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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hindu temple architecture
		Temple architecture in the Hindu tradition is connected to astronomy and sacred geometry.
		A basic Hindu temple consists of an inner sanctum, the garbha-griha or womb-chamber, in which the image is housed, often with space for its circumambulation, a congregation hall, and possibly an antechamber and porch.
		The main entrance to the temple proper, seen from the eastern end of the Naga causeway Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built for king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hindu-temple-architecture (1126 words)

	Hindu Temple Fractals
		Paramount is the identification of the divinity with the fabric of the temple, or, from another point of view, the identification of the form of the universe [for example the cosmic mountain] with that of the temple.
		The temple offers means of engagement in the nuances of the mystery, depending on the stage of development of the pilgrim; a child arriving for the first time experiences certain aspects according to her capabilities, while an elder returning after many previous visits experiences others.
		The temple, like all Hindu cosmic images, is a microcosmic reflection of the play and patterns of consciousness in the pool of time, a context in which pilgrims can locate themselves and make their way further on the inner journey to inmost depths, to approach closer and glimpse spiritual truth, the beyond which abides within.
	liberalarts.iupui.edu /~wijackso/tempfrac (7526 words)

	The Hindu Temple - Where Man Becomes God
		The basic plan of a Hindu temple is an expression of sacred geometry where the temple is visualized as a grand mandala.
		Indeed, in South India the temple spire is frequently carved with images of gods, the shikhara being conceived as mount Meru, the mythical mountain-axis of the universe, on the slopes of which the gods reside.
		The Hindu Temple (Deification of Eroticism): Rochester, 2001.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /article/hindutemple (3833 words)

	Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple
		The Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple (twin temples) is one of the biggest temples in India.
		The temple stands in the centre of the town and main roads run roughly parallel to the four sides.
		The great temple at Madura...possesses...all the characteristics of a first-class Dravidian temple, and, as its date is perfectly well known, it forms a landmark of the utmost value in enabling us to fix the relative date of other temples.
	www.tamilnation.org /culture/architecture/madurai.htm (508 words)

	Kamat Research Database - Temples of Gujarat
		The temples built in western India between Muhammad Ghana's expedition to Somnath in Kathiawar in 1025-26 A.D., and the conquest of this part of the country by the Sultans of Delhi in 1298 A.D., represent one of the richest and most prolific developments of the Indo-Aryan style of architecture.
		The temples of the Jainson Satrunjaya hill are elaborate in detail and exquisite in their finish, although not so remarkable in their conception or in their sculptured figures.
		The temple of Chaumukh or the four-faced is the largest in the Khartarvase tuk on the northern ridge.
	www.kamat.com /database/content/temples/temples_of_gujarat.htm (1928 words)

	Feng Shui Seminars with Roger Green
		The concept of a Hindu temple goes back thousands of years and the building information and the wisdom on which it is based has been orally passed on from generation to generation.
		In her two volume definitive study of the Hindu temple, Stella Kramrisch, the curator of Calcutta Museum during the 1920s and 30s, has stated this link in clear terms.3 According to Kramrisch, "the door of this temple is the mouth, the dome is the head.
		Balwant Saini is Emeritus Professor of Architecture in the University of Queensland.
	www.fengshuiseminars.com /articles/ancientsymbols.html (2328 words)

	American Religious Buildings:
		The Hindu scholar Surinder Bhardwaj has noted that "most temples [in North America] are not architecturally identifiable as Hindu temples from their exterior." Smaller communities are opting for more modest buildings with a simplified exterior, saving traditional detailing of motifs and figures for the interior.
		Hindu temples are the earthly homes of Gods and Goddesses, who otherwise dwell in the heavens, one of five strata of the cosfnos.
		Entering a temple in India is like entering a mountain cavern: there is little natural light and one progresses through a series of dark and damp antechambers until one reaches the garbhagriha or womb of the temple, wherein the main deity resides.
	www.sacredplaces.org /PSP-InfoClearingHouse/articles/American%20Religious%20Building1.htm (1217 words)

	Indian Temple Architecture
		The Brihadeeswara temple in Thanjavur in Tamilnadu (11th century CE) is a collossal structure with a towering vimanam, and is considered to be a masterpiece of Chola architecture.
		temple described as a sculptor's dream lived in stone, is built in the form of a chariot and is a grand specimen of Chola architecture, as are the Gangaikonda Choleeswaram and the Tribhuvanam temples.
		The Hoysala temples of the earlier part of the 2nd millennium CE, display a unique architectural style, distinct from the Dravidian style that prevailed during this period in the neighboring state of Tamilnadu.
	www.templenet.com /arch.html (366 words)

	The Hindu Temple
		The temple is the focus for all aspects of everyday life in the Hindu community - religious, cultural, educational and social.
		Hindus believe that their lives are merely stages in the progression to ultimate enlightenment.
		All aspects of the Hindu temple focus on the goal of enlightenment and liberation - the principles of design and construction, the forms of its architecture and decoration, and the rituals performed.
	www.templenet.com /Articles/hintemp.html (1204 words)

	Hindu temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A Hindu temple is a house of worship for the followers of Hinduism.
		Hindu temples are known by different names in different parts of the world, depending upon the native language.
		The main focus of temple architecture in Vedic India was to blend the temple with its natural surroundings.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DMandir%26type%3Den (655 words)

	GoaCentral.Com-Temples of Goa
		The oldest temple in Goa is said to be the rock cut caves at Aravalem known as "Pandava Caves" dedicated to Lord Shiva and dating back to the 1st century AD.
		Goan temples today are more modern as compared to most of India's ancient temples, mostly because these are second homes to most deities that were re-established outside of Portuguese controlled areas during the early days of Portuguese invasion and the dreaded Inquisition.
		The first temple to be approved for construction by the Portuguese in their 300+ years of control was the Mahalaxmi temple in Panaji, approved in 1818 after bitter opposition.
	goacentral.com /Goatemples/GoaTemples.htm (1191 words)

	Hindu Temple Of Atlanta History
		The spine (gopuram) on the outer gate is the foot of the Lord.
		In the Hindu Temple of Atlanta, the mode of worship is in the Vaikasana style.
		They also deal with the measurements of the component parts of the temple, the appearance of the various icons, the weapons adoring the deity, jewelry, color of the paints used and other details of interior decoration.
	www.hindutempleofatlanta.org /HTAHIS_6_1.htm (517 words)

	Hindu Temples - Symbolises faith and ethnic culture
		Hindu temples are designed to dissolve the boundaries between the divine and the human beings.Hindu Temples is a place where one can transcend the world of man. It's a place for spitritual enlightement and education.Temples are found everywhere in India, in villages and in towns.
		The earliest temples in north and central India which have withstood the vagaries of time belong to the Gupta period, 320-650 A. Among the earliest surviving temples in South India are found in Tamil Nadu and northern Karnataka.
		In the north, the chief developments in Hindu temple architecture took place in Orissa (750-1250 A.D.) and Central India (950-1050 A.D.) as also Rajasthan (10th and 11th Century A.D.) and Gujarat (11th-13th Century A.D.).
	www.atmadarshan.com /hindu-temples.htm (343 words)

	The Welsh School of Architecture
		Discussion of architectural rhythm tends to relate to the movement of the eye and mind over or through the architecture: more analogous to music than dance, though approaching dance when the actual or imagined bodily experience of such rhythm is considered.
		There is ample scope to explore Hindu temple architecture in these ways, given the long tradition of dance in ritual contexts; not to mention the sculptural depiction of dancers on temple walls, that has already given rise to a body of scholarship.
		But temple architecture, conceptually, also has a temporal structure, of which a given spatial arrangement is a momentary glimpse, or rather a succession of such glimpses.
	www.cardiff.ac.uk /archi/ahtg/research_projects/dance_and_architecture.html (839 words)

	Forms of Representation in Hindu-Javanese Temple Sculpture \| Kristine Marx
		Consequently, being in a temple and participating in religious ritual means to partake in the workings of the cosmos.
		Perhaps the multiplicity of types of imagery and their formal treatment is indicative of the character of Hinduism, where the divine is believed to have infinite manifestations and multiple approaches to the gods are not only tolerated but expected.
		The finial placed at the summit of the temple symbolizes the absolute and timeless principle beyond repetition and relativity, and is intended as a reminder of the ultimate goal of the journey that man embarks upon.
	pages.slc.edu /~eraymond/ccorner/representation2.html (1646 words)

	Hindu Temple - Devalaya by M G Prasad
		The origin of the word temple can be traced to word the "templum" which were used by Roman soothsayers indicating a section of the sky and also a piece of the ground to gaze and mark divine signs for foretelling the future.
		A Vedic Hindu temple's architecture is a divine and yogic representation of a human being as shown in the figure (ref: Agama kosha by S.K. Ramachndra Rao).
		The third one is the Hindu temple in which devotees participate collectively that reflects the pluralistic nature of Vedic Hinduism or Santana Dharma.
	www.salagram.net /sstp-DevalayaMGPrasad.html (788 words)

	Search: Hindu Temple
		A Hindu temple can be a separate structure or a part of a building.
		A feature of most temples is the presence of murtis of the Hindu deity to whom the...
		Hindu Temple also serves the needs of surrounding communities of Iowa, South Dakota...
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	Elements of Indian Art Including Temple Architecture, Iconography & Iconometry
		Referring to major classical Indian literary works shedding light on art and architecture, it undertakes a survey of Indian art and temple architecture from the 3rd century BC through the medieval period, highlighting the directional changes that marked the history of art, specifically sculpture and painting.
		Pointing out the importance of studying Hindu temple architecture in order to fully appreciate Hindu art which was meant for propagation of dharma, it analyses the basic features of the temple architecture and its regional variants.
		Tracing the differences in conception and delineation of a Hindu temple, a Muslim mosque and Christian church, the research focuses particularly on the principles of visualization of symbols and signs in Hinduism and Christianity.
	www.exoticindiaart.com /book/details/IDD288 (450 words)

	Ancient Indian Architecture - Crystalinks
		Indian architecture is that vast tapestry of production of the Indian Subcontinent that encompasses a multitude of expressions over space and time, transformed by the forces of history considered unique to the sub-continent, sometimes destroying, but most of the time absorbing.
		The Greek influence led the Indian architecture of the time, especially the rock-cut art, to fall under one of the two categries: the Mathura school of art which was strictly Indian in spirit and did not adopt from the Greek styles, and the Gandharva school of art which incorporated influences of the Greek art.
		As the Hindu temple is not meant for congregational worship, the garba-griha is small in scale when compared to the whole temple complex.
	www.crystalinks.com /indiarchitecture.html (1420 words)

	The Hindu : Temple architecture and the Agamas
		Researching on the Vaikunta Perumal Temple built by the Pallavas at their capital city Kanchipuram, Dr. Dennis Hudson discovered that it was a visual manifestation of the Pancharatra Agama and Bhagavata Purana theology.
		Its architecture is unique, with three sanctums on the three floors one over the other and a concealed staircase leading to the upper floors.
		Hudson, the temple reveals a visual theology, the doctrine of the `four formations' (chatur-vyuha) and the vimana as three-dimensional Mandala and its divisions into exoteric and esoteric dimensions.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mp/2002/04/15/stories/2002041500130300.htm (629 words)

	Templenet - The Comprehensive Indian Temple website
		, the the 275 temples glorified by the hymns of the Tamil saints of the 1st millennium CE and
		The Patteeswarar Temple at Perur near Coimbatore is rich in legend, history and tradition and is one of the best known Shiva temples of the Kovai region.
		The Tyagaraja temple at Tiruvarur is one of the ancient heritage sites of India and is a representation of the religio-socio-cultural history of the Tamil region for a period spanning over a millennium and a half.
	www.templenet.com (903 words)

	Indian Temple Architectural Styles
		Even particular architectural elements and decorative details which had originated long before in early timber and thatch buildings persisted for centuries in one form or another throughout the era of stone construction even though the original purpose and context was lost.
		The result was an overwhelming wealth of architectural elements, sculptural forms and decorative exuberance that is so characteristic of Indian temple architecture and which has few parallels in the artistic expression of the entire world.
		Less obvious differences between the two main temple types include the ground plan, the selection and positioning of stone carved deities on the outside walls and the interior, and the range of decorative elements that are sometimes so numerous as to almost obscure the underlying architecture.
	www.templenet.com /temparc.html (1252 words)

	ART AND ARCHITECTURE of Sri Harmandir Sahib
		Even scholars of Indian temple architecture have bypassed it and references, whenever made, were mere courtesies.
		The scholars of Indian temple architecture have bypassed it and references, whenever made, were mere courtesies.
		The architectural prototype of the Golden Temple came into being as an idea combining the dharamshala and the tank envisaged by Guru Arjan, the son and successor of Guru Ram Das.
	www.amritsarovar.com /art.htm (825 words)

	Descriptive Catalogue of the Illustrated Rare Books in the IGNCA
		Kashmir temple exhibits a unique bland of foreign style and indigenous creativity that resulted in a distinctive architecture which was more suited to their geographic and climate conditions.
		The temple at Lodhu situated 20 kms from Srinagar is in midst of a spring.
		The elements of ancient Hindu architecture of Kashmir which were buried a millennium ago resurfaced in the form of Muslim shrines and residential houses in succeeding periods.
	www.ignca.nic.in /rare001.htm (441 words)

	The Glorious Culmination by Ashish Nangia
		The effect of height of a temple till now was mitigated and compromised by the horizontal courses of stone used for construction.
		However, the presence of erotic sculpture elsewhere too may point to the fact that for the Hindu, life was meant for living in all its aspects, and he merely depicted scenes of a fact of life, without being conscious of any taboo attached, which after all was a much later ‘invention’.
		Unlike the temples at Khajuraho, the ones in Bhubhaneswar are still active, the most famous example being the temple of Jagannath at Puri.
	www.boloji.com /architecture/00010.htm (532 words)

	The Hindu : Capturing temple architecture on paper
		The temples of India and their architectural and sculptural facets have been captured in the unique medium of ball pen and paper.
		The intricate work was possible only after he spent time studying the various nuance of art in the temple tower, while he was only 22 years old.
		Murugan has also drawn the mandapams of Darasuram temple, the shrine of Perumal in Tiruvennainallur, the Laxman temple of Khajuraho, and sculpted on wood the sculptures of Hoysala, horse pillar of Srirangam temple.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2000/06/14/stories/0414405z.htm (225 words)

	Hinduism, temples and associations
		Indian Temple, Hindu Temple, Houses Of Worship, Sun Worship.
		Thenthirumalai: This is a temple of Lord Venkatachalapathy and a replica of the Tirumala -Tirupathi temple of Andhra Pradesh.
		Thiruvannamalai Temple: Tiruvannamalai is a holy place having a big shiva temple of 27 acres.
	www.hinduwebsite.com /temples.asp (430 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Jul 1992
		It represents the Hindu concept of the transcendent void, a metaphysical counterpoint to the Expo's materialistic celebrating.
		He talks to them about Hinduism fluidly, a bubbling brook of knowledge that if you turned on a tape recorder could be transcribed into a readable book.
		His most popular book is The Hindu Temple, a richly textured college-level guide to sacred architecture in and outside of India.
	www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/1992/07/1992-07-02.shtml (1589 words)

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