Bengal Temples These photographs are of Bengali brick temples from two eighteenth century temple sites, Kantanagar in Dinajpur district and Puthia in Rajshahi district, in Bangladesh. They were scanned from the albums of Dr. Rokeya Kabir, Dept. of History, Dhaka University. temple 01 temple 02 temple 03 temple 04 temple 05 temple 07 temple 08 temple 09 temple 10 temple 11 temple 12 temple 13 ...

Dhaka, 1997. Photo by M.F. Dunham This website is dedicated to celebrating one of Bangladesh's unique popular arts, the paintings and decorations on the three-wheeled cycle ricksha -- or rickshaw , as spelled in English dictionaries. This site is based on my anthropological field visits to Bangladesh between 1975 and 1998, when I traveled about, took photos, and interviewed people. Ricksha arts ...