A row of columns, typically equidistant from each other and joined by an entablature. A colonnade may be freestanding or part of a building. The name borrows from the French word colonnade, meaning “columns”.
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A term referring to the shape of an apse, an architectural element that serves as a semi-circular end for a…
A half-open pillared hall in Hindu temples. The ardhamandapa serves as an open porch at the entrance of the temple…
Longitudinal beam along the top of a pitched or vaulted roof. The ridge beam is a load-bearing structural member of…
A bulbous structure that is the apex of a temple and placed on the roof. Also known as the kalasha,…
A three-storeyed Mahayana cave temple in Ellora dating to the eighth century CE. Marked as Cave 12, it houses a…
Horizontal band running along the exterior surface of a building or a boundary wall, serving aesthetic and sometimes functional purposes.…
Also known as taranga potika, it is a corbel-bracket with a roll-like pattern or moulding.
A open-air bas relief sculpture in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, attributed to the reign of the Pallavas. It is 8.8 meters…