The central section of the entablature (a capital on the top of a pillar), situated below the cornice and above the architrave. Friezes may be present inside or outside the building and may be decorated with low-relief sculptures. The term also refers to a similarly depicted band or line in a non-architectural setting.
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A type of roof in Dravida temple architecture shaped like a hut, with a square base.
A term referring to the shape of an apse, an architectural element that serves as a semi-circular end for a…
A painted room in the form of a gallery commissioned by kings, nobles and merchants. The chitrashala in Bundi Palace,…
Architecture patronised by the Andhra Ikshvakus (c. fourth to third century BCE) (not to be confused with the legendary Ikshvaku dynasty…
Shrine enclosing the inner sanctum or garbhagriha in the Dravida-style Hindu or Jain temples of South India; multi-shrine complexes may…
In architecture, a recess or space between two vertical supports that is set on a wall without doors or windows.
Meaning ‘gateway’ or ‘arched entrance’ in Sanskrit and Pali, torana refers to a free-standing gateway marking the entrance to a Buddhist shrine or…
In Indian temple architecture, it refers to the vertical sidepieces of a door frame or an entrance frame, or the…