Hindu architecture is the traditional system of Indian architecture for structures such as temples, monasteries, statues, homes, market places, gardens... 28 KB (3,157 words) - 16:10, 6 December 2023 |
Hinduism (redirect from Hindu symbolism) of Hindu architecture are Hindu temples, with an architectural tradition that has left surviving examples in stone, brick, and rock-cut architecture dating... 300 KB (31,202 words) - 01:56, 7 May 2024 |
and indigenous Hindu architecture. Because earlier Indo-Islamic architecture already borrowed from both Hindu and Islamic architectural styles, certain... 48 KB (5,235 words) - 21:07, 18 March 2024 |
In Hindu temple architecture, tala is a tier or storey of a shikhara, vimana, or gopuram. It is an important compositional element, which is especially... 3 KB (309 words) - 18:48, 28 September 2021 |
Hindu deities are the gods and goddesses in Hinduism. Deities in Hinduism are as diverse as its traditions, and a Hindu can choose to be polytheistic... 73 KB (8,232 words) - 13:15, 4 May 2024 |
Hindu texts or Hindu scriptures are manuscripts and voluminous historical literature which are related to any of the diverse traditions within Hinduism... 36 KB (4,076 words) - 09:51, 24 April 2024 |
The Dubai Hindu Temple is a place of worship for Hindus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The temple caters to the large Hindu community in the United... 6 KB (569 words) - 14:52, 12 April 2024 |
Dravidian architecture, or the Southern Indian temple style, is an architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture that emerged from Southern India,... 40 KB (4,682 words) - 05:29, 15 April 2024 |
Vastu shastra (category Hindu temple architecture) शास्त्र, vāstu śāstra – literally "science of architecture") is a traditional Hindu system of architecture based on ancient texts that describe principles... 35 KB (4,074 words) - 04:19, 3 May 2024 |
The Bateshwar Hindu temples (romanised: baṭeśvar; /bəʈeːɕvər/) are a group of nearly 200 sandstone Hindu temples and their ruins in north Madhya Pradesh... 19 KB (2,201 words) - 02:34, 22 April 2024 |
Brihadisvara Temple (category Hindu temples in Thanjavur) 'Thanjavur Big Temple') and Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Shaivite Hindu temple built in a Chola architectural style located on the south bank of the Cauvery river... 68 KB (6,678 words) - 08:04, 7 May 2024 |
Prambanan (redirect from Prambanan Hindu) largest Hindu temple site in Indonesia and the second-largest in Southeast Asia after Angkor Wat. It is characterized by its tall and pointed architecture, typical... 57 KB (6,668 words) - 16:19, 23 February 2024 |
Hindus (Hindustani: [ˈɦɪndu] ; /ˈhɪnduːz/) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical... 127 KB (12,725 words) - 15:46, 7 May 2024 |
The Gandhar-Nagara style of architecture developed distinct formulations under the Hindu Shahis. Meister notes a typical Hindu Shahi temple to have two ground-level... 72 KB (8,282 words) - 08:27, 7 May 2024 |
Shilpa Shastras (category Hindu architecture) numerous Hindu texts that describe arts, crafts, and their design rules, principles and standards. In the context of Hindu temple architecture and sculpture... 22 KB (2,782 words) - 06:32, 5 October 2023 |
Torana (category Hindu architecture) ornamental or arched gateway for ceremonial purposes in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain architecture of the Indian subcontinent. Toranas can also be widely seen... 21 KB (1,971 words) - 22:52, 15 November 2023 |
Konark Sun Temple (category Hindu temples in Puri district) the darkness. The architecture is also symbolic, with the chariot's twelve pairs of wheels corresponding to the 12 months of the Hindu calendar, each month... 67 KB (7,019 words) - 06:44, 25 April 2024 |
Manasara (category Hindu architecture) treatise on Indian architecture and design. Organized into 70 adhyayas (chapters) and 10,000 shlokas (verses), it is one of many Hindu texts on Shilpa Shastra... 23 KB (2,274 words) - 15:22, 9 April 2024 |
Meenakshi Temple (category Hindu temples in Madurai) by the Hindu Nayak dynasty ruler Vishwanatha Nayak in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Nayaka rulers followed the Hindu texts on architecture called the... 92 KB (10,830 words) - 07:19, 2 May 2024 |