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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 ...
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The temple architecture shows many of the key architectural elements of Hindu Nagara style temple. The temple consists of an entrance porch, an open hall or mandapa and it faces the east. The roof of the mandapa is supported by 16 columns with 12 forming a square, remaining flanking the north and south sides.
1910 sketch of cross section, Nagara style Gondeshwar Temple, Sinnar Nashik, India.jpg 1910 sketch of plan, Nagara style Gondeshwar Temple, Sinnar Nashik, India.jpg Date
It has been identified with the Vaidyanath temple mentioned in the Grahpati Kokalla inscription. [39] Of all temples, the Matangeshvara temple remains an active site of worship. [33] It is another square grid temple, with a large 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) high and 1.1 metres (3.6 ft) diameter lingam, placed on a 7.6 metres (25 ft) diameter platform. [13]
It integrates the architectural elements of the Nagara style and the Valabhi prasada. The temple is based on a Gurjara Pratihara-Gopgiri style North Indian architecture. [3] [4] [5] The temple is a classic example of a design based on "musical harmonics" in architecture, [6] one that Hermann Goetz called as a masterpiece of late Gupta era ...
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.