A tier or storey in a shikhara, vimana or gopuram, found primarily in Dravida temple architecture.
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In architecture, uppermost member of a column or pilaster, wider than the shaft and often distinctively carved or decorated in…
Agastya Teertha
A manmade lake in the vicinity of the Badami Cave Temples, it constructed during the reign of the Early Western…
Antarala
A small antechamber connecting the garbhagriha (inner sanctum) of the temple to its mandapa (pillared hall). It is a feature…
Shikhara
A superstructure, tower or spire characteristic of North Indian temple architecture, it usually rises above the innermost sanctuary or the…
Triratha
An outward square projection from the main shrine of the temple, occuring in a cluster of three. Trirathas are typically…
Sukhanasa
An ornamental feature in Hindu temple architecture which lies over the entrance to the garbhagriha (the inner shrine). It literally…
Sabhamandapa
An architectural term, it refers to the assembly room or audience hall in a Hindu temple.
Entablature
A horizontal band resting on pillar capitals, they are divided into three parts — the architrave (the bottom), the frieze…