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Nagara Style or Nagara architectural style is a Hindu style of temple architecture, which is popular in Northern, Western and Eastern India (except the Bengal region [1]), especially in the regions around Malwa, Rajputana and Kalinga. [2]
Architecture of a Hindu temple (Nagara style). These core elements are evidenced in the oldest surviving 5th–6th century CE temples. Hindu temple architecture as the main form of Hindu architecture has many different styles, though the basic nature of the Hindu temple remains the same, with the essential feature an inner sanctum, the garbha griha or womb-chamber, where the primary Murti or ...
The temples are famous for their Nagara-style architectural symbolism and a few erotic sculptures. [1] Most Khajuraho temples were built between 885 CE and 1000 CE by the Chandela dynasty. [2] [3] Historical records note that the Khajuraho temple site had 85 temples by the 12th century, spread over 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi).
It was built in the Nagara style of Hindu temple architecture and influenced by the Chalukya style as well. [2] The inscriptions present at the temple are written in the Devanagari script.The inscription details a land grant to a 'Lokeswar' by Gunda Mahadevi, the queen-mother of the Chindaka Naga dynasty. [3]
The temple is one of the earliest examples of the Nagara style of Hindu temple architecture that emphasises vertical structure, as seen in subsequent temples like Mukteshvara, Lingaraj and Rajarani in Bhubaneswar and the Sun Temple at Konark. [15] [16] [17] Six armed Nataraja image in a gavaksha on the tower
The temple is an example of post-Maitraka and early Nagara phase of Māru-Gurjara architecture. [2] It is about 9 m high on a large pitha (platform). [1] [2] The grass-patti (band of grass moulding) is first seen here which continued in later architecture of the style. [1] [2] The shikhara has an amalaka and kalasha mouldings.
The temple, built of stone, is on an octagonal plan, which is rare. It is the earliest specimen of the Nagara style of temple architecture in Bihar. There are doors or windows on four sides and small niches for the reception of statues in the remaining four walls. [13] The temple shikhara or tower has been destroyed. However, a roof has been ...
The Sadasiva temple at Nuggehalli is a 13th-century Shiva temple with Hoysala architecture in Nuggehalli village, Hassan district, Karnataka, India. The temple is one of the best illustrations of the Hoysala era Nagara temple with the stellate style, remarkable for its octagonal star configuration with clean, simple aesthetics. [1]