Difference between nagara style and dravida style temples for ias
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Nagara (North India)
Style of temple architecture that became popular in northern Indiaa square temple with a number of graduated projections (rathakas)A tower (sikhara) gradually curving inwards and capped by a spheroid slab with ribs round the edge (Amalaka) give the elevationProminent features → Shikaras (Spiral roofs), Garbhagriha (sanctum) & Mandap (pillared hall)Thus the two major characteristics of this style are the cruciform ground plan and the curvilinear tower.
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Nagara (North India)
Style of temple architecture that became popular in northern Indiaa square temple with a number of graduated projections (rathakas)A tower (sikhara) gradually curving inwards and capped by a spheroid slab with ribs round the edge (Amalaka) give the elevationProminent features → Shikaras (Spiral roofs), Garbhagriha (sanctum) & Mandap (pillared hall)Thus the two major characteristics of this style are the cruciform ground plan and the curvilinear tower.
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