What are the important parts of a temple?
What are the important parts of a temple?
Three key forms of temple architecture
- Garbhagriha or the sanctum where the main idol of the deity is housed.
- Mandapa or the portico which leads to the garbhagriha, where the worshipers assemble.
- Shikhara that is the spire above the sanctum.
- Vaahan which is the mount or vehicle of the main deity of the temple.
What are the parts of the ancient temple?
The body of the temple is the columns and the walls of the cella behind them. The crowning of the temple consists of the entablature and the pediments. The entablature consists of three distinct heightwise parts: the epistyle or architrave, the frieze (diazoma) and the cornice.
What is the center of a temple called?
A cella (from Latin for small chamber) or naos (from the Greek ?a??, temple) is the inner chamber of an ancient Greek or Roman temple in classical antiquity.