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Kandaha is a small, obscure village, situated about 8 miles west of Saharsa. Over a relatively moderate mound is situated this famous Sun-temple. It was built in 1435 (Shaka Era 1357) by a devotee named Vamshadhara under the reign of the renowned ruler of Mithila, Narasimhadeva of Karnata dynasty. A Sanskrit inscription, installed on the door-frame of the temple, records these facts. The image installed in the sanctum is huge, but considerably defaced and fragmented. But the door-jambs/frames are uniquely well preserved. With rich, tasteful decoration of both floral creepers and divine beings, this frame represents the best of art and architecture that Mithila under the Karnata reign nurtured.
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