Travel back in time with old sculptures
Four unrecorded antiquities found in Sylhet monastery opens up new horizon of archaeological research
These are among the four academically unrecorded antiquities kept at a Hindu monastery in Sylhet city. The photos were taken recently.
, Photo: Tarun Sarkar
Photo: Tarun Sarkar
Four ages-old stone sculptures, so far academically unrecorded, have been found at a monastery in Sylhet city and can open up a new avenue of studying art and heritage of ancient Shrihatta.
These antiquities two Vishnu idols, a miniature Ganesh statue and a Shiva Lingam are worshipped by Hindu devotees at the Shree Shree Balaram Jeu Akhra (monastery) in Mirabazar area.