About Ananta Basudeba Temple

Ananta Basudeba temple is a temple of Lord Krishna in the Hangseshwari temple complex in Banshberia, in the Hooghly District in the Indian province of West Bengal. Worked by Raja Rameswar Datta in 1679, this temple is noted for the lovely earthenware chips away at its dividers. It is worked in the conventional eka-ratna style, with bended cornices. The pinnacle over the temple is octagonal. The terracota works portray stories from the immense Indian legends Ramayana and Mahabharata, and in addition from lilas of Krishna.

In shape, the temple takes after the Lingaraj temple, yet incorporates vaishnavite (Lord Vishnu related) sculptures.The temple has longitudinal groups of smaller than expected shikharas (places of worship), precisely like those in Lingaraj temple, with the minor distinction that the quantity of the shikharas framing one longitudinal band for its situation is just three. The model in the outside dividers differs in character in every temple in Bhubaneswar. A large portion of the female models in the temple dividers are excessively ornamanted and need creativity.