A row of pillars surrounding an enclosed space or enclosing an open space, taking the form of a porch or colonnade.
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clerestory
The upper section of a building wall that rises above the adjacent parts of the building and is pierced with…
Frieze
The central section of the entablature (a capital on the top of a pillar), situated below the cornice and above…
Kalyana Mandapa
A pavilion found within a temple complex that is used to celebrate the divine wedding of the temple’s principal deity…
Antarala
A small antechamber connecting the garbhagriha (inner sanctum) of the temple to its mandapa (pillared hall). It is a feature…
Panchayatana
A layout in traditional Hindu temple architecture in which the central shrine is surrounded by four subsidiary shrines, each at…
Ikshvaku Architecture
Architecture patronised by the Andhra Ikshvakus (c. fourth to third century BCE) (not to be confused with the legendary Ikshvaku dynasty…
Sakha
In Indian temple architecture, it refers to the vertical sidepieces of a door frame or an entrance frame, or the…
Capital
In architecture, uppermost member of a column or pilaster, wider than the shaft and often distinctively carved or decorated in…