Vesara style temple

Coming to the third style of temple architecture, the Vesara temples are a combination of both the Nagara and the Dravidian styles. The most salient feature is that the Gopuram is carved out in the Northern style and the Mantap the temple in the Dravidian style. The Vesara style also called the Chalukyan style of temple architecture as it was the Chalukyan dynasty which made this style popular and distinctive. Later, the Rashtrkutas and the Hoysala dynasties also developed this style by giving more additions. The Sikhar is a combined feature of both the Dravidian and Vesara style. Unlike the elongated Nagara style of Sikhar , the Vesara structure, is shorter. But mixing the Dravidian style, it is geometrical and with the same detailed carvings of different sculptures as in the Dravidian Vimana. Apart from the main Sikhar, there are many small structures besides it, as if multiple Sikhars arranged in a descending order, along with the main one. The main Sikhar has a singular round shaped kalash on the top. As in the Dravidian style, there are Mantaps in the Vesara style, but instead of being flat, there have domes or square ceilings on them, again filled with lots of sculptures. When it comes to the fine carvings, the sculptures are highly stylised and a lot of importance is given to fine carving with even the minute details ( like finger nails) shaped in the sculpture. The Vesara style of temples can be divided into five kinds 1) Small temples with only a mantap of the mai...

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• Vesara style emerged during Chalunkyan Rulers. • It is a hybrid temple architecture with features of both Nagara and Dravidian styleof temple architecture. • Mainly found in Deccan and Central India regions. • Though the trend of Vesara Style of temples started by Chalukyan Rulers, it flourished during Rashtrakutas Period. • The main important feature of the Vesara Style is that they have Northern Indian Style ( Nagara Style) of Shikhara, and the Mandapwas designed in Southern Indian Style ( Dravidian Style). • In the Vesara Style of temples Shikhara(top of the temple) and Mandap(main shrine) are joint by the Antarala. So, the temples do not have ambulatory passageways around Sanctum Sanctorum. • Examples- Ladkhan Temple at Aihole, Temples at Badami.

Teli ka Mandir, Gwalior, 1894 ©️ Sarmaya Arts Foundation Key to the way worship unfolds in Hinduism is a physical manifestation of holiness, whether it’s a mound, a raised platform or an enclosed structure. In India, this tradition started with “(A temple) represents the cosmological symbolism in an aesthetic garb.” The temples of India represent not only the deities they house but also the spirit of the mortal beings who gave them shape. The temple as a body Sculpture on a wall of Samprati Raja’s Temple, Girnar Hill, Junagadh ©️ Sarmaya Arts Foundation Art historian Stella Kramrisch writes, “The statue is the manifestation of the deity through a concrete work of art, and the building is its body and house.” The Hindu temple represents a human body, a Vastu Purusha. Every part of the structure is named after a part of our anatomy. Many ancient architectural texts prescribe construction and iconographies of these sacred sanctuaries in distinct vocabularies unique to each region. Where the Aparajitapriccha reports on styles followed in the Deccan region and western India, the Shilparatha outlines architectural principles for temples in the eastern part of the country. This explains why each part of the Indian subcontinent has its own distinctive temple design. Building traditions Hullabeed, The Great Temple – Sculptures from the West Front ©️ Sarmaya Arts Foundation The most Rather than broad categories, it helps to study temples through the dynasties who built them. This he...

In the early part of the Vedic era there is no clear mention of temples. All worship and rituals were carried out before the holy fire, called the ‘yajnas’. However, in the later period of the Vedas, along with the ceremonial fire, idol worship also began to be practiced. These idols were housed in very elementary dwellings. • Sandhara type (without Pradikshinapatha) • Nirandhara type (with Pradakshinapatha) and • Sarvatobhadra (which can be accessed from all sides) Some of the important temple sites of this period are Deogarh in Uttar Pradesh, Eran, Nachna-Kuthara and Udaygiri near Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh. These temples are simple structures consisting of a veranda, a hall and a shrine at the rear. Related Posts Tags

Vesara style temple architecture in the Deccan and central parts. Hybrid of two. In plan, it resembles Dravida style whereas in the shape of its details it resembles Nagara style. Many historians agree that the Vesara style originated in what is today Karnataka. These temples were built by the Hoysala dynasty in Mysore. And by later Chalukyas. Temples at Belur, Halebid, and Somnathpura are supreme examples of this style. Chennakesava Temple: Somnathpura Important charecteristics of Vesara style temple • The boundary wall of the complex: It was a little later development, in the SouthIndian style, having small Cellas in the wall as enclosure and facing the main shrine in a rectangular courtyard. • Ardhamandapa: A porch directing to the central hall. • Mandapa: The main pillared main hall came from the porch. The hall was big enough to hold a large gathering of the followers. • Mahamandapa: The projection on either side of the main hall. • Vestibule: Antarala or an intermediate space connecting the cella (Garbhagriha) and the main hall (mandapa). • Vimana: The cloister(the inner holy place). • Garbhagriha: “cella” of the “womb house” including the idol with an opening on the eastern side. • Pradakshinapath: Circumambulatory path around the cella for the devotees to move around the deity but at the same time maintain distance from the deity. • Shikhara: The tower or the superstructure above the cloister in Nagara style. Sometimes the top story is also called shikhara in Dravi...