Famous Temples in India

Architecture

These construction was made by Hindu- wadar caste peoples from karnataka. Its architecture resembles South Indian temple construction. The temple has been beautifully constructed from black stone brought from Jyotibha hills. The two acres of temple complex houses a platform, a hall and a 'Nagarkhana'. The entrance door has been carved from different colored natural wood. It consists of an image−chamber and a hall (Mandapa) of plain but finely worked stone. The image−chamber is 9.44m x 8.83m and the hall 13.71m x 10.36m. The image−chamber has a spire 10.36m, flanked by our smaller ones 2.43 meters shorter making a grand composition. Mandapa has a flat roof of carved Stone slabs. The hall consists of a nave with three aisles made by two rows of pillars with a 3.04m space between them. At the hall's entrance are two shrines of the bull Nandi and the man−eagle Guard 6.40m high including the pinnacles (shikhara). The entrance gateway formed by a masonry arch surmounted by a tower of the form known as the Gopura and the Gopur is a large and lofty pinnacle. It is seven-storied, gradually tapering to a ridge at the top. The lowest storey measures 11.27m, the whole is 29.08 m high, and the kalas (pinnacles) and curved arms are 0.17 m higher. Gopura is carved into images of gods and goddesses.