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Generally Char-chala temple is built on a square base; but, some temples are built on elongated base. Most of the temples built in the Char-chala style have one arche on their front. The terracotta temple at Palpara and Raghabeswar temple at Diknagar are Char-chala style temple with a single entrance and elongated base. [5]
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 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]
Jor Bangla Temple, Bishnupur with a curved Do-chala style roof. The term deula, deul or deoul is used for a style of Jain and Hindu temple architecture of Bengal, where the temple lacks the usual mandapa beside the main shrine, and the main unit consists only of the shrine and a deul above it.
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.
ek-chala, single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof; Do-chala, have a curved roof with two sloping sides; 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
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]
The temple [ edit ] 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.”