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Temple Architecture Styles: Goan Temple Architecture
Goan Temple Architecture refers to the architecture style that evolved in Goa, India in 17th-20th century CE. This style evolved quite different to other architecture styles found in India, since most free-standing temples were destroyed during the Bahamani and Portuguese invasions in Goa, forcing Goan temple builders to develop and innovate on their own. While…
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Temple Architecture Styles: Kaḷiṅga architecture
Kaḷiṅga architecture is an architectural style of temples found mainly in Odisha, India, with a few examples outside the state. It developed under the patronage of the rulers and people, centred around Odisha. A lot of information about this style is courtesy Shivam Pattanayak and the website Heritage Orissa ::. Historically, Kaḷiṅga region at its greatest extent comprised…
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Temple Architecture Styles: Māru-Gurjara Architecture
Māru-Gurjara architecture is found mainly in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh in India. This architecture style was patronized mainly by the various dynasties that ruled here as well Jaina communities living in the region. Since 20th century CE, this style has shown appearance in other parts of India, and other nations, with increasing presence of…
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Temple Architecture Styles : Maltese Megalithic temple architecture
Megalithic Temples of Malta (It-Tempji Megalitiċi ta’ Malta) are several prehistoric temples built during 3 distinct periods approximately between 3600 BCE – 2500 BCE on the island nation of Malta. These comprise among the oldest free-standing structures in the world. Development The temples were the result of several phases of construction from 5000 BCE – 2200…
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Temple Architecture Styles : Romano-Celtic Temple Architecture
Romano-Celtic temple is a sub-class of Roman religion temples built in Roman Gaul and Roman Britain. In Great Britain, the term Romano-British temple is often used for these temples, and Gallo-Roman temple for sites in Gaul. In French, Spanish, and German scholarship, the term fanum is used to refer to Celtic temples of the Roman empire —…
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Temple Architecture Styles: Tulu Architecture
Tulu architecture is an architecture idiom primarily found in Tulu Nadu region of India, comprising parts of southern Karnataka and northern Kerala. It is a development of the general temple architecture form found across India’s western coast bordering Sahyadri (Konkan, Kanara and Malabar). It features influences from Kerala and Karnāṭa architecture styles. The developments of…
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Temple Architecture Styles: Kerala Architecture
Kerala Architecture is almost exclusively found in Kerala, India and some surrounding areas. The architectural style evolved being influenced by Kerala’s climate; Kerala faces heavy rainfall and humdity due to lying between coast and mountains (Sahyadri). The architectural practices mainly come from texts like Tacuśāstra, Tantrasamuccaya (15th century CE), Manuṣyālaya-candrikā (16th century CE) and Śilparatna…
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Temple Architecture Styles : Vesara Architecture
Vesara architecture is the architecture style of temples practised primarily in Deccan region of India – corresponding to Karnāṭa region and Telugu region. This architecture styles includes at least 2 sub-styles : Karnāṭa and Telugu, with Marāṭhī architecture or atleast its first phase (before and under Sēuṇas) groupable under it. Vesara architecture temples can have…
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Temple Architecture Styles: Drāviḍa Architecture
Drāviḍa Architecture is found mainly in the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh of India, as well as Jaffna region of Sri Lanka, and some parts of South-East Asia. The style shows influence on some of temples found in other parts of India and South-East Asia. General texts describing this architecture…
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Temple Architecture Styles: Nāgara Architecture
Nāgara architecture comprises of temples wherein the halls and porches are arranged in a linear fashion, with smaller porches and halls leading into larger halls, until the vestibule leading into the sanctum sanctorum. Towers over the various structures can be absent, but if they’re present, the height rises in accordance to the structure’s importance, and…