- A
garbhagriha (Sanskrit: गर्भगृह, romanized: Garbhagṛha) is the
innermost sanctuary of
Hindu and Jain temples, what may be
called the "holy of holies"...
- layered, self-repeating
structure around the core of the
temple called garbhagriya,
where the
abstract principle Purusha and the
primary deity of the temple...
- now
partially restored, was in
ruins in mid 20th-century. It has
three garbhagriya (sanctums), a form of
temple architecture that is
called Trikutalayam...
- rich in symbolism. A
large temple may have many shrines, each with a
garbhagriya. Garbha-griya, Garbha-geha, Sibika, Garbha, Mula-sthana
Brihat Samhita...
-
mukhamandapa (porch), a
sabhamandapa (hall), an
antarala (ante-chamber) and a
garbhagriya (sanctum). The
sanctum contains the idol of the prin****l deity, Shiva...
-
archival photo of the
Meguti Jain
temple ruins from the 1880s. The
inscription can be seen in the
center of wall
connecting the
mandapa and the
garbhagriya....
- with
eight pillars, that
connects to an
inner mandapa,
antarala and
garbhagriya – all on a
square plan. All
temples in this
group have
simpler walls...
-
temple is a
Nagara architecture temple, with a mandapa,
antarala and
garbhagriya. It has
artwork from Vaishnavism,
Shaivism and Shaktism. Powa Makkah:...
-
temple is
sophisticated as it
combines an
apsidal plan for the
sanctum (
garbhagriya) with a non-apsidal Nagara-latina
shikhara with
roots in
North Indian...
-
concentric shrinking circles help
envelop more
space and light. The
sanctum (
garbhagriya)
remembers the
historic tradition, as do the
upper layers of the superstructure...
