Nihâl Chand

Nihâl Chand (1710–1782) was an Indian painter and poet who produced some of the best known examples of Rajput painting. He was the chief painter
at the court of Kishangarh during the time of the ruler Savant Singh (also known as Nagari Das). He is attributed with a small group of paintings in a
distinctive style, produced for Raja Savant Singh, and mostly depicting the king and Bani Thani as Krishna and Radha respectively. These are "widely
held to be the finest of all Rajasthani miniatures", and are unusually large for their type, reaching 19 by 14 inches (48 x 36 cm). He was a devout
follower of Vallabha who had founded a Krishna-centric philosophy that surfaces repeatedly in his paintings as he signifies the deity with light blue skin.
He arrived in Kishangarh between 1719 and 1726.

An 18th century Rajput painting by

Nihâl Chand.

Radha and Krishna in the Bani Thani, attributed to Nihâl Krishna and Radha, Opaque Raja Savant Singh and Krishna Celebrates Holi with
boat of love Chand, National Museum, New watercolor and gold on cotton, Bani Thani as Krishna Radha and the Gopis, 1750–
Delhi ca 1750. and Radha, ca. 1760. 60, Boston MFA
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 Bhitargaon Temple
The Bhitargaon Temple is a terraced brick building fronted with
a terracotta panel. Built in the 5th century during the Gupta period, it is
the oldest remaining brick/terracotta Hindu shrine with a roof and a
high shikhara, though its upper chamber did sustain some damage in
the 18th century.
The temple is built on a square plan with double-recessed corners and
faces east. There is a tall pyramidal spire over the garbhagriha. The
walls are decorated with terracotta panels depicting aquatic
monsters, Shiva and Vishnu etc. When Alexander Cunningham first
visited the site, the remains of the porch and of
the ardhamandapa were still visible, which later collapsed.

Description of the architecture and layout of

Bhitargaon temple
The construction material is bricks and terracotta. The brick size is 18"
x 9 x 3" and the other salient features are following:
•The size of platform on which the temple is built is 36 feet x 47 feet.
•The sanctum is 15 feet x 15 feet internally.
•The sanctum is double story.
•The wall thickness is 8 feet.
•The total height from ground to top is 68.25 feet.
•There is no window.
•The terracotta sculpture depicts both secular and religious theme such Rear view of the temple at Bhitargaon, Bhitargaon temple in Kanpur district, Uttar
as deities like Ganesha and Durga Mahisasurmardini. Myths and 1875. Pradesh, India
stories representing abduction of Sita and the penance of Nara-
Narayana.
•Shikara is a stepped pyramid and got damaged by thunder in 1894.
•The first story of sanctum felled in 1850.