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Gopuram of a Temple at Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India.73

Gopurams - Dravidian Style Hindu Temple Gate Towers

by Rmnathan

published 12 months ago

Gopurams are unique to Hindu Temple architecture of Dravidian style, which developed in Southern India and mainly flourished in areas currently within the state of Tamil Nadu. Gopurams are towers found at the...

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A Temple in T.Nagar, Chennai, Tamilnadu. Note, there is no Bell Tower as a prominant feature.66

Bell Towers of Hindu Temples of Jaffna - An influence of Christian Churches?

by Rmnathan

published 3 years ago

There had been Hindu temples in Jaffna the northern region of Sri Lanka, for several centuries. However, when Portuguese captured Jaffna in 1620 AD, all temples existed at that time, without any exception had...

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Fig. 1 A Rock Cut Temple in Mamallapuram72

How They Carved Temple in a Rock?

by Rmnathan

published 3 years ago

The first examples of stone temples in India are Rock Cut. These are created by carving large rocks. Carving rocks are harder than working with wood, the material used for building temples prior to the...

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