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The temple is a splendid achievement of Dravidian art. The walls of the temple have marvellous sculptures from Hindu mythology including Ravana, Shiva and Parvathi while the ceilings have paintings. These projects were commissioned by King Krishna I after the Rashtrakuta rule had spread into South India from the Deccan. The architectural style ...
English: The temple complex shows three prakara (courtyards). Each has many gopura (monumental gateways), the outermost are the tallest serving as landmarks for pilgrims walking towards it.
The temple follows a traditional Dravidian architecture style. The main entrance features a gateway with four pillars. The main entrance features a gateway with four pillars. Inside, the temple includes the Ranga Mandapa with eight intricately carved pillars, and the Mukha Mandapa with sixteen pillars, which hold around 13 historical inscriptions.
It is a Dravidian-style temple located in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu on the southern bank of the Kaveri river in India. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and is also known as Thanjai ...
The vimana of the Jagannath Temple at Puri in the Kalinga style of architecture. A typical Hindu temple in Dravidian style have gopuram in the four cardinal directions i.e. East - main entrance, North and south - side entrances, West - only opened on auspicious days where it is believed we will go directly to Heaven.
A large Dravidian-style temple, or koil, may have multiple gopurams as the openings into successively smaller walled enclosures around the main shrine, with the largest generally at the outer edges. The temple compound is typically square or rectangular with at least the outermost wall having gopuras, often from the four cardinal directions.
Ornate ceiling in Chennakesava temple, 11th century. Keshava temple, 11th century Kedareshvara temple, Hoysala dynasty, 11th century. Chennakeshava temple, 11th century. Vesara is a hybrid form of Indian temple architecture that combines Dravidian Southern Indian site layouts with shape details characteristic of the Nagara style of
The Vesara style, a synthesis of Nagara and Dravidian, is seen in Karnataka and most commonly in Hoysala and later Chalukya temples. In the vesara style, the tower moves towards a lower conical shape, with highly ornate carving. The Dravidian style is prevalent in southern India, in which the equivalent of the shikhara is the vimana.