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Figure: 3.16 - The different parts of the columns. Source: (Hardy, 2007)
The Superstructure or the Shikhara
The Latin Shikhara is curvilinear in the graph and consists of the plane of one on the roof tiles of the other level. The surface of the entire sikhara is ensured by a vine-like interwoven work, made of a modest candrasala of fantasy. Shikhara decreases in the best of cases and is hit by a regular course (skandha), above which a roundabout (griva) forms, which passes over a vast wrinkled circle called amalasaraka.
The phamsana sikhara has a rectilinear frame and is worn in stature in contrast to the Latin one. It also includes slabs and is fixed by a part in the form of a tall part, which is called ghanța.
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