indian temple types & architecture

Temples in India are constructed along the lines of Vedic culture.

The devotee should enter into the temple by leaving his footwear outside the temple - It means leave your thoughts outside the temple premises and by washing your legs and hands one can get rid of it. In scientifical terms by washing legs and entering a mass gathering place will control infections.

After entering first offerings to LORD GANESH Hindu god with elephant head in other sense leave your inner differences all living beings are equal before god.

Temple is constructed and the mandapas are in series as one passes through every mandapas gets cosmic energy from the place.

Temples are constructed in such a manner that our people take great care in them for selecting the place, for architecture and so on in this post we try to explain some famous temple architectures.

NAGARA STYLE- NORTH INDIA

Nagara temples have two distinct features:
·   In plan, the temple is a square with a number of graduate projections in the middle of each side giving a cruciform shape with a number of re-entrant angles on each side.

 In elevation, a Sikhara, i.e., tower gradually inclines inwards in a convex curve.

PRATHIHARAS- UJJAIN (8TH - 9TH CENTURIES AD)

·         Mahakaleshwar temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas of India.

·         Kal Bhairava temple finds a mention in the Skanda Purana, and

·         Mangal Nath temple, regarded as the birthplace of Mars, according to the Matsya Purana.

PALAS- BENGAL AND BIHAR (8^th -13^TH CENTURIES AD)

·         flourished in Bengal and Bihar under the Pala and the Sena rulers.

·         Nalanda was its most active centre, whose influence was spread to Nepal, Myanmar and even Indonesia.  

CHANDELAS- BUNDELKHAND (10^TH -11^TH  CENTURY AD)

·         Khajuraho justly famous for their graceful contours and erotic sculptures.

·         These 22 temples (out of the original 85) are regarded as one of the world's greatest artistic wonders. 

·         Khajuraho Temples were built within a short period of hundred years from 950-1050 A.D.

·         Kendriya Mahadev temple is the largest and most beautiful of the Khajuraho Temples.   

·  Shiva Temple at Visvanath and Vishnu Temple at Chaturbhunj are other important temples at Khajuraho.

DRAVIDIAN STYLE  - SOUTH INDIA

Dravidian style temples consist almost invariably of the four following parts:

·    The principal part, the temple itself, is called the Vimana (or Vimanam). It is always square in plan and surmounted by a pyramidal roof of one or more stories; it contains the cell where the image of the god is placed.

·         The porches or Mandapas, which always cover and precede the door leading to the cell.

·  Gate-pyramids or Gopurams, which are the principal features in the quadrangular enclosures that surround by more notable temples.

·         Pillared halls or Chaultris—properly Chawadis -- used for various purposes, and which are the invariable accompaniments of these temples.

VESARA STYLE  - DECCAN

·  Vesara is a combination of nagara and Dravidian styles.Hoysala temples at Belur, Halebidu and Somnathpura are supreme examples of this style

PARAMASAAYIKA MANDALA

It is the second most Hindu temple format, set on a 9*9 format.

• These were built as ceremonial temples - by kings and regional communities.
• They are typically very large. 
• In architectural formats, these temple constructions differ from others.
• Temple mandalas are different and they are constructed as phases.
• The devotee when reaches middle will spiritually enlighten. 

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Sources

             http://ccrtindia.gov.in/