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	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)

	Temple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Temple of Hephaestus, an ancient Greek Doric temple in Athens with the original entrance facing east, 449 BCE [western face depicted].
		The majority of the main temples, along the major religions, are aligned in the cardinal directions, especially in a east-west axis which symbolically represents the sun's path, the "donor of life".
		The First Temple was built in the 10th century BCE under King Solomon to replace the Tabernacle and was destroyed by the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BCE, marking the beginning of the Babylonian exile.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Temple (1040 words)

	Architecture of Cambodia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Architecture of Cambodia developed in a series of stages under the Khmer empire from 9th to the 15th century, preserved in many buildings of the Angkor temple.
		Khmer temples were typically enclosed by a concentric series of walls, with the central sanctuary in the middle: this arrangement represented the mountain ranges surrounding Mount Meru.
		Temples were built in the middle of both of these (the West and East Mebons), while Neak Pean was built at the centre of Preah Khan's Jayatataka.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Architecture_of_Cambodia (1279 words)

	Basically, temple architecture tradition of Kerala comes within the mainstream of Indian temple building tradition. ...
		Vast majority of temples have their bases built of granite, the walls made either of wood, bricks and stucco, or laterite; the sloping superstructure made of wooden planks, tiles or sheet metal on timber frames, are adopted to suit the high rainfall of the region.
		Both Soundara Rajan and Sarkar hold the view that Kerala temples are local adaptations of the south Indian temple architectural tradition, and the divergences in the structural form were introduced primarily to counteract the heavy rainfall of the region.
		Dravida temples of this phase are being preserved as small shrines, consisting of a cell having a superstructure and sometimes with a porch.
	www.kalakeralam.com /handicrafts/keralatemples.htm (5470 words)

	Temples of Kerala
		Temples of Kerala associated with the Tamil Alwars - Eleven temples of Kerala are associated with the Tamil Alwar saints of the 1st millennium CE.
		The Ettumaanoor Mahadevar temple is one of the triad of Shiva temples associated with the legends related to the demon Khara and is adorned with exquisite murals.
		The Sangameswara Koodalmanikyam temple at Irinjalakkuda in Kerala is a one of a kind temple dedicated to Bharata the brother of Rama.
	www.templenet.com /kerala.html (751 words)

	THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE ( LINK)
		A.D. This volume surveys the temple architecture of South India, focussing on the period of the Vijayanagara empire during which the Sangama, Tuluva, and Aravidu kings ruled over a substantial portion of Karnataka, Andhra, and Tamilnadu.
		The volume begins with the temple architecture in the decades immediately preceding the foundation of Vijayanagara in the middle of the 14th century, and continues with the religious monuments of the lesser dynasties which succeeded those of Vijayanagara in Kamata during the 16th and 17th centuries.
		During the same period there is an evolution of a characteristic temple style in Kanada in coastal Karnataka, and the efflorescence of temple building in another equally distinctive style in the different zones of Kerala.
	www.indiastudies.org /Encyclopaedia.htm (1491 words)

	TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA
		One of the oldest temples is Stupa 1 7 in Sanchi near Bhopal in the region of Madhya Pradesh.
		This temple was built in the 4th or 5th centuries during the era of the Gupta dynasty.
		The outside of the temple is the form, the inside is the essence; the cell is the body and the murti is the spirit.
	architecture-india.com /TEMPLE_ARCHITECTURE_IN_INDIA.ASP (1740 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.indiantemples.com /arch.html (366 words)

	TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA
		This was a prelude to annexation by the sultanate of Delhi in 1310.
		The temples of Khajuraho are a splendid synthesis of architecture and sculpture, usually in sandstone.
		Both court and temple protocols included sexual practices in which ritual union of the sovereign or the priest with the devadasis was aimed at fostering the fertility of the kingdom and the favours of the gods.
	architecture-india.com /EROTIC_ARCHITECTURE_IN_INDIA.asp (2154 words)

	Tamil Nation - Dravidian Temple Architecture
		The temples of Vaikuntanatha, Muktesvara and Matangesvara at Kanchipuram are said to be slightly later and belong to the reign of Nandivarman Pallavamalla.
		The Tanjore temple is undoubtedly the grandest achievement of the age.
		The temples at Thanjavur, Chidambaram, Sri Rangam, Gangaikonda-Cholapuram, Darasuram and Tribhuvanam amply illustrate the style of architecture that characterised the monuments in southern India between the 11th-13th centuries.
	www.tamilnation.org /culture/architecture/temple.htm (5131 words)

	Indian Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture of India
		Later, the Vedic period was marked by the unspecified pastoral settlements of mud, thatch, bamboo and timber in the valleys of Ganga and Saraswati.
		The Indian temples were built mostly at the places which could be approached by a large number of people, like at centers of pilgrimage, near a river, lake or a man-made tank as the water was needed by the worshippers for ablutions.
		The greatest temple of India, the Birhadeeshwara temple at Thanjavur, was built during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.
	www.indovacations.net /english/Indianarchitectureandsclpture.htm (2857 words)

	Temple Architecture in Goa,Religious Architecture of Goa,Cave Temple Architecture in Goa India
		Goa's earliest extant temple belonging to the 8th century AD was discovered in ruins amidst a wooded valley on the banks of the Selaulim rivulet, a few kilometres from Curdi village in Southern Goa.
		The most striking example of this period and the most famous, ancient extant temple in Goa is the Mahadev temple built of basalt at Tambdi Surla, a thinly populated village at the Goa-Karnataka border, some 65-km east of the capital Panaji.
		Temples were shifted in the 16th century from the coastal regions to safer places like Ponda Taluka, resulting in the clustering of temples in hinterlands.
	goa.indiantravelportal.com /architecture/art-architecture-of-goa.html (840 words)

	Greek Architecture - Crystalinks
		Architecture (building executed to an aesthetically considered design) was extinct in Greece from the end of the Mycenaean period (about 1200 BC) until the 7th century, when urban life and prosperity recovered to a point where public building could be undertaken.
		A longer-lasting 6th century Ionic temple was the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
		The Temple of the Delians is a "peripteral" Doric temple, the largest of three dedicated to Apollo on the island of Delos.
	www.crystalinks.com /greekarchitecture.html (2964 words)

	Temple Architecture India, India Temple Architecture, Indian Temple Architecture, Architecture of India Temples,Temple ...
		The distinct architectural styles of temple construction of the north India and the south India was the result of the broad geographical, climatic, ethnic, racial, historical and linguistic differences resulted, from early on, in.
		In the south Indian temples, the enclosure walls were built around the whole complex.
		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.heritageinindia.com /architectural-heritage/temple-architecture-of-india.html (609 words)

	Meenakshi Temple,Sri Meenakshi Temple,Madurai Meenakshi Temple
		The crowning glory of Madurai, the city of nectar, it is a stupefying structure, the treasure trove of Indian culture and ethos.
		The marriage festival of Lord Sundareshwar (Shiva) and Goddess Meenakshi, the reigning deities of the Temple, Meenakshi Kalyanam is the foremost event held in the temple premises.
		The temple complex is embraced by a surrounding wall, with the two sanctums for Lord Sundareshwara and Goddess Meenakshi standing in the centre.
	www.tourism-asia.net /wonders-of-asia/meenakshi-temple.html (960 words)

	Sri Siva Vishnu Temple (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The architecture attempts to dissolve the boundaries between human beings and the divine, seeking to stress the unification with the divine as the ultimate aim.
		The Kailasanath and Vaikuntapemmal temples at Kanchipuram, where the shrines connected to large courtyards, the "mukhamantpam" and "mahamantapam" are typical of this stage of development.
		In this temple several structures - the sanctuary, the Nandi pavilion, pillared hall and assembly hall- were aligned axially in the center of a spacious walled enclosure-.
	www.ssvt.org /about/Architecture1.asp (1675 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.
		The architecture of the colonial period varied from the beginning attempts at creating authority through classical prototypes to the later approach of producing a supposedly more responsive image through what is now termed Indo-Saracenic architecture- a mixture of Hindu, Islamic and Western elements.
	www.crystalinks.com /indiarchitecture.html (1420 words)

	Manas: Culture, Architecture of India
		Buddhist architecture was predominant for several centuries, and there are few remains of Hindu temples from even late antiquity.
		South Indian temple architecture takes us, over the next eight centuries, to Thanjavur (Tanjore), to the brilliant achievements of the Hoysalas (as seen in the temples at Belur and Halebid), and the temple complexes, which represent the flowering of the Vijayanagara empire, of Kanchipuram, Thiruvannamalai, and Vellore.
		The fabled temple at Somnath, renowned for its purported riches, is said to have been destroyed by the Muslim invader Mahmud of Ghazni, and after the attainment of Indian independence, the restoration of this temple became a matter of national pride for more ardent defenders of the faith.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/Culture/Archit/Archit.html (521 words)

	Hindu Temple of Atlanta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The plan of a temple closely resembles the plan of a human body in which the Sanctum Sanctorum (garbha gudi) is the head and the outer gate is the lower limb.
		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.
		The temple in Atlanta is planned on the model of the Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupathi in its features such as the sanctum sanctorum, the main hall, the spire and the boundaries.
	www.hindutempleofatlanta.org /HTAHIS_6_1.htm (517 words)

	Civilization.ca - Egyptian civilization - Architecture - Luxor temple
		Karnak and Luxor temples were once joined by an avenue lined with two rows of human-headed stone sphinxes, guardians of the temple gates and the underworld.
		Unlike Karnak Temple, this temple was not enhanced by later pharaohs.
		ince all the temples were built from an original design dictated by the gods, they have a similar look to them.
	www.civilization.ca /civil/egypt/egca09e.html (138 words)

	Indian Temples,Famous Temples in India,Temples Tour of India
		Regional variations in India lend a dramatic contrasts and stunning distinctions to the temples in many ways such as in the architecture, way of worshiping etc. Indian temples are reflective of this diversity and diverge temple styles across the region can be an enthralling experience to an interested tourist.
		Hinduism is practiced by the majority of people and this has contributed to the development of various temples across the length and breadth of the country, that are famous for their architectural splendour and exuberance.
		India is the mystical land of pilgrimages, with Amarnath in the north and Kanyakumari in the south.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /temples (377 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.
		The width of the storeys of pavilions and other architectural elements were carefully adjusted to create a concave contour which is a distinctive characteristic of the Dravida temples seen throughout the south, particularly in Tamil Nadu.
	www.templenet.com /temparc.html (1252 words)

	Temple Trail guide, indian temple tours, south indian temple tours, north indian temple tours, hindu temple guide, jain ...
		Follow the temple trail, as it threads its way through the Kanchipuram-Madurai-Tiruchirapalli- Kanyakumari circuit, and discover some of the most memorable forms of temple art and architecture.
		The Kailasnatha temple at Kanchipuram, with a four-storeyed tower and octagonal shikhara, is a commendable piece of creativity.
		The Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple at Madurai, and the Rock Fort temple at Tiruchirapalli, the Kumari Amman temple at Kanyakumari are just some of the marvels of temple architecture of South India.
	www.startadventure.net /temple-trails.htm (135 words)

	Welcome to the Architecture Program of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University
		Welcome to the Architecture Program of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University
		The Architecture Department is located on the Temple University Main Campus at 1947 North 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122.
		For comments and questions on this site click here
	www.temple.edu /architecture (52 words)

	Greek Temple Architecture and Linkeriffica of Antiquity \| MetaFilter
		Greek Temple Architecture: They were houses--houses for cult statues, storehouses of treasures given to the gods--they were not churches.
		Greek religious architecture evolved from wooden structures and was tradition bound--they built in stone as they had in wood according to variations on a traditional canon called the orders, first and foremost, the Doric Order, the Ionic Order and the Corinthian Order.
		Here is a diagram of the sight angles of the various temples on the Athenian Acropolis, and here is the view, both beginning from the Propylaea, the gateway to the sacred precinct.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/26502 (1503 words)

	Temple Architecture of India,Temple Architecture,Buddhist Temple Architecture,Indian Temple Architecture,Ancient Indian ...
		As temples form the backbone of Indian medieval architectural heritage, it would be appropriate to discuss their basic architectural features before we move on to different styles of Indian architecture.
		Despite the vastness of the land, Indian temple architecture is remarkably uniform.
		The construction of temples – whether in the north in the south – essentially followed a similar pattern.
	www.culturopedia.com /Architecture/templearchitecture.html (704 words)

	Temple - Wikinfo
		Temple has different meanings in the fields of architecture, religion, geography, anatomy, and education.
		The muscle whose origin is the temple and whose insertion is the jaw is called "temporalis".
		Temple University is an institution of higher learning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Temple (943 words)

	Temple Architecture - Tamilnadu - Hari's Carnatic
		The temples were generally rich, having been owners of land and other forms of wealth and became the centres around which many aspects of life of the people got organized.
		Temples also continued to be built although they never achieved colossal size, they are often of very fine workmanship.
		The Subramaniya temple of the 17th century, built within the compound of the Brihadeeswara temple at Thanjavur, indicates the vitality of architectural traditions of the later period.
	www.angelfire.com /musicals/kallidaihari/Architecture.html (784 words)

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