Perspective view : Great Temple at Madurai, Tamil Nadu. It may be noted that the Gopuramas
(entrance gates) are away from the main temple, many in number and in different directions.

What a visitor is struck by when standing in front of the temple is its facade which reminds one of a South Indian Gopuram gate, difference being that the Gopuram entrance gates usually used to be detached from the main temple while the huge gateway here is attached to the temple and is composed of grand arches, chattris (canopies) and domes with a height and width which dwarfs the Nat Mandira behind.
 

Jodhpur Palace with its chattris and pavillions  with semicircular chajja cantilever projections.
Note the similarity with the skyline of front facade.

The entrance has various elements which remind one of ancient Indian architecture in its various phases. The pavillions at the top suggest the contours of the roof pattern of palaces of Jodhpur and Udaipur though the curvature of chajjaas are more common in Bengal Temples.
 

Bengal Temple, Vishnupur, 18th century. Note the curvatures of the roof and its similarity with the curvature of chattris and the pavilions of Ramakrishna Temple as against the semicircular curvatures of the chajja projection as in Jodhpur Palace.