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    A Vivaha Mandapa (Sanskrit: विवाह मण्डप, romanized: Vivāha Maṇḍapa, lit. 'Wedding pavilion'), also referred to as Kalyana Mandapa (Sanskrit: कल्याण मण्डप...
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    Kasthamandap in Kathmandu, Nepal Pendopo Wedding mandapa Zayat www.wisdomlib.org (2014-08-03). "Mandapa, Māṇḍapa, Maṇḍapa, Mamdapa: 31 definitions". www.wisdomlib...
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    described in the Ramayana is believed to have occurred here at the wedding mandapa attached to this temple. The site was designated as a UNESCO tentative...
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    vary according to regional traditions. While he walks away from the wedding mandapa, the bride's father persuades the bridegroom to return, and marry his...
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  • was at his wedding mandapa when he realises that enemies were taking away cows, an animal holy to Hindus. Hearing this he left his wedding and went after...
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    Care cloth (category Wedding clothing)
    The wedding mandapa refers to a temporary pavilion [Canopy] constructed specifically for the purpose of conducting Hindu or Jain weddings. It serves as...
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    Garuda shrine, the Kalyana mandapa (wedding ceremonies), the 100-columned mandapa, the Amman shrine and the Utsav mandapa (festival hall). The walled...
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    above. The main mandapa recesses into a pillared vestibule (ardha-mandapa) on the south side, while a pillared portico (mukha-mandapa) connects it to...
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    thousand-pillar hall choultry with extensive sculpture (Q), the kalyana mandapa or wedding hall, many small shrines for Hindu deities and for scholars from the...
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    used for weddings. Both these names have been given by the Gond locals. The temple faces west. It is built entirely out of stone. The mandapa is 31 feet...
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    door-keepers) carrying lotuses. A mandapa with six pillars is located in front of the kitchen hall. A wedding hall (kalyana-mandapa) with 16 pillars is located...
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    courtyard around the Omkareshwar Temple in Ukhimath. Close-up view of the mandapa (pillared hall) in the temple. Panch Kedar Kedarnath Chota Char Dham Char...
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  • the Indian culture. The cave is laid out symmetrically according to the mandapa square principle and has embedded geometric patterns repeated throughout...
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    (18 m) x 40 feet (12 m) has the conventional Hindu temple composition of a mandapa (hall), followed by an antral or passage leading to the Garbhagriha or...
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    construction of the ritual enclosure (mandapa), and the last step is its deconstruction. The altar and mandapa is consecrated by a priest, creating a...
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    Chidambaram temple (Hindu), Tamil Nadu Chitrachavadi (Hindu, a choultry–mandapa near Madurai with Ramayana frescoes) Pahari paintings (Hindu), Himachal...
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    and the life sized sculptures in the mandapas of the Nayaka period during the 16th century. An Aasthaana Mandapa with several artistically carved pillars...
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    Bhoga mandapa bhoga: The next repast and the offering consists of Pakhala with dahi and Kanji payas. The offerings are made in the bhog mandapa, about...
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    new second mandapa (outer hall) was added to the west of the gudhamandapa in 17th century in place of the previously existing pau-mandapa. It houses two...
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    the modern era on a square altar called Vedi (Bedi in Nepal), set in a mandapa or mandala or kundam, wherein wood is placed along with oily seeds and...
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    overnight stays. Mandapas are square, freestanding buildings, much like patis, but they are open on all sides. The simplest mandapa is a platform with...
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    Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal. Next entrance Pillar mandapa Prakara right side Temple tree in inner prakara Inner prakara Amman shrine...
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    all famous restaurants like The Plaza by Telangana Tourism Ohris Dakshin Mandapa Tatva Restaurant Haldirams Paradise Biriyani Sri Kanya Comfort Begumpet...
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    pilgrims and travelers to the temple. The term choultry may overlap with a mandapa. Many Hindu monasteries (matha) also built and operated such choultries...
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    with the idea of projecting sukanasa from the shikhara in front, over the mandapa. The temple still faces east, greeting the sunrise. The Nandi too is provided...
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    through a side door with a stairway, which leads into the Kalyana mandapa (wedding hall), which has 96 pillars. It has coloumns and walls on which the...
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    according to the traditions of the Saurashtra community in a dedicated Mandapa. Kerala rituals are followed inside the temple, while Tamil rituals are...
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  • with Reserve branding have opened: Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico (2012), Mandapa in Bali (2015), Zadún in Los Cabos (2019), Higashiyama Niseko in Niseko...
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    give all the gifts that he carried to Meenakshi and Sundareshvara in a mandapa in the middle of the Vaigai river, and returned to Aḻagar Hill without...
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    elements of secular and religious architecture. In Hindu temples, the mandapa is a porch-like structure that connects the gopuram (ornate gateway) to...
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