Bishnupur Mela

Features Bishnupur Mela

Bishnupur, the temple town in the Bankura district of West Bengal is welcoming you with its lavish heritage, proud culture, brilliant architecture and tales of terracotta.
Adi Malla established the Malla dynasty.
Jagat Malla, the 10th Malla king shifted his kingdom to Bishnupur.
Due to short supply of stone in Bengal, burnt clay bricks came as a substitute and architects of Bengal found the new way of a beautiful craft known as ‘Terracotta’.
During the seventeenth century, the art of terracotta reached its highest peak.
Raja Jagat Malla and his descendants built numerous temples made of terracotta and stone art.