Category Architectural elements

All architectural elements of the temples

avarana-devatas

Also called parivara-devatas, or subsidiary deities in shrines called parivaralaya’s or parivara.

avudaiyar

Pedestal in the center of the garbhagriha on which the deity is placed and which is serves to receive the liquid matter with which the god is bathed and to throw it out of the sanctum through a channel called… Continue Reading →

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