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Char-chala Rudreshwar Charchala temple at Matiari in Nadia district, West Bengal. 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. The main features of this style are ...
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]
Roofing styles include the jor-bangla, do-chala, char-chala, at-chala, and ek-ratna. The do-chala type has only two hanging roof tips on each side of a roof divided in the middle by a ridge-line; in the rare char-chala type, the two roof halves are fused into one unit and have a dome-like shape; the double-storey at-chala type has eight roof ...
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]
Char-chala, have a curved roof composed of four triangular segments; At-chala, the base structure is similar to the four-sided char-Chala temple style, but with a small replica of the base temple on top; Deul, were generally smaller and included features influenced by Islamic architecture
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]
Bara Anhik Mandir (Big Anhik Temple) is a Hindu temple of the Puthia Temple Complex. It stands next to Chauchala Chhota Govinda Mandir on the west side of the complex and faces east. It was built by the Rajas of Puthia. It follows a mixed form of Bengal temple architecture with a central do chala flanked with two char chala structures on both ...
Char Bangla group of terracotta temples of Azimganj in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. Radh Bengal is a region in West Bengal also known as the Temple Town. This region consists of arrays of temples in varying sizes and devoted to different gods and goddess but the common thread unifying this group is that the temples are constructed in terracotta.