Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple
Hindu temple in India
22°43′42″N 87°30′37″E / 22.7282°N 87.5103°E / 22.7282; 87.5103Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is a 17th-century stone built temple at Dakshinbazar, Chandrakona in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, India.
Geography
Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is located at 22°43′42″N 87°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]
See also
- Shantinatha Shiva Temple
- Malleswara Shiva Temple
- Parvatinatha Temple
Jorbangla temple picture gallery
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Gupta, Amitabha. "The Crumbling Temples of Chandrakona". Live History India, 4 May 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ List of State Protected Monuments as reported by the Archaeological Survey of India Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
Media related to Jorbangla temple, Chandrakona at Wikimedia Commons
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Paschim Medinipur district topics
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- Dharmathakur
- Dudhkundi Airfield
- Gajan
- Gongoni Danga
- Hijli Detention Camp
- IIT Kharagpur
- Kalaikunda Air Force Station
- Kurumbera Fort
- Malleswara Shiva Temple
- Nehru Museum of Science and Technology
- Operation Lalgarh
- Partition of Midnapore
- Parvatinatha Temple
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| Medinipur Sadar subdivision |
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| Ghatal subdivision | |
| Kharagpur subdivision |
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- Ghatal
- Medinipur
- Panskura - now defunct
Vidhan Sabha constituencies
- Cities, towns and locations in Paschim Medinipur district
- People from Pascim Medinipur district
- Villages in Paschim Medinipur district
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| Bankura |  | |
| Birbhum | ||
| Cooch Behar |
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| Darjeeling | ||
| Hooghly | ||
| Howrah | ||
| Jalpaiguri | ||
| Kolkata | ||
| Murshidabad | ||
| Nadia | ||
| North 24 Parganas | ||
| Paschim Bardhaman | ||
| Purba Bardhaman | ||
| Paschim Medinipur | ||
| Purba Medinipur | ||
| Purulia | ||
| South 24 Parganas | ||
| Malda | ||
| See also | Temple towns in West Bengal | |
