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| name = Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple<br />
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| religious_affiliation = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| image =Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona located at Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal.jpg<br />
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| caption = Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona<br />
| map_type = India West Bengal # India<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|22.7282|N|87.5103|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| location = Chandrakona<br/>Paschim Medinipur district<br />
| state = West Bengal <br />
| country = India<br />
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| year_completed = 17th century<br />
| architecture_type = [[Bengal temple architecture#Chala temple|Jorbangla]]<br />
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'''Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple''' is a 17th-century stone built temple at Dakshinbazar, [[Chandrakona]] in [[Ghatal subdivision]] of [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Chandrakona Jorbangla Temple is located at {{coord|22.7282|N|87.5103|E|display=inline}}.<br />
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==The temple==<br />
[[David McCutchion|David J. McCutchion]] says, “the basic forms of Bengal hut style temples may go back to time immemorial… in construction all these ''[[Bengal temple architecture#Chala temple|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.<ref>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}}</ref><br />
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“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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.livehistoryindia.com/cover-story/2020/05/04/the-crumbling-temples-of-chandrakona | title = The Crumbling Temples of Chandrakona| first= Amitabha | last= Gupta| publisher = Live History India, 4 May 2020 |accessdate = 20 August 2020}}</ref><br />
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Chandrakona Jorbangla temple is a [[List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal|state protected monument]].<ref name="ASI MNI">[http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_list.asp List of State Protected Monuments as reported by the Archaeological Survey of India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523134605/http://asi.nic.in/asi_protected_monu_list.asp |date=2013-05-23 }}.</ref><br />
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See also - Other temples at Chandrakona: [[Shantinatha Shiva Temple]], [[Malleswara Shiva Temple]], [[Parvatinatha Temple]]<br />
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==Jorbangla temple picture gallery==<br />
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File:Front view of Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona located at Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal.jpg<br />
File:Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona located at Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal 04.jpg<br />
File:Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona located at Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal 01.jpg<br />
File:Stucco work on Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona located at Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal 10.jpg<br />
File:Stucco work on Jorbangla temple at Chandrakona located at Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal 07.jpg<br />
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<small>The pictures are a part of Wiki Explores Purba Medinipur programme, an initiative by West Bengal Wikimedians User Group</small><br />
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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.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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