Question

Distinguish between the Nagara and Dravida styles of temple architecture​

Answer 1

Answer:

Nagara temples have two distinct features : In plan, the temple is a square with a number of graduated projections in the middle of each side giving a cruciform shape with a number of re-entrant angles on each side.Whereas, Dravidian architecture was an architectural idiom that emerged in the Southern part of the Indian subcontinent or South India. It consists primarily of temples with pyramid shaped towers and are constructed of sandstone, soapstone or granite..................................