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(adhisthana) for the super structure. Mahadev temple at Tambdi Surla is the best case for antarala with sukhanasi. Here the level roof slabs are organized in light sort (Kadlikakarna) and two rotative squares (trabeats) put consistently in subsiding way to lessen space for ceiling and secured at the best with wonderfully cut lotus stone (Padmasila). This sort of ceiling, find in the sanctum of a similar temple and sanctum and porch of the Mahadev temple at Curdi. Despite the fact that the Khandepar caves are solid up to the stature of kapotha, trabeat framework was appeared in the alleviation of the ceilings of sanctum and porch; however, they are not structural temples (Rajan K. V., 1981, p. 336).
7. Door
Door is another critical factor in temple Architecture. The doors of the temple should dependably be two framed and the two are depicted as mother and daughter. BrihatSamahita endorses that the door must be situated amidst the front divider and that it must be an indistinguishable way from the symbol. As indicated by Agnipurana, the door should dependably be set in one of the four directions and never in the corners (Tulasi, 2011).
Dwiira-Sakha (doorjamb) is single framed in early temples without much ornamentation. Ornamentation created in the later period in the door panels, and it got comfortable as Sakhas in temple Architecture, for example, LataSakha, PatraSakha, PushpaSakha, and so on.
3.4.1 Structural components of Hindu Architecture
In the temples of northern India, the sanctuary or garbhagriha is designed on a raised base, or a plinth (pitha) on which is the plinth (vedibandha). The entire temple complex, including the mandapas and distinctive consecrated sites, is usually erected on a portico (jagati) that sometimes has essential dimensions. The sanctuary has a level roof on the inside and the superstructure is generally empty from the inside to reduce weight.
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