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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. Vastu shastra - Wikipedia

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   Vastu Vidya is a collection of ideas and concepts, with or without the support of layout diagrams, that are not rigid. Rather, these ideas and concepts are models for the organisation of space and form within a building or collection of buildings, based on their functions in relation to each other, their usage and the overall fabric of the ...

4. Gopuram - Wikipedia

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   A gopuram or gopura (Tamil: கோபுரம், Telugu: గోపురం, Kannada: ಗೋಪುರ, Malayalam: ഗോപുരം) is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the South Indian architecture of the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana, [1] and Sri Lanka.

5. Puja (Hinduism) - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Hence puja refers to the rite by which one attains fruits of enjoyment of things like good ideas and ...

6. Hindu temple - Wikipedia

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   It is the 5th through 7th century CE when outer design and appearances of Hindu temples in north India and south India began to widely diverge. [128] Nevertheless, the forms, theme, symbolism and central ideas in the grid design remained same, before and after, pan-India as innovations were adopted to give distinctly different visual expressions.

7. Grihapravesha - Wikipedia

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   'solemn entrance into a house') [1] is a Hindu ceremony performed on the occasion of one's first entrance into one's new house. [2] This ceremony is similar in nature to a housewarming party . The activities performed during Grihapravesha are said to have been described in the ancient text, Matsya Purana .

8. Brihadisvara Temple - Wikipedia

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   The bronze Nataraja design of Thanjavur, found in many museums, was commissioned for this temple's sanctum. [39] The temple is dedicated to Shiva in the form of a huge linga, his abstract aniconic representation. It is 29 feet (8.7 m) high, occupying two storeys of the sanctum. [6] [12] It is one of the largest monolithic linga sculptures in ...

9. Vithoba Temple - Wikipedia

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   The main entrance of Lord Vittala's Temple is facing towards the Chandrabhaga or Bhima river. Samadhi of Namadev and Chokamela is at the entrance. Pilgrims will first pray to the Devotees and then enter the temple. A small Ganesh shrine is present inside the temple as first Shrine. Then, a small hall where bhajans are performed.