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Table 3.1:- Time line of Hindu temple Architecture
SI.No.
Name of Temple
Place
Period (Circa)
Description
Image
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Sun Temple Source: (Konark, 2017)
Konark, Odisha
1250 AD
Built in stone in the form of an elegant giant car dedicated to the Sun God, the Konark temple presents this large-scale iconography. It has 24 elaborately carved stone wheels that have a diameter of nearly 12 feet (3.6 m) and are towed by a series of seven horses.
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Chennakeshava Temple Source: (Chennakesava- temple, 2017)
Belur, Karnataka
1346 AD
The temple had a tower (Bhumija style), which was repeated damaged and destroyed, rebuilt and restored. This tower shape is rather rare in pure dravidian Architecture.
Madurai, Tamil
20
Meenakshi Temple Source: (History of temple, 2017)
16th century AD
The temple has total of 14 raised entrances. Each of them is a multi-story structure and shows thousands of mythological stories and several other sculptures. The temple also has numerous rooms with pillars called "Mandapam".
Nadu
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