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Chala Style (Bengali: চালা শিল্পরীতি) is a style of Bengal temple architecture, that originated in Bengal from the 15th centuries. [1] Originating as a regional style in Hindu temple architecture .
In West Bengal, the hut roof generally has four sides and the char-chala temple is built on this model. If a miniature duplicate is built on the roof, it becomes an at-chala. The char-chala temple form was well established by the 17th century. [8] Apart from the main shrines, nahabatkhana or entrance gateways also have a do-chala roof. [9]
The Temple is built in the At-chala style temple architecture. [1] [2] The Radha-Vinoda Temple in Bishnupur, located in the Khar Bangla area, is one of the two at-chala style temples in the region. Despite significant damage to the upper roof and entrance wall, the temple remains an important architectural and historical site. [3]
Bengali architecture includes ancient urban architecture, religious architecture, rural vernacular architecture, colonial townhouses and country houses and modern urban styles. The bungalow style is a notable architectural export of Bengal. The corner towers of Bengali religious buildings were replicated in medieval Southeast Asia.
Keshabeshwar Temple is an example of the atchala architectural style—a sub-style of the chala style of temple architectur that originated in Bengal. Architecturally, features of the style include sloping roofs, pointed arches, kalash with trishul at the top; there are corridors on three sides of the garbhagriha. Common decorative elements are ...
The temple is a Jor-Bangla temple with a ratna, where two do-chala structures join to form a single continuous chala, and above the junction of the two do-chala structures is a ratna built in the Chala style. The south side chala serves as the mandapa and the north side chala serves as the garbhagriha. The temple is built on a stone platform. [3]
Chalchitra is a Bengali word where Chal means covering. It is drawn in Pratima Chala. So, it is called Chalchitra. Patua, the artists of Chalchitra, called it Pata Lekha, which means the writing of Patachitra. [3] It is also called Durga Chala, Debi Chala.
The temple has an unusual elongated pyramidical tower, surrounded by hut-shaped turrets, which were very typical of Bengali roof structures of the time. Jor-Bangla Temple: Keshto Ray & Gouranga: 1655 Built by King Raghunath Singha Dev II. The ornate terracotta carvings are set off by the roof in the classic chala style of Bengal architecture.