Temple Architecture of Chalukyas of Kalyani

While the buildings of the Chalukyas of the Badami are centred in and around Pattadakal, Aihole, Badami & Alampur, the buildings of the Western Chalukyas are widely dispersed, which reflect the system of the local government and decentralization in the ..

Temple Architecture of Rashtrakutas

The reign of Rashtrakutas was from 753 AD to 982 AD. The rashtrakutas were great patrons of architecture. The Rashtrakuta architecture was a splendid form of Rock cut architecture. Most of the shrines were Buddhist caves such as Ellora and ..

Temple Architecture of Chalukyas of Badami

The Badami Chalukya era (7th and 8th century) was an important period in the development of South Indian architecture. Their style of architecture is called “Chalukyan architecture” or “Karnata Dravida architecture”. Nearly a hundred monuments built by them, rock cut ..

Hindu Temple Architecture: Basic Structure of a Hindu Temple

A simple Hindu temple comprises the following the following parts essentially: Garbhagriha: It is a cave-like sanctum. In the earliest temples, it was a small cubicle with a single entrance and grew into a larger chamber in time. The garbhagriha ..

Buddhist Architecture

The three key elements of Buddhist architecture are Stupas, Viharas and Chaityas. Stupas A stupa refers to a mound-like structure that contains some  relic of Buddha or Buddhist monks. The origin of Stupas is considered to be from the Shramana ..