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	Tamil Nation - Dravidian Temple Architecture
		A typical gopuram consists of a building oblong in plan, rising up into a tapering tower and entered by a rectangular doorway in the centre of its long side.
		The Sundara Pandya gopuram, added to the temple of Jambukesvara around 1250 AD and the gopuram of the great temple at Kumbakoman (1350 AD) are the best examples of the gopurams of the Pandyan times.
		The spine (gopuram) on the outer gate is the foot of the Lord.
	www.tamilnation.org /culture/architecture/temple.htm (5129 words)

	Mathura city of Uttar Pradesh - India
		This South Indian style temple was built by the wealthy Seth family of Mathura in the year 1851, and is dedicated to Lord Sri Ranganatha or Rangaji - a form of Lord Vishnu lying down on the Sesa Naga (celestial serpent).
		This temple has a traditional South Indian gopuram (gateway) and is surrounded by high walls.
		Once a year a grand car festival (Ratha Yatra) is held known as Brahmotsava, during the month of Chait (March - April), this festival lasts for 10 days.
	www.bharatheritage.in /uttar-pradesh/mathura.htm (1147 words)

	hints, allegations and things left unsaid...: March 2005
		Some say that the topmost section of the gopuram resembles the holy shrine at Kaaba and hence the temple was spared the wrath of Muslim invaders.
		Others owe the temple’s intactness to population of wild bores – considered inauspicious by the invaders – in the vicinity of the temple.
		A closer inspection of the gopuram revealed that it was every bit from the same kernel (and time period) as the rest of the structures – the light yellow color was but result of zealous application of whitewash.
	deepakg.blogspot.com /2005_03_01_deepakg_archive.html (2931 words)

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