A case study on the conservation of the Bishnupur Temples in Bankura District of West Bengal. The various interventions done are studies and presented. All the data are first hand information.

1. BISHNUPUR
TEMPLES
ARCHITECTURAL
CONSERVATION

2. BISHNUPUR
• Brick temples of bengal were built between
the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
These temples form one of the most
distinctive groups of sacred monuments in
india.
• The geographical distribution of the temples is
majorly confined to the alluvial delta of ganges
river.
• These temples have elaborate representation
of themes which are borrowed from the
puranas, on the terracotta panels.

3. RESTORATION
Ras manch
-Floral embellishment
On the arches replaced
Laljiu temple
-Arch of the false
Door(panel replaced)
Shyam rai temple
-External wall (panel
And border replaced)
Shyam rai temple
-Collumn base(panels
Replaced)

4. CONSOLIDATION
Ras manch
-Internal arches
(Use of cement mortar)
Shyam rai temple
-Teracotta panels
(Use of lime mortar)
Radha gobinda
Temple
-Dome
(Use of cement mortar)
Radha gobinda
Temple
-Arches of window
(Use of lime mortar)

5. CONSOLIDATION
LARGE GATEWAY
-CRACKS ABOVE THE
ARCH
(USE OF LIME MORTAR)
RADHA GOBINDA
TEMPLE
-CRACKS ABOVE THE
ENTRANCE
(USE OF LIME MORTAR)
JOR MANDIR TEMPLES
-CRACKS ON THE WALL
(USE OF CEMENT MORTAR)
JOR MANDIR TEMPLE
-PANELS
(USE OF LIME MORTAR)

6. PREVENTION
RADHA GOBINDA
TEMPLE
-BOUNDARY AROUND
THE TEMPLE AND GARDEN
RADHA GOBINDA
TEMPLE
-JACK BETWEEN THE
DOCHALA PREVENTING
COLLAPSE OF WALLS
RADHA SHYAM
TEMPLE
-IN USE FOR WORSHIP
SHYAM RAI
TEMPLE
-FENCE AROUND THE
STRUCTURE
-NO CONSTRUCTION
ZONE AROUND 100m
-NO VENDING ZONE AROUND 500M

7. PREVENTION
NANDLAL TEMPLE
-LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR
PROVIDED ON TOP OF
EVERY STRUCTURE
ROADS
-MURRAM ROAD AROUND
THE STRUCTURES SO THAT
THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES
IS LIMITED
• NO COMMERCIAL ZONE WITHIN 500m OF THE STRUCTURES.
• LOW RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS PRESENT.
• SOME STRUCTURES WERE IN USE.
• GARDENS MAINTAINED AROUND THE SITE.
• TOURISM ALLOWED.
LARGE STONE GATE
-IN USE

8. PRESERVATION
RAS MANCH
-COLLUMNS LEFT
AS IT IS EVEN AFTER
THE SURFACE EMBELISHMENT
FELL OFF
LALJIU TEMPLE
-THE EXISTING
BOUNDARY WALLS
KEPT INTACT
RADHA GOBINDA TEMPLE
-THE VAULTED DOME PAINTED
WITH LIME
RADHA GOBINDA TEMPLE
-LIME APPLIED ON THE WALLS

9. VALUES
EMOTIONAL
• WONDER
(TERRACOTTA
)
• SPIRITUAL
(TEMPLE)
• SYMBOLIC
(THE ROOF
STRUCTURES)
CULTURAL
• DOCUMENTARY
(TERRACOTTA
WORK)
• HISTORICAL
(STYLE OF THAT
PARTICULAR
AGE)
• ARCHEOLOGICA
L
• ARCHITECTURAL
USE
• SOCIAL
(WORHSIP)

10. PROBLEMS
MURRAM ROADS-
DIRT AND DUST
GROWTH OF
PLANTS ON THE
STEUCTURE
SOLUTIONS
MURRAM ROADS-
KEPT WET OR
CONCRETE ROAD
GROWTH OF
PLANTS-
INJECTED WITH
HERBICIDE IN
THE PLANT BODY
AFTER CUTTING
THE PLANT UPTO
THE ROOT. AFTER
3 APPLICATION
CAN BE CUT OFF.
GUM GHAR

11. PROBLEMS
FUNGUS
-DUE TO THE RAIN
WATER
SOLUTIONS
FUNGUS
- SOAKING THE
AFFECTED AREA
WITH DILUTED
AMMONIA
SOLLUTION, THEN
GENTLY BRUSHING
THE SURFACES.
- THEN SURFACE
WASHED OUT
THOROUGHLY WITH
NEUTRAL LIQUID
DETERGENT AND
ALLOWED TO DRY.
- FUNGICIDAL
SOLUTION TO BE
APPLIED ONCE A
WEEKLALJIU TEMPLE
JOR MANDIR

12. PROBLEMS
PLASTER PEELING
OFF- WALLS OF
THE TEMPLES
EFFLOROSENCE
-ON THE VAULTED
ROOF OF RAS
MANCHA
SOLUTIONS
PLASTER PEELING
OFF- THE EDGES
WERE SEALED
WITH LIME
MORTAR
EFFLOROSENCE
-CLEANED BY USING
ACETIC ACID SOLN.
ALONG WITH SOFT
BRUSH, KNIFE AND
NEEDLE
RAS MANCH

13. BODIES INVOLVED IN CONSERVATION
• ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY OF INDIA (KOLKATA CIRCLE)
• AISHEE ORGANISATION KOLKATA

14. THANK YOU