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  2. Goan houses - Wikipedia

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    Goan Hindu houses. The Goan Hindu Architectural style is different from the Portuguese-influenced style. Hindu houses have little colonial influence. Most of the big houses have a courtyard called as Rajangan in Konkani where a Tulasi Vrindavan is seen. A special place called a Soppo is often used for relaxing.

  3. Nālukettu - Wikipedia

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    Nālukettu. Nālukettu pronunciation ⓘ is the traditional homestead of old Tharavadu where many generations of a matrilineal family lived. These types of buildings are typically found in the Indian state of Kerala. The traditional architecture is typically a rectangular structure where four halls are joined with a central courtyard, or ...

  4. Architecture of India - Wikipedia

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    Indian architecture is rooted in the history, culture, and religion of India. Among several architectural styles and traditions, the best-known include the many varieties of Hindu temple architecture and Indo-Islamic architecture, especially Rajput architecture, Mughal architecture, South Indian architecture, and Indo-Saracenic architecture.

  5. Rashtrapati Bhavan - Wikipedia

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    The Rashtrapati Bhavan ( pronunciation ⓘ, ISO: Rāṣṭrapati Bhavana; lit.'. Presidential Palace '; formerly Viceroy's House (1931–1947) and Government House (1947–1950)) is the official residence of the President of India at the western end of Rajpath, Raisina Hill in New Delhi. It was formerly known as Viceroy's House and constructed ...

  6. Stepwell - Wikipedia

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    The Rani ki Vav, Patan, Gujarat. A multi-storey stepwell in Mahimapur Village, Amravati District, Maharashtra. Stepwells (also known as vavs or baori) are wells, cisterns or ponds with a long corridor of steps that descend to the water level. Stepwells played a significant role in defining subterranean architecture in western India from the 7th ...

  7. Antilia (building) - Wikipedia

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    Antilia (building) / 18.9681; 72.8095. Antilia is the residence of billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family. [3] It is located on Billionaires' Row in Mumbai, India. [4] Built from 2006 to 2010 at a cost of nearly USD 2 billion, [2] [5] [6] it was valued at USD 4.6 billion in 2023. [7] It is one of the most expensive house or residence in India.

  8. Indian vernacular architecture - Wikipedia

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    Bamboo thatch houseboat in Kerala. Indian vernacular architecture the informal, functional architecture of structures, often in rural areas of India, built of local materials and designed to meet the needs of the local people. The builders of these structures are unschooled in formal architectural design and their work reflects the rich ...

  9. PDF - Wikipedia

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    A PDF file is often a combination of vector graphics, text, and bitmap graphics. The basic types of content in a PDF are: Typeset text stored as content streams (i.e., not encoded in plain text ); Vector graphics for illustrations and designs that consist of shapes and lines;