Temple culture has a long history in West Bengal. There is more than one and a half thousand-year-old temples scattered all over Bengal, of which only a few exist today. Bengal’s temples construction technique has been followed by the all-Indiantemples tradition design as well, so this was an ongoing aspect of Indian temple culture. Numerous witnesses to Bengal's ancient history can be found in these temples. During the Gupta era, India's first temple was constructed (third century A.D.). Different types of temples were built in various parts of Bengal in the ninth and tenth centuries A.D., including the Siddheswar stone temple in Bahulara of Bankura district, the stone temple of Sonatpal village, the Telkupi temple in Purulia district, the Begunia shiv temple at Barakar in Burdwan district (Paschim Bardhaman), the Jater Deual of 24 Pargana district, the Mahasthangarh temples in Bangladesh, Baigram temples of Dinajpur district, etc. The different types of temples that have existed throughout the region are the state's most fascinating archaeological remnants. According to their size, shape, and construction, these temples are divided into several categories based on their design, structure, and formation. In general, structural varieties are classified as (A) Deul, (B) Bangla, or Chala, and (C) Ratna types (peak style), (D) Dalan mandir (Building type), (E) Trikona mandir (triangular temple), etc.

Terracotta, Ratna type (Peak style), Bangla style temple, Brhat Samhita, European Architecture