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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...
- two m****ive rock
outcrops known as the
Bhairaveshwara Shikhara and the
Mohini Shikhara ("
Shikhara"
means "mountain peak"). The huge
rocks are composed...
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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...
- 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...
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several acres. On the exterior, the
garbhagriha is
crowned by a tower-like
shikhara, also
called the
vimana in the south.
Gopuram gateways are
elaborate in...
- architecture, the
vimana is the
tallest structure of the temple, as it is in the
shikhara towers of
temples in West and
North India. By contrast, in
large South...
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vertical offset projection on the plan of a structure,
particularly of the
shikhara above the sanctum. The term has the same
meaning when
applied to the forms...
- a
Shikhara. It
covers and
protects the
sanctum sanctorum (Garbhagriha). Examples : The
Shikhara of the
Lingaraja Temple in
Bhubaneswar The
Shikhara of...
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Krishna Mandir is a 17th-century
Shikhara-style
temple built by King
Siddhi Narsing Malla. It is
located at the
Patan Durbar Square, a
UNESCO World Heritage...
