Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is a 17th-century stone built temple at Dakshinbazar,

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Geography

Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is located at .

The temple

David J. McCutchion says, “the basic forms of Bengal hut style temples may go back to time immemorial… in construction all these ''

char-chala The architecture of Bengal, which comprises the modern country of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley, has a long and rich history, blending indigenous elements from the Indian subcontinent, with influ ...

'' and ''at-chala'' temples belong to a post-Muslim tradition.” The ''jor-bangla'' possibly developed from the ''ek-bangla'', which along with the terracotta, was popular in the construction of ''mazars'' and ''darghas''. Chandrakona has one of the earliest ''jor-bangla'' temples. McCutchion describes the Chandrakona Jorbangla temple as a standard ''jorbangla'', laterite built, with extensive

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, measuring 28’ 4” x 26’, built possibly in the 17th century. “The ''Jor Bangla'' temple style involves two structures that resemble the traditional village huts of Bengal, one that serves as a porch in front of the other, which serves as a shrine.” It is believed to have been built by the Bhan kings and has been renovated by the West Bengal State Archaeology department. Chandrakona Jorbangla temple is a state protected monument.List of State Protected Monuments as reported by the Archaeological Survey of India
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Jorbangla temple picture gallery

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{{Hindu temples in West Bengal Temples in West Bengal Tourist attractions in Paschim Medinipur district

Geography

The temple

See also

Jorbangla temple picture gallery

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