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  2. Muktagachha Shiva temple - Wikipedia

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    The architectural style is Nagara. It has a square Garbhagriha (Womb Chamber) in each temple. It has a flat roof called Mandapa. The temple is highly decorated with plaster especially the part that contains Shikhara (the representational mountain) above the roof. It is oblong in shape with conical shape tops and small corridors on a high ...

  3. Nagara Style - Wikipedia

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    The Early Nagara Style was transformed into the Mainstream Nagara Style in the seventh century. [6] This architectural style is one of the two main styles of Hindu temple architecture, the other being the Dravidian architectural style. [2] Nagara style has three sub-styles or schools, which differ slightly from each other. The sub-styles or ...

  4. List of Hindu temples in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The temple is a state-of-the-art temple for the local Hindu community, thousands converge at the temple during the holiest festivals. Sri Sri Radha Giridhari Temple Bandarban: 2000 AD The temple and a large plot of land has been owned by the ISKCON for over 2 decades and a large temple complex is currently under construction. Mayer Mondir ...

  5. List of Hindu temples in West Bengal - Wikipedia

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    The roof is usually elevated by one or five (pancharatna) usually round Tambour-like towers, which differ in their shape significantly from the tower-like structures (shikharas) of North Indian temples of Nagara style. From 17. to 19. In the 19th century, nine-to thirteen-Tower Temple buildings were built, but also a few with flat roofs.

  6. Architecture of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The architecture of Bangladesh has a long history and is rooted in Bangladesh's culture, religion and history. [2] It has evolved over centuries and assimilated influences from social, religious and exotic communities. The architecture of Bangladesh bears a remarkable impact on the lifestyle, tradition and cultural life of Bangladeshi people ...

  7. Temples of Bishnupur - Wikipedia

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    Chhinnamasta Temple Chhinnamasta: Built by the Guin family of Midnapore. Sanreswar temple Lord Shiva: 1346 The temple is made of laterite stone, which possibly had a sikhara of the Nagara style presently missing. Malleswar temple 1622 Built by Mallaraj Bir Singha. It is an Ekratna temple built of laterite stone. Mrinmayee Temple Maa Durga ...

  8. Architecture of Bengal - Wikipedia

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    Ramachandra Temple, Guptipara. The architecture of Bengal, which comprises the modern country of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley, has a long and rich history, blending indigenous elements from the Indian subcontinent, with influences from different parts of the world.

  9. Kantajew Temple - Wikipedia

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    This temple is dedicated to Krishna and his wife Rukmini. Built by Maharaja Pran Nath, its construction started in 1704 CE and ended in the reign of his son Raja Ramnath in 1722 CE. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is an example of terracotta architecture in Bangladesh and once had nine spires, but all were destroyed in an earthquake that took place in 1897.