NAGARA FEATURES

ARCHITECTURE BUILT ON A STONE PLATFORM WITH A

STAIRCASE LEADING TO IT.
LACK OF ELABORATE BOUNDARY WALLS
POPULAR IN NORTHERN, OR GATES.
WESTERN AND EASTERN GARBHAGRIHA IS ALWAYS UNDER THE
INDIA TALLEST TOWER
SHIKHARA WHICH IS CURVILINEAR OR
CONVEX IN SHAPE.
DEVELOPED AROUND 5TH
CENTURY
KANDARIYA MAHADEVA
TEMPLE
TEMPLE COMPLEX IN KHAJURAHO
CONSTRUCTED IN SANDSTONE AND IN DRY MASONRY
WITH THE HELP OF MORTISE AND TENON JOINTS
GARBHAGRIHA, ANTHARALA, MAHAMANDAPA, MANDAPA
AND ARDHMANDAPA ALL LIES IN EW DIRECTION.
PLAN
THE REPLICAS OF SHIKHARA/TOWER (URUSHRINGA) ARE
REPEATEDLY USED ON THE ELEVATION OR SIDE OF THE
MAIN VERTICAL TOWER.

INTRICATE CARVINGS
AND SCULPTURES

SECTION
LINGARAJA TEMPLE ELEVATION
LINGARAJ TEMPLE, BUILT IN 11TH CENTURY AD, IS
DEDICATED TO LORD SHIVA AND IS CONSIDERED AS THE
LARGEST TEMPLE OF THE CITY BHUBANESWAR (ODISHA).
THE TEMPLE IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS - GARBHA
GRIHA (SANCTUM SANCTORUM), YAJNA SHALA (THE HALL
FOR PRAYERS), BHOGA MANDAP (THE HALL OF OFFERING)
AND NATYA SHALA (HALL OF DANCE).

PLAN

THE MAIN TEMPLE TOWER, KNOWN AS THE

'VIMANA,' IS 180 FEET TALL AND HAS A BEEHIVE-
SHAPED TOP KNOWN AS THE 'AMALAKA.' AT THE
TOP, IT IS DECORATED WITH A LION'S HEAD & A
LOTUS AT THE BOTTOM.