🛕 Temple Arts of Bharata
Sacred architecture, sculpture, and iconography across 3,000 years — the three great schools (Nagara, Dravida, Vesara), the shastra that governs them (Silpa, Vastu, Agama), and the bronzes, murtis, and temple parts that embody cosmic order.
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Nagara
North Indian temple style
Features: Shikhara (curvilinear tower), Amalaka, Kalasha, Panchayatana layout
Khajuraho · Konark · Bhubaneswar · Modhera
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Dravida
South Indian temple style
Features: Vimana (stepped pyramid), Gopuram (gateway towers), Mandapa, tank
Brihadisvara · Meenakshi · Rameshwaram · Airavatesvara
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Vesara
Deccan / hybrid style
Features: Stellate (star-shaped) plan, Chalukyan-Hoysala fusion, soapstone carving
Chennakeshava Belur · Hoysaleshwara Halebidu · Pattadakal
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Architecture Styles
Nagara / Dravida / Vesara compared
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Temple Parts
Interactive anatomy of a temple
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Famous Temples
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Iconography
Deity identification guide
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Murti Shastra
Tala proportions, asanas, prana pratishtha
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Vastu Shastra
Vastu Purusha Mandala & directional deities
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Chola Bronzes
Lost-wax casting, Nataraja analysis
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Scriptural Sources
Silpashastra · Agama · Vastu texts
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