TY - BOOK AU - Sanjay Mishra. TI - INDIAN TEMPLES : Colorful Reliefs SN - 9788193669341 U1 - 726.1 PY - 2017////01/01 CY - New Delhi PB - Rupa Publication KW - Indian Temple KW - Famous Indian Temples KW - Architecture KW - Buildings for religious and related purposes N1 - Hindu temple architecture as the main form of Hindu architecture many varieties of style, though the basic nature of the Hindu temple has remains the same, with the essential feature an inner sanctum, the garbha griha or womb-chamber, where the primary Murti or the image of a deity is housed in a simple bare cell. Around this chamber there are often other structures and buildings, in the largest cases covering several acres. On the exterior, the garbhagriha is crowned by a tower-like shikhara, also called the vimana in the south and Meru tower in Balinese temple. The shrine building often includes an ambulatory for parikrama (circumambulation), a mandapa congregation hall, and sometimes an antarala antechamber and porch between garbhagriha and mandapa. There may further mandapas or other buildings, connected or detached, in large temples, together with other small temples in the compound. Vaishno devi temple Mahabalipuram Vaikuntanathan temple Amarnath cave temple Durga temple, Aihole Jagannath temple Great living chola temples Tara Devi temple Birla Mandir Hyderabad Tirupati temple Nandi temple Shri Somnath temple Brihadiswara temple Veerabhadra temple Hadimba Devi temple Meenakshi Amman temple Jaladheeshwara temple Chamundeshwari temple Kamakhya temple Sun temple Konark Viirupaksha temple Mahabodhi temple Airavatesvara temple Dharmek Stupa Dilwara Jain temple Badrinath dham Paritala Anjaneya Swami temple Bijli Mahadev Ranakpur temple Digambar Jain temple Kedarnath Mandir Mahamaya temple Siddhivinayak temple Andhra maha Vishnu temple Chaukhandi stupa Ranganathaswamy temple Suryanarayana temple arasavalli Akshardham temple Shravanabelagola temple Thousand pillar temple Dwarakadhish temple Omkareshwar temple Jwalamukhi temple Naina Devi Mandir Padmanabhaswamy temple Iskcon temple Maya Devi temple Lumbini Kashi Vishwanath temple Sonagiri temple Lingaraja temple Yogmaya temple Shanidham temple Hari ki Pauri Aattukal temple PalitanaTemple ER -