Bihar is the cradle of ancient civilization. Hence the temple sculpture of idiom is reminiscent of those golden eras. This East Indian state has been the constant seat where Buddhism flourished. Hence a number of temples that one comes across here belong to this faith. Numerous temples in Nalanda and Rajgir have been ravished by time. Yet the beautiful heaps of ruins still remain to tell the tale of the splendor these once emanated.

Drifting away from the later south Indian temples the temple sculptures of Bihar have been created on bricks and black stone. Besides the Hindu and Buddhist veneration places Bihar also houses Jain shrines. These are made of white marble but the temple sculptures are simpler.



The temple sculpture of Bihar has been immortalised within these places of worship:

Sculpture of Bodhi Temple, Gaya	Sculpture of Bodhgaya Temple, Gaya	Sculpture of Ma Paudi, Singhbhum	Sculpture of Chaubishi Jain Mandir, Patna	Sculpture of Puran Devi, Purnia
Sculpture of Maha Bodhi Temple, Gaya	Sculpture of Bari Patan Devi temple, Patna	Sculpture of Aranya Devi Temple, Patna	Sculpture of Jalamandir, Patna	Sculpture of Singheshwar Sthan Temple, Madhepura