The chief building material of Terracotta temples is burnt brick, and the surface is covered with terracotta plaques, or etched with motifs and figurines. This unique style of architecture and sculpture is quite distinct from the Indian temples of other regions. Based on the structures of indigenous thatched- roof mud cottages and the rural folk paintings, the varied styles of these living witnesses of Bengal artistry have no parallel in the entire world. The tour to explore these temples generally focuses around the central- west districts, as the concentration of here is the largest. In Bankura- – at Bahulara or Deulghata, we see the oldest versions of Nagara style to worship Buddhist and Jain gods before 11 th century. The unique Bengal style evolved later with the flourish of Vaishnava Hinduism in medieval period and reaches its finest form in Bishnupur – where we find nearly 30 temples in the small town – all are of exquisite architecture and ornamentation. There are a handful of elegant monuments in other parts also which we can include in the tour itineraries of Kolkata or Shantiketan or Murshidabad - at Aantpur, Guptipara, Nanoor, Surul, and Baranagar. The visitors get fascinated with the compilation of 108 temples at Kalna or 72 temples at Maluti clustered in seculded rural hamlet.