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Revision note: Hindu Temple Architecture: Nagara, Dravida and Vesara

  • Parts: garbhagriha, mandapa, shikhara/vimana, amalaka, kalasha, antarala, pradakshina patha
  • Early: Sanchi Temple 17 (flat roof), Deogarh Dashavatara (Gupta), Bhitargaon (brick)
  • Nagara: curvilinear shikhara; Odisha (Lingaraja, Puri, Konark – Narasimhadeva I), Khajuraho (Chandelas, Kandariya Mahadeva), Modhera, Dilwara
  • Dravida: vimana, gopuram, prakara; Shore Temple & Kailasanatha (Pallava Rajasimha); Brihadeshwara (Rajaraja I, c. 1010); Meenakshi, Srirangam, Hampi
  • Vesara: Aihole, Pattadakal (Chalukyas); Hoysala Belur, Halebidu, Somanathapura (stellate, soapstone; UNESCO 2023)
  • Ramappa (Kakatiya) UNESCO 2021
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