Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple

Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is a 17th-century stone built temple at Dakshinbazar, Chandrakona in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, India.

Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple
Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
Location
LocationChandrakona
Paschim Medinipur district
StateWest Bengal
CountryIndia
Shown within West Bengal
Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple (India)
Geographic coordinates22.7282°N 87.5103°E / 22.7282; 87.5103
Architecture
TypeJorbangla
Completed17th century

Geography

Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is located at 22.7282°N 87.5103°E / 22.7282; 87.5103.

The temple

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.” The jor-bangla possibly developed from the ek-bangla, which along with the terracotta, was popular in the construction of mazars and darghas. Chandrakona has one of the earliest jor-bangla temples. McCutchion describes the Chandrakona Jorbangla temple as a standard jorbangla, laterite built, with extensive stucco, measuring 28’ 4” x 26’, built possibly in the 17th century.[1]

“The Jor Bangla temple style involves two structures that resemble the traditional village huts of Bengal, one that serves as a porch in front of the other, which serves as a shrine.” It is believed to have been built by the Bhan kings and has been renovated by the West Bengal State Archaeology department.[2]

Chandrakona Jorbangla temple is a state protected monument.[3]

See also - Other temples at Chandrakona: Shantinatha Shiva Temple, Malleswara Shiva Temple, Parvatinatha Temple

The pictures are a part of Wiki Explores Purba Medinipur programme, an initiative by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group

Note: Amitabha Gupta, who visited the temple for taking photographs, has remarked that although the temple has been restored and state protected, yet it lies in complete neglect. The contrasting fact is that despite worship taking place inside the temple, it is also a storehouse of fodder for animals and the locals put cow dung on its walls. A clothesline hinders in taking a decent photo of this temple.

References
  1. McCutchion, David J., Late Mediaeval Temples of Bengal, first published 1972, reprinted 2017, pages 5-7, 27. The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, ISBN 978-93-81574-65-2
  2. Gupta, Amitabha. "The Crumbling Temples of Chandrakona". Live History India, 4 May 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. List of State Protected Monuments as reported by the Archaeological Survey of India Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine.
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