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Kakathiya style architecture Ramappa temple in Palampeta The west tower of the Meenakshi temple. Dravidian architecture, or the Southern Indian temple style, is an architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture that emerged from Southern India, reaching its final form by the sixteenth century.
Architecture of a Hindu temple (Nagara style). These core elements are evidenced in the oldest surviving 5th–6th century CE temples. Hindu temple architecture as the main form of Hindu architecture has many different styles, though the basic nature of the Hindu temple remains the same, with the essential feature an inner sanctum, the garbha griha or womb-chamber, where the primary Murti or ...
A seven-storey vimana. Vimana is the structure over the garbhagriha or inner sanctum in the Hindu temples of South India and Odisha in East India. In typical temples of Odisha using the Kalinga style of architecture, the vimana is the tallest structure of the temple, as it is in the shikhara towers of temples in West and North India.
Indian architecture is rooted in the history, culture, and religion of India.Among several architectural styles and traditions, the best-known include the many varieties of Hindu temple architecture and Indo-Islamic architecture, especially Rajput architecture, Mughal architecture, South Indian architecture, and Indo-Saracenic architecture.
[4] [5] Study of the Hoysala architectural style has revealed a negligible North Indian influence while the impact of Southern Indian style is more distinct. [6] Temples built prior to Hoysala independence in the mid-12th century reflect significant Western Chalukya influences, while later temples retain some features salient to Western ...
Kerala architecture is a style of architecture found in the Indian state of Kerala, and in parts of the Tulu Nadu region of Karnataka. Kerala's architectural style includes a unique Hindu temple architecture that emerged in southwestern India, and varies slightly from the Dravidian architecture observed in other parts of southern India .
Virupaksha temple, Raja Gopura (main tower over entrance gate) at Hampi, Karnataka Typical dravidian style Shikhara (superstructure) over shrines at the Raghunatha temple in Hampi Typical dravidian shrine and mantapa of the Vijayanagara period at Balakrishna temple in Hampi. Vijayanagara architecture of 1336–1565 CE was a notable building ...
Dravidian style architecture is commonly seen throughout Pandyan temples and it is a southern Indian architectural style. [35] The predominant features of Dravidian architecture are the main tower, referred to as the vimana, and the entrance gateway referred to as the gopuram.