If the visually arresting sophistication
and intricacy seen in India temple Tours are anything
to go by, the Hindu gods above are really a fussy bunch.
They want their temples to exude beauty to a magnitude
without bounds. Yet many of such have succumbed to
the brunt of the ages.
Opportunely enough for Indian Temple Tours, an exceptional
population of temples still prevails in the land.
By and large, India's temple is formed like a square
cell, oriented to the four cardinal directions.
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The chosen deity of the temple takes center stage with
an image placed on a platform. A flat roof provides overhead
projection. The doorway always faces east, where a porch,
shaded by a roof with pillars for support, adjoins it.
From India temple Tour Packages, one can draw a line between
North India temple Tours and South India temple Tours.
In fact, the Shastras, the ancient texts on architecture,
categorize temples into three different orders - the
Nagara (northern style), the Dravida (southern style),
and the Vesara (hybrid style).
North of India, the Nagara style is prevalent among
the temples. North India temple Tours should show that
a telltale beehive-shaped tower characterizes a Nagara-fashioned
temple.
Called a shikhara, this structure consists of layer
upon layer of architectural elements such as kapotas
and gavaksas, crowned by an amalaka, which is a large
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As seen in South India temple Tours, temples in South India
are fashioned in the Dravida style.
A pyramid shaped tower distinguishes this architectural
variety.
The tower is made of progressively smaller stories of small
pavilions, a narrow throat, and a shikhara dome on the apex.
Frequently, a raw material is a factor in the variation among temple architecture. When the architects of yore used hard crystalline rocks like granite, shallow relief were produced for the temples.
Royalty and other rulers also had a say in the architecture. With such agreement, every dynasty's temples had their own distinguishing configuration in terms of architecture. For that, India temple Tours differentiate between Pallava, Chola, Hoysala, Gupta, Chalukya and Chandella temples.
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