Definition of Shikhara. Meaning of Shikhara. Synonyms of Shikhara

- 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...
- two m****ive rock outcrops known as the Bhairaveshwara Shikhara and the Mohini Shikhara ("Shikhara" means "mountain peak"). The huge rocks are composed...
- shaped shivaling beneath the Panchpani tree. The temple has a Gopura or the shikhara as in any Pandya (Tamil) style temple and is raised high in a tiered way...
- 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...
- context of design. The most attracting portion of this temple is its "Shikhara" (the peak/top) measuring around 70 feet in height. The red color of the...
- district has Kadamba shikhara. Ramalingaeshwara temple at Bailhongal There are few ruined temples at Hooli with Kadamba shikhara. The ruined temple beside...
- Dhaky disputed it and mentioned the Gujarati architectural influence in shikhara and moldings and decorations on its ba****t and wall proper. Dhaky opines...
- dome called Shikhara (or Vimana, Spire). Variations in spire design come from variation in degrees turned for the squares. The temple Shikhara, in some literature...