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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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    stone, the shikhara in the shape of a polygonal beehive-like dome is made of brick, which is characteristic of temples in Kamrup. The shikhara is circled...
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  • Thumbnail for Kailasa Temple, Ellora
    temple complete with a shikhara. One architect named Kokasa assured the king that the queen would be able to see the shikhara of a temple within a week's...
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  • Thumbnail for Shiv Mandir, Ambarnath
    by some 20 steps down from the mandapa, and is open to the sky as the shikhara tower above stops abruptly at a little above the height of the mandapa...
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  • Thumbnail for Krishna Mandir, Patan
    Krishna Mandir is a 17th-century Shikhara-style temple built by King Siddhi Narsing Malla. It is located at the Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage...
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    district has Kadamba shikhara. Ramalingaeshwara temple at Bailhongal There are few ruined temples at Hooli with Kadamba shikhara. The ruined temple beside...
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    shaped shivaling beneath the Panchpani tree. The temple has a Gopura or the shikhara as in any Pandya (Tamil) style temple and is raised high in a tiered way...
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    dome called Shikhara (or Vimana, Spire). Variations in spire design come from variation in degrees turned for the squares. The temple Shikhara, in some literature...
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    architecture, the vimana is the tallest structure of the temple, as it is in the shikhara towers of temples in West and North India. By contrast, in large South...
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    several acres. On the exterior, the garbhagriha is crowned by a tower-like shikhara, also called the vimana in the south. The shrine building often includes...
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    two massive rock outcrops known as the Bhairaveshwara Shikhara and the Mohini Shikhara ("Shikhara" means "mountain peak"). The huge rocks are composed...
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  • Edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh Music by Praneeth Muzic Production company Shikhara & Akshara Arts LLP Release date 15 December 2023 (2023-12-15) Country India...
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    Sanithi pillars facing each other. Typical Vijayanagara style dravida shikhara (south Indian style tower over shrine) at the Someshvara temple at Kolar...
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  • Thumbnail for Harshat Mata Temple
    they have been ruined and modified over several centuries, with the tall shikhara tower replaced by a roof-dome. Much of the platform survives, with fragments...
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  • also excavated. The ASI team unearthed several remains of a temple's 'shikhara' (tower) from the mosque's premises, adding to the evidences of a Hindu...
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    Baidyanath Temple Baidyanath Jyotirlinga Pyramid shaped Shikhara of the temple Religion Affiliation Hinduism District Deoghar Deity Shiva Festivals Maha...
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  • Thumbnail for Raghunath Temple
    with brick and crowned each tower with bright Kalashas in the shape of shikhara (rising tower). One such temple complex was started in 1822 (1835 is also...
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  • Thumbnail for Laxminarayan Temple
    Acharya Vishvanath Shastri, carved the icons of the temple. The highest shikhara of the temple above the sanctum sanctorum is about 49 m (160 feet) high...
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    singer Sravana Bhargavi on 14 February 2013. They have a daughter named Shikhara Chandrika, who was born on 2 July 2016. He sung the jingle "Hook Aipodam"...
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  • Thumbnail for Lakshmi Devi Temple, Doddagaddavalli
    All nine temples are notable for its pyramidal north Indian style Nagara shikhara – likely an influence from Maharashtra and an evidence of active flow of...
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    of the Konark Sun Temple. Due to the collapse of the main temple tower (shikhara), the jagamohana now appears to be the main building of the temple. Orissa...
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  • Thumbnail for Chennakeshava Temple, Hullekere
    or shrine) construction it qualifies as a ekakuta plan (a tower called shikhara over the shrine). The entrance to the temple is through an open pillared...
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    of the main shikhara tower in the Hindu temple architecture of northern India. The urushringa is smaller and narrower than the shikhara, and "engaged"...
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  • Thumbnail for Galteshwar Temple
    Dhaky disputed it and mentioned the Gujarati architectural influence in shikhara and moldings and decorations on its basement and wall proper. Dhaky opines...
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    statue Statue of Nandi at Murudeshwara Temple Gopura of Murudeshwara Temple Shikhara of Murudeshwara Temple Murudeshwara beach with boats and jet skis Sirsi...
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  • Thumbnail for Siddhanath Temple, Nemawar
    have erotic scenes carved. The lingam is placed within the sanctum. The shikhara or temple tower rises above the sanctum. The tapering tower has two circular...
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    configuration. The entrance is through a transverse barrel vault gopuram. The two shikharas have a pyramidal outline, each individual tier is distinct with overhanging...
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  • Thumbnail for Ramalingeshwara group of temples, Avani
    in relief. The outer walls have pilasters surmounted by dravida towers (shikhara). The Lakshmanalingeshwara temple (or "Lakshmaneshvara") which houses the...
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    wooden struts to support the structure. One popular style of temple is the Shikhara architectural pattern. This style can be seen in the Krishna Mandir Temple...
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  • Thumbnail for Vishnupad Temple, Gaya
    85°0′33″E / 24.61028°N 85.00917°E / 24.61028; 85.00917 Architecture Type Shikhara Creator rebuilt by Queen Ahilya Bai Holkar of Indore Completed rebuilt...
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