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The 9x9 (81) grid Parama Sayika layout plan (above) found
in large ceremonial Hindu Temples. It is one of many grids used
to build Hindu temples. In this structure of symmetry, each concentric layer has
signicance. The outermost layer, Paisachika
padas, signify aspects of Asuras and evil; while inner Devika
padas signify aspects of Devas and good. In between the good
and evil is the concentric layer of Manusha padas signifying human life; All these
layers surround Brahma padas, which signies creative energy and the site for
temples primary idol for
darsana. Finally at the very center of Brahma padas is Grabhgriya (Purusa Space),
signifying Universal Principle present in
everything and everyone.[2]
The plan
preferably in front or to the left of the temple with water gardens. If water is
neither present naturally nor by
design, water is symbolically present at the consecration
of temple or the deity. Temples may also be built, suggests Visnudharmottara in
Part III of Chapter 93,[20] inside caves and carved stones, on hill tops aording
peaceful views, mountain slopes overlooking beautiful valleys,
inside forests and hermitages, next to gardens, or at the
head of a town street.
2.2
The manuals
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temples prevalent in eastern states of India. Other ancient texts found expand
these architectural principles,
suggesting that dierent parts of India developed, invented and added their own
interpretations. For example,
in Saurastra tradition of temple building found in western
states of India, the feminine form, expressions and emotions are depicted in 32
types of Nataka-stri compared
to 16 types described in Silpa Prakasa.[29] Silpa Prakasa
provides brief introduction to 12 types of Hindu temples. Other texts, such as
Pancaratra Prasada Prasadhana compiled by Daniel Smith[30] and Silpa Ratnakara
compiled by Narmada Sankara[31] provide a more extensive list of Hindu temple
types.
Ancient Sanskrit manuals for temple construction discovered in Rajasthan, in
northwestern region of India,
include Sutradhara Mandanas Prasadamandana (literally, manual for planning and
building a temple).[32] Manasara, a text of South Indian origin, estimated to be in
circulation by the 7th century AD, is a guidebook on South
Indian temple design and construction.[5][33] Isanasivagurudeva paddhati is another
Sanskrit text from the 9th century describing the art of temple building in India
in south
and central India.[34][35] In north India, Brihat-samhita by
Varhamihira is the widely cited ancient Sanskrit manual
from 6th century describing the design and construction
of Nagara style of Hindu temples.[28][36][37]
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Mukhya
Bhalata
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Argala
Adithi
Roga
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Asura
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Bhubrat
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Rudra
Mithra
Varuna
Jayanth
AValsa
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Indra
East
Mithra
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Indra
Devika Padas
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Vivaswa
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The symbolism
(left), and a concentric layering design (right) that ows various principles and a
diversity of alternate designs for
from one to the other as it rises towards the sky.[2][47]
home, village and city layout along with the temple, gardens, water bodies and
nature.[2][25]
In larger temples, the central space typically is surrounded
by an ambulatory for the devotee to walk around and ritually circumambulate the
Purusa, the universal essence.[2]
Often this space is visually decorated with carvings,
paintings or images meant to inspire the devotee. In some
temples, these images may be stories from Hindu Epics,
in others they may be Vedic tales about right and wrong
or virtues and vice, in some they may be idols of minor or
regional deities. The pillars, walls and ceilings typically
also have highly ornate carvings or images of the four just
and necessary pursuits of life - kama, artha, dharma and
moksa. This walk around is called pradakshina.[38]
Step well temple compounds such as the Mata Bhavani, Ankol Mata and
Huccimallugudi.[76]
Forest[74] temples such as Kasaun and Kusama[77]
Styles
Hindu temples are found in diverse locations each incor- The Indian rock-cut
architecture evolved in Maharashtran
porating dierent methods of construction and styles:
temple style in the 1st millennium AD. The temples are
carved from a single piece of rock as a complete temple
[73]
or carved in a cave to look like the interior of a temple.
Mountain temples such as Masrur
Ellora Temple is an example of the former, while The
Cave[74] temples such as Chandrabhaga, Elephanta Caves are representative of the
latter style. The
Chalukya[75] and Ellora
Elephanta Caves consist of two groups of cavesthe rst
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raudra or ugra - are images that were meant to terrify, induce fear. These
typically have wide, circular
eyes, carry weapons, have skulls and bones as adornment. These idols were
worshipped by soldiers before going to war, or by people in times of distress
or errors. Raudra deity temples were not set up inside villages or towns, but
invariably outside and in
remote areas of a kingdom.[80]
shanta and saumya - are images that were pacic,
peaceful and expressive of love, compassion, kindness and other virtues in Hindu
pantheon. These
images would carry symbolic icons of peace, knowledge, music, wealth, owers,
sensuality among other
things. In ancient India, these temples were predominant inside villages and towns.
[80]
A Hindu temple may or may not include an idol or images, but larger temples usually
do. Personal Hindu tem chitra - images that are 3-dimensional and com- ples at
home or a hermitage may have a pada for yoga or
meditation, but be devoid of anthropomorphic represenpletely formed,
tations of god. Nature or others arts may surround him
or her. To a Hindu yogin, states Gopinath Rao,[80] one
chitrardha - images that are engraved in half relief,
who has realised Self and the Universal Principle within
himself, there is no need for any temple or divine image
chitrabhasa - images that are 2-dimensional such as for worship. However, for
those who have yet to reach
paintings on walls and cloths.
this height of realization, various symbolic manifestations
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through images, idols and icons as well as mental modes
of worship are oered as one of the spiritual paths in
the Hindu way of life. This belief is repeated in ancient
Hindu scriptures. For example, the Jabaladarshana Upanishad states:[80]
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A yogin perceives god (Siva) within himself,
images are for those who have not reached this
knowledge. (Verse 59)
Jabaladarsana Upanishad, [81]
From the 1st century BC through 3rd Century AD, the evidence and details about
ancient temples increases. The
ancient literature refers to these temples as Pasada (or
Prasada), stana, mahasthana, devalaya, devagrha, devakula, devakulika, ayatana and
harmya.[82] The entrance of the temple is referred to as dvarakosthaka in
these ancient texts notes Meister,[82] the temple hall is described as sabha or
ayagasabha, pillars were called kumbhaka, while vedika referred to the structures
at the boundary of a temple.
Early Jainism and Buddhism literature, along with Kautilyas Arthasastra, describe
structures, embellishments
and designs of these temples - all with motifs and deities
currently prevalent in Hinduism. Bas-reliefs and idols
have been found from 2nd to 3rd Century, but none of
the temple structures have survived. Scholars[82] theorize that those ancient
temples of India, later referred to
as Hindu temples, were modeled after domestic structure - a house or a palace.
Beyond shrines, nature was
revered, in forms such as trees, rivers, stupas before the
time of Buddha and Vardhamana Mahavira. As Jainism A 7th century Chalukyan style
temple ceiling in Karnataka
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With the start of Gupta dynasty in the 4th century, Hindu
temples ourished in innovation, design, scope, form,
use of stone and new materials as well as symbolic synthesis of culture and dharmic
principles with artistic
expression.[85][86] It is this period that is credited with the
ideas of garbhagrha for Purusa, mandapa for sheltering
the devotees and rituals in progress, as well as symbolic
motifs relating to dharma, karma, kama, artha and moksha. Temple superstructures
were built from stone, brick
and wide range of materials. Entrance ways, walls and
pillars were intricately carved, while parts of temple were
decorated with gold, silver and jewels. Visnu, Siva and
other deities were placed in Hindu temples, while Buddhists and Jains built their
own temples, often side by side
with Hindus.[87]
The 4th through 6th century marked the owering of Vidharbha style, whose
accomplishments survive in central
India as Ajanta caves, Pavnar, Mandhal and Mahesvar. In
South India, this period is credited with some of the earliest stone temples of the
region, with Chalukya temples
dated to be from the 5th century by some scholars,[88] and
the 6th by some others.[89] Over 6th and 7th century, tem- The destruction of Hindu
temple sites was comparatively
ple designs were further rened during Maurya dynasty, less in the southern parts
of India, such as in Tamil
evidence of which survives today at Ellora and Elephanta. Nadu. Cave style Hindu
temples that were carved inside
a rock, hidden and rediscovered centuries later, such as
the Kailasha Temple, have also survived. These are now
UNESCO world heritage sites.[95]
Many Hindu temples were destroyed and the remains used to rebuild Islamic mosques
between 12th and 18th century AD. Above
drawing by James Prinsep (1832) shows an overlay of a mosque
built over the ancient Hindu Vishveshvur temple.
Jagannath Puri Temple Puri, one of Char Dham four Main spiritual center of Hindu
and mankind, and the threshold between the transcendental and the phenomenal
worlds.[96] It is in this inner shrine
that devotees seek a darsana of, where they oer prayers.
Devotees may or may not be able to personally present
their oerings at the feet of the deity. In most large Indian temples, only the
pujaris (priest) are allowed to enter
into the main sanctum.[97]
Temple management sta typically announce the hours
of operation, including timings for special pujas. These
timings and nature of special puja vary from temple
to temple. Additionally, there may be specially allotted times for devotees to
perform circumambulations (or
pradakshina) around the temple.[97]
Visitors and worshipers to large Hindu temples may be
required to deposit their shoes and other footwear before
entering. Where this is expected, the temples provide an
area and help sta to store footwear. Dress codes vary.
It is customary in temples in Kerala, for men to remove
shirts and to cover pants and shorts with a traditional cloth
known as a Vasthiram.[98] In Java and Bali (Indonesia),
before one enters the most sacred parts of a Hindu temple, shirts are required as
well as Sarong around ones
waist.[99] At many other locations, this formality is unnecessary.
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South Indian temples have a large gopuram, a monumental tower, usually ornate, at
the entrance of the temple. This forms a prominent feature of Koils, Hindu
temples of the Dravidian style.[100] They are topped by
the kalasam, a bulbous stone nial. They function as
gateways through the walls that surround the temple
complex.[101] The gopurams origins can be traced back
to early structures of the Tamil kings Pallavas; and by
the twelfth century, under the Pandya rulers, these gateways became a dominant
feature of a temples outer appearance, eventually overshadowing the inner
sanctuary
which became obscured from view by the gopurams
colossal size.[102] It also dominated the inner sanctum in
amount of ornamentation. Often a shrine has more than
one gopuram.[103] They also appear in architecture outside India, especially Khmer
architecture, as at Angkor
Wat. A koil may have multiple gopurams, typically
constructed into multiple walls in tiers around the main
shrine. The temples walls are typically square with the
outer most wall having gopuras. The sanctum sanctorium
and its towering roof (the central deitys shrine) are also
called the vimanam.[104] The inner sanctum has restricted
access with only priests allowed beyond a certain point.
8.1
The north India Nagara style of temple designs often deploy fractal-theme, where
smaller parts of the temple are
themselves images or geometric re-arrangement of the
large temple, a concept found in French and Russian architecture such as the
matryoshka principle. One difference is the scope and cardinality, where Hindu
temple structures deploy this principle in every dimension
with garbhgriya as the primary locus, and each pada as
well as zones serving as additional centers of loci. This
makes a Nagara Hindu temple architecture symbolically a
perennial expression of movement and time, of centrifugal growth fused with the
idea of unity in everything.[105]
8.3
Deula and Khakhara Deula houses the sanctum sanctorum while the Pidha Deula style
includes space for outer
dancing and oering halls.
8.4
Temples in Odisha
Temples in Vietnam
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Angkor Wat is just one of numerous Hindu temples in
Cambodia, most of them in ruins. Hundreds of Hindu
temples are scattered from Siem Reap to Sambor Prei
Kuk in central Cambodian region.[113]
8.7
Temples in Cambodia
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Varanasi
Temple Management
Badrinath
Puri
Amarnath
) in Kannada
Deul/Doul/Dewaaloy in Assamese
Deval/Raul/Mandir(
Deula (
)/Mandira(
Kosali Oriya
) in Marathi
) in Oriya and Gudi in
11 See also
Gudi (
), Devalayam (
), Devasthanam Media related to Hindu temples at Wikimedia Commons
(
),
Kovela (
),
Kshetralayam
(
), Punyakshetram (
),
Hindu temple architecture
or Punyakshetralayam (
) in Telugu
Kovil, or k-vill () and occasionally
Aalayam () in Tamil; the Tamil word
Kovil means residence of the king and is used
to refer to a distinct style of Hindu temple with
Dravidian architecture
Wat
),[121]
Mondir () in Bengali
In Southeast Asia temples known as:
Dharma
Moksa
Kama
Artha
Tirtha, Jyotirlinga, Char Dham
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