In architecture, it is a type of crown, which is the top-most part of a column, pillar or pilaster. It is characterised by its shape, which is rounded at the bottom and square at the top.
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Ribbed or notched stone disk that is part of the crowning segment in Kalinga and Nagara temple architecture. The amalaka…
A beam, window or door frame that rises above the stamba or column to provide additional support to the structure.…
An architectural or design element consisting of two scroll-shaped ornamental figures mounted on pillar capitals. The curving shape is believed…
Shrine enclosing the inner sanctum or garbhagriha in the Dravida-style Hindu or Jain temples of South India; multi-shrine complexes may…
A manmade lake in the vicinity of the Badami Cave Temples, it constructed during the reign of the Early Western…
A type of Hindu temple architecture characterised by a door in each of the four cardinal directions of the sanctum.…
A type of roof in Dravida temple architecture shaped like a hut, with a square base.
Architecture patronised by the Andhra Ikshvakus (c. fourth to third century BCE) (not to be confused with the legendary Ikshvaku dynasty…