A painted room in the form of a gallery commissioned by kings, nobles and merchants. The chitrashala in Bundi Palace, Rajasthan, exemplifies this space, dominated by painted frescoes that depict gods of the Vaishnavite pantheon, viz. Vishnu, Krishna and Rama.
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Longitudinal beam along the top of a pitched or vaulted roof. The ridge beam is a load-bearing structural member of…
A niche in the wall of a mosque which indicates the qibla (direction of the Kaaba in Mecca) and is…
The portion of a column or pier located between the base and the capital to support the structure. It is…
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