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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.
The ek-bangla or do-chala consists of a hut with two sloping roofs, following the pattern of huts, mostly in East Bengal villages. The stone temple at Garui in Bardhaman district of West Bengal, built in the 14th century, has a Bengal hut shaped roof. [7]
Mowla, Q A and Reza, ATM, 2000 Stylistic Evolution of Architecture in Bangladesh: From a Colony to a Free Country, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh Journal, Dhaka, 45(1), 2000, 31–58. Mowla, Q A & Sheik, Z U. 2009 Documenting the Architectural Style of the Antiquity Buildings in Panam Street, Pratnatatva: the Journal of the Dept. of Archaeology ...
Ratna Style (Bengali: রত্ন শিল্পরীতি) is a style of Bengal temple architecture, that originated in Bengal from the 15th to 16th centuries, under the Mallabhum kingdom (also called Malla dynasty). [1] Originating as a regional style in Hindu temple architecture. It is an extended style of the Chala temple. [2]
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 curved tops and cornices.
Jod Bangla Terracotta Temple, Bishnupur, West Bengal Intricate terracotta temples depicting mythological stories on the facade of Jor Bangla Temple, Bishnupur. This is a prominent example of Jor Bangla roofing described in the architecture section. This temple is also located in Bishnupur and was constructed by Raghunath Singh I in 1665.
The temple is a great example of Jor-Bangla temple architecture, which belong to the chala style. [3] [4] The temple is the largest surviving Jor-Bangla temple. It is perhaps the most well-known terracotta temple in Bengal. [5] Currently, it is preserved as one of the archaeological monuments of India by the Archaeological Survey of India.
Architecture of the Bengal Sultanate (1 C, 3 P) M. Mallabhum temples (24 P) Pages in category "Bengali architecture" The following 3 pages are in this category, out ...