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or Dakshina Raya arose." The temples of pre-Muslim period can be called tall curvilinear rekha deul. Another equally common group of temples found in Pre-Mughal Bengal are temples with tiered pyramidal tower known as pirha or bhadra deul. During the earlier and later Hindu period religious changes
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The flat-roofed (dalan) temples "with their heavy cornices on S-curved brackets ... have a long Indo-Islamic palace and temple tradition". They were influenced by European ideas in the 19th century. The design was easier to build. In the long run, this style lost its special identity as religious
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is generally large and flat. There are large and small types of deuls. Many of the very small types dispense with the complicated styling. It went on developing from the late 7th century or early 8th century to around the 12th century, increasing its complexity and height but retaining its basic
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Temples of identical style and size are sometimes grouped together. Two identical Shiva temples are called a Jora Shiva temple. Groups of four, six and twelve Shiva temples are quite popular. The most elaborate groups existing have 108 Shiva temples.
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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. Two huts, one forming a
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temples are the composite type of architecture... The lower part of the temple has all the features of the curved cornices and a short pointed spire crowns the roof and this will be adorned with the introduction of
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took place in Bengal which also brought some changes in the temple architecture. In their places of the other temple styles appeared two entirely new styles- hut style and the pinnacled style.
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is predominant in the western districts of Bengal. Some are smooth curvilinear and others are ridged curvilinear. In the smooth type, the
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in Paschim Bardhaman district. Photograph by Joseph David Beglar in 1897. Possibly, the earliest rekha deuls still standing.
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style came up in the 15th-16th century. Muslim domed temples are very rare, except possibly in Cooch Behar.
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architecture and got mixed up with domestic architecture. In some temples a dome has been added,
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temple is built on this model. If a miniature duplicate is built on the roof, it becomes an
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is free of horizontal bars and in ridged type, it is closely ridged with bars. The
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temple form was well established by the 17th century. Apart from the main shrines,
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projections are generally deep and spaced, and sometimes decorated. The crowning
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design ā€“ "Bengal's most distinctive contribution to temple architecture".
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is about temple styles developed and used in Bengal, particularly the
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in front and the other being the shrine at the back constitutes the
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temple "is surmounted by one or more towers or pinnacles called
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In West Bengal, the hut roof generally has four sides and the
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fell entirely out of favour; curious folk cults like that of
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14th century temple, Garui, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal
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contains an unencyclopedic or excessive gallery of images
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at Sonarang village in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh
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