, craftsmen and day laborers.
history
The remote and inaccessible region belonged for a long time to the tribal area of the Nalas (approx. 350–760) and the Nagas (approx. 760–1324); the latter were the builders of the temples. From 1324 to 1777 the area belonged to the domain of the Chalukyas and from 1777 to the beginning of British dominance (1853) it was under the suzerainty of the Bhonsle , a branch of the Marathas . Barsur (old names: Barasuru or Balsuryagarh ) was of great political, economic and cultural importance in the Middle Ages.
Attractions
- The Chandraditya temple , consecrated to the Hindu god Shiva , is the only temple of Barsur with noteworthy sculptural decorations on the outer walls of the cella ( garbhagriha ), which includes roughly worked images of gods as well as lovers ( mithunas ) and "beautiful girls" ( surasundaris ). The building is likely to be assigned to the 10th century due to its seemingly primitive stone work.
- The Ganesh temple actually consists only of numerous stones lying on the ground; only two large, pot-bellied Ganesha figures survived the destruction.
- The imposing but unadorned Batisa Mahadev Temple standing on a pedestal ( jagati ) is an unusual, primitive-looking construction from the 11th century. It is composed of a large, flat-roofed vestibule ( mandapa ), supported by 32 pillars and open on all sides, and two poorly structured and likewise towerless cellae, each with a lying Nandi bull in front of them.
- The Mama Bhanja Temple, built in the 11th century, is a good 1 km west of the village. It consists only of a cella ( garbhagriha ) with an anteroom ( antarala ) and a Shikhara tower structure with a ribbed ring stone ( amalaka ) and a jug ( kalasha ) above. The outer walls of the temple are only slightly structured; There are no sculptures.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Barsur - data 2011
- ↑ Barsur - Map with altitude information
- ↑ Jagdalpur / Barsur - climate tables
- ^ Barsur - Census 2011
- ↑ Dantewada / Bastur - Geschichte ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Barsur - History and Temples
