Category Architectural elements

All architectural elements of the temples

rajatasabha

silver dance hall (of Natesa at Madurai)

ranga-mandapa

Equivalent of navaranga, corresponding th the maha-mandapa of southern vimana temples.

ratha

Chariot; monolithic vimana; temple chariot designed to transport processional images of deities during temple festival processions

rekha

curvilinear lines

rekha-prasada

Typical northern-style sanctuary form with curvilinear superstructure, or anda emphasized by the bhadra projections on the sides, and by rekha’s (curvilinear lines) crowned by a neck and amalaka with kalasa on top.

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