Telkupi
Sign in to saveTelkupi (or Tailakampi) is a submerged location of archaeological interest in Purulia district of West Bengal, India. The area, along with most of the temples situated there, was submerged in 1959 as a consequence to the construction of a dam across Damodar river at Panchet in Dhanbad district, then in Bihar.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- India
- Population
- 436
- Image
- Telkupi, Purulia.jpg
- Households
- 59
- Dialing code
- 3251
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- Commons category
- Telkupi
- postal code
- 723133
- female population
- 203
- male population
- 233
- illiterate population
- 247
- literate population
- 189
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Location
- History
- Temples
- Description by Beglar
- First group of temples
- Telkupi picture gallery
- References
- External links
Telkupi (or Tailakampi) is a submerged location of archaeological interest in Purulia district of West Bengal, India. The area, along with most of the temples situated there, was submerged in 1959 as a consequence to the construction of a dam across Damodar river at Panchet in Dhanbad district, then in Bihar.
== Geography ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Telkupi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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