Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple

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Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple
Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona located at Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal.jpg
Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona
Religion
Affiliation Hinduism
Location
LocationChandrakona
Paschim Medinipur district
StateWest Bengal
CountryIndia
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Shown within West Bengal
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Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple (India)
Geographic coordinates 22°43′42″N87°30′37″E / 22.7282°N 87.5103°E / 22.7282; 87.5103
Architecture
Type Jorbangla
Completed17th century

Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is a 17th-century stone built temple at Dakshinbazar, Chandrakona in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, India.

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Geography

Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is located at 22°43′42″N87°30′37″E / 22.7282°N 87.5103°E / 22.7282; 87.5103 .

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 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 stucco, measuring 28’ 4” x 26’, built possibly in the 17th century. [1]

“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. [2]

Chandrakona Jorbangla temple is a state protected monument. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 5-7, 27. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN   978-93-81574-65-2
  2. ↑ Gupta, Amitabha. "The Crumbling Temples of Chandrakona". Live History India, 4 May 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ↑ List of State Protected Monuments as reported by the Archaeological Survey of India Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine .

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