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Shikhara (IAST: Śikhara), a
Sanskrit word
translating literally to "mountain peak",
refers to the
rising tower in the
Hindu temple architecture of North...
- stone, the
shikhara in the
shape of a
polygonal beehive-like dome is made of brick,
which is
characteristic of
temples in Kamrup. The
shikhara is circled...
-
temple complete with a
shikhara. One
architect named Kokasa ****ured the king that the
queen would be able to see the
shikhara of a
temple within a w****'s...
- by some 20
steps down from the mandapa, and is open to the sky as the
shikhara tower above stops abruptly at a
little above the
height of the mandapa...
- two m****ive rock
outcrops known as the
Bhairaveshwara Shikhara and the
Mohini Shikhara ("
Shikhara"
means "mountain peak"). The huge
rocks are composed...
- architecture, the
vimana is the
tallest structure of the temple, as it is in the
shikhara towers of
temples in West and
North India. By contrast, in
large South...
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several acres. On the exterior, the
garbhagriha is
crowned by a tower-like
shikhara, also
called the
vimana in the south.
Gopuram gateways are
elaborate in...
- of the main
shikhara tower in the
Hindu temple architecture of
northern India. The
urushringa is
smaller and
narrower than the
shikhara, and "engaged"...
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Siddheshwar Temple is a
temple located in Palari, in the
Indian state of Chhattisgarh. From the
style of its architecture, it is
inferred that this temple...
- have
erotic scenes carved. The
lingam is
placed within the sanctum. The
shikhara or
temple tower rises above the sanctum. The
tapering tower has two circular...
