Bengal temple architecture

After an initial century or so of anarchy and consolidation ... Bengal as we know it today became an independent entity for the first time.

"Between the earlier and later Hindu periods astonishing religious changes took place in Bengal: the worship of Vishnu gave way to that of Radha-Krishna, of Chamunda to that of Kali; Surya fell entirely out of favour; curious folk cults like that of Dharmaraja or Dakshina Raya arose."

[6] During the earlier and later Hindu period religious changes took place in Bengal which also brought some changes in the temple architecture.

[7] Two huts, one forming a porch in front and the other being the shrine at the back constitutes the jor-bangla design – "Bengal's most distinctive contribution to temple architecture".

[6][8] In West Bengal, the hut roof generally has four sides and the char-chala temple is built on this model.

The simplest form has a single central tower (eka-ratna), to which may be added four more at the corners (pancha-ratna)".

[citation needed] "Ratna style 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 ratnas or kiosks.