Char Bangla Temple, Azimganj, West Bengal

ranasafvi — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 16:53:05 +0000

Rani of Natore, Rani Bhawani was one of those rare women zamindars who not only weilded power but weilded it well.
She has left behind a heritage of secular and religious structures.
She was famed for her philanthropy and general generosity, combined with an austere personal life

Of her religious structures i was fortunate to visit the Char Bangla temples in Azimganj on my 2018 Murshidabad trip.

Made in the typical style called bangla ( inspired by thatched roof of cottages in Bengal) they are dome-shaped roofs with drawn-down corners. They came up in 16th century and became very popular in Mughal and Rajput architecture.

There are several common types of Bengal roofs: the do-chala type has only two hanging roof tips on each side of a roof divided in the middle by a ridge; in the rare char-chala type, the two roof halves are fused into one unit and have a dome-like shape; the double-storey at-chala type has eight roof corners, four on each level.

Char Bangla Temples at Baranagar are do-chala type and have triple entrance, measuring 31’ x 15–16.5’. We could not see inside but it has shiv-linga inside.

The northern temple is dated 1760. Two of the temples have rich terracotta façade, one has incised plaster and the fourth one is plain.
The terracotta panels, depict scenes from the daily life and and Puranic legends

In above photo on the top you can see The battle between Rama, seated on the shoulders of Hanuman, and the ten-headed Ravana, depicted above the entrance arch.

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Khandargiri Temple, Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh

ranasafvi — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:40:35 +0000

Chanderi is an ancient town, famous today for its sarees.

I fell in love with it and it’s monuments.

It used to be a thriving Centre of Jainism and many Jain images were recovered from Budhi Chanderi ( old chanderi) and are housed in the state & various other museums.

I had a chance to visit Khandargiri Temple with its colossal 45 feet high Adinath statue carved 700 years ago.

A modern temple has been made at the bottom of the hill but it’s the towering statue of the first Jain Tirthankara Rishabhnath, also known as Adinath which is the reason for its fame.

Some of the images at the base of the statue

A view from the top

The huge statue carved in the hill.

Some images carved at the base of the statue.

These steps lead to the cave & hill dwellings of the Jain monks.

The dwellings of the monks of old, carved out in the hill. These Caves also have rich carvings inside them.

Part of the modern temple

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Char Bangla Temple, Azimganj, West Bengal

Khandargiri Temple, Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh