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Open mandapa with pillars and courtyard. A mandapa or mantapa (Sanskrit: मण्डप, romanized: maṇḍapa) [1] is a pillared hall or pavilion for public rituals in Indian architecture, especially featured in Hindu temple architecture and Jain temple architecture. [2] Mandapas are described as "open" or "closed" depending on whether they ...
Ardhamandapa of the Khajuraho Kandariya Mahadeva Temple Plan of Kandariya Mahadeva temple. In Hindu temple architecture, Ardhamandapa (lit. half-open hall), also spelled artha mandapam or ardh mandapam, is an important element of the entrance group. It is an entrance porch forming a transitional area between the outside and a mandapa of the ...
Architectural features (plan and elevation): on plan, the mandapa is rectangular measuring 6.70 metres in length x 5.28 metres in breadth with a height of 0.80 metres from the ground level to the base of the pillars. On elevation, the mandapa has a flat roof that measures 3.40 metres in height from bottom to the top. There are sixteen pillars ...
The plan for Natya-mandapa with space for the dancers, space for the musicians that co-perform with the dancers, space where the dance-drama artists can change their dress for different acts (Nepathya-dhama) and for the prekshaka (audience) are discussed in chapter 39 of Kumara's Silpa Ratna.
The mandapa walls have a jali window (perforated stone window to let light in). The base of the temple sits on a northern style kapotabandha, not a Dravida style jagati. Above this level, the temple is Dravida architecture set with a square floor plan. [5] The sanctum and the mandapa walls are overhung by continuous kapota eaves on a frieze of ...
The special feature of this temple is that it starts with a rectangular structure and ends with a square structure. Based on a wooden construction design, the square and rectangular plan has a steep roof, which is an adaptation of wooden styles in stone. [2] The maha mandapa is open to exterior
Mahishasuramardhini Mandapa (Cave Temple; also known as Yampuri) [1] is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century, of the Pallava dynasty.It is a rock-cut cave temple located on a hill, near a lighthouse, along with other caves in Mamallapuram.
Panchapandava Cave Temple (also known as Pancha Pandava Temples and Mandapa of the Five Pandavas) is a monument at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Kancheepuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The mandapa (rock sanctuary) is part of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram. [1]