Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple

Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple
Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple
	Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Location
Location	Chandrakona; Paschim Medinipur district
State	West Bengal
Country	India
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Geographic coordinates	22°43′42″N 87°30′37″E / 22.7282°N 87.5103°ECoordinates: 22°43′42″N 87°30′37″E / 22.7282°N 87.5103°E
Architecture
Type	Jorbangla
Completed	17th 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.

Geography[]

Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is located at

22°43′42″N 87°30′37″E / 22.7282°N 87.5103°E.

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]

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

[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.

[ASI_MNI-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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Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple

Contents

Geography[]

The temple[]

See also[]

Jorbangla temple picture gallery[]

References[]

External links[]