Indian temple architecture
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Bhagwan Shiv Shankar's Tanjore Temple was built over 1000 years ago fully with Granite stones, that too when there was no stone available in the nearby locations. It is huge a 216 feet hollow structure which has withstood all weak or violent disturbances of nature - winds, rainfalls, storms - when the Great Tanjore Temple is built
Machida Yuki saved to Brihadisvara temple
Symbolism of the temple A Temple is a huge symbolism; it involves a multiple sets of ideas and imagery. The temple is seen as a link between man and god; and between the actual and the ideal. As su…
Uma Kro saved to tibetan book of propotions
North Indian temple architecture, style of architecture produced throughout northern India and as far south as Bijapur district in northern Karnataka state, characterized by its distinctive shikhara, a superstructure, tower, or spire above the garbhagriha (“womb-room”), a small sanctuary housing the main image or emblem of the temple deity. The style is sometimes referred to as Nagara, a type of temple mentioned in the Shilpa-shastras (traditional canons of architecture), but exact…
Temple is the official residence of God, with the actual presence of the deity inside the idol. This is made possible through certain rituals performed. Temple helps us to continue our relationship with God at the soul level. The priest, acting as mediator, unites the devout with the divine principle. Read on.
Bhuvaneshwari billemane saved to CSE
Hinduism Hinduism, the ancient Indian religious system, is arguably one of the most complex of known religions and its complexity has become one of its many characteristics. Unlike most religions …
Swaminathan K Karuppiah saved to sculpture
