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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...
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Shikharji (Śikharjī), also
known as
Sammet or
Sammed Shikharji, is one of the
holiest pilgrimage sites for Jains, in
Giridih district, Jharkhand. It is...
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simple stone platform. One or more
Sikharas are
observed in temples, but the
earliest temples consist of only one
Sikhara. The
garbhagriha is
always located...
- Look up shikara or
shikhara in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shikara, Shikhara, and
other variants can
refer to one of the following: Shikara, a type...
- south.
These perhaps were
intended to
compete with the
height of
northern sikhara. At this time the
usual gopuram was a
relatively small structure over a...
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śikhara the Ḍākor
temple imitated. Both of
these śikharas bear
resemblance to the
parade coffins built for Muharram. The
temple has 4
major śikharas which...
- was
incorporated into
ancient Hindu temple architecture with a
Shikhara (
Śikhara) — a
Sanskrit word
translating literally to "peak" or "summit".
Early examples...
- dimension.
Above the
center of this
granite block rises the griva, the
sikhara and the
finial (stupi) of
Tamil Hindu temple architecture. This
stupi is...
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Model of the
sikhara of a
Buddhist temple; 900s...
- Chhmar), and
Tamalinda (later
became a bhikku).: 178, 180 He also
fathered Sikhara Mahadevi,
chief consorts of Pho Khun Pha Mueang, that
appeared in Stele...
