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  2. Hindu temple architecture - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Hindu temple - Wikipedia

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    Elements in a Hindu temple architecture. A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Kovil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to whom it is dedicated.

  4. Hindu architecture - Wikipedia

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    The architecture of a Hindu temple in Sunak, Gujarat. Indian Architecture also known as "Hindu Architecture " and "Budhist Architecture"is the traditional system of Indian architecture for structures such as temples, monasteries, statues, homes, market places, gardens and town planning as described in Hindu texts.

  5. Vimana (architectural feature) - Wikipedia

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    A seven-storey vimana. Vimana is the structure over the garbhagriha or inner sanctum in the Hindu temples of South India and Odisha in East India. In typical temples of Odisha using the Kalinga style of architecture, the vimana is the tallest structure of the temple, as it is in the shikhara towers of temples in West and North India.

  6. Dashavatara Temple, Deogarh - Wikipedia

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    The temple site is in Deogarh, also spelled Devgarh (Sanskrit: "fort of gods" [13]), in the Betwa River valley at the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.It is an ancient Hindu temple below the Deogarh hill, towards the river, about 500 metres (1,600 ft) from a group of three dozen Jain temples with dharmashala built a few centuries later, and the Deogarh Karnali fort built in early ...

  7. Nagara Style - Wikipedia

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    Design of a Vishnu Temple belonging to the Nagara Style, drawn in 1915 AD. 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]

  8. Category:Hindu temple architecture - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Hindu temple architecture" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  9. India's Ayodhya Temple Is a Huge Monument to Hindu ... - AOL

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    But in the 1980s, Hindu nationalist groups began tapping into these claims to argue that the mosque needed to be destroyed to clear the way for a new Hindu temple, declaring Mandir wahi banayenge ...