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shikhara (noun) - In architecture, 'shikhara' refers to the rising tower or spire above the sanctum sanctorum of a Hindu temple. It is typically a distinctive and elaborately carved structure, symbolizing the sacred mountain or cosmic axis
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- A spire or pyramid-shaped tower forming part of a Hindu temple.
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The shikhara is adorned with sculptural finery.
The structure is topped with a pyramidal shikhara.
Its shikhara is clustered with minor urushringas.
The shrine was often crowned by a large tower known as the shikhara.
It is constructed in the shikhara style of architecture characteristic of Jain temples in India.
The vimana then comprises both the garbha griha and shikhara.
The shikhara of the temple was built by Nana Phadnavis.
Harmasra has Jain temple made up of bricks with a shikhara.
The shikhara is a high curved shape, and so called.
The major attraction of the temple is its Shikhara style architecture.
The Durga temple stands on a high moulded adisthana and a damaged tower that had a curvilinear shikhara.
The whole shikhara surface is designed in a mesh-like manner.
The Krishna temple is built in the Shikhara style.
Typical dravidian style Shikhara ( superstructure ) over shrines at the Raghunatha temple in Hampi.
It is a tall building with a shape of sugar loaf, looking like a Shikhara.
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The structure of the temple, including its shikhara and the torana gateway is completely intact.
Above the door are a small grouping of discs representing the finial ( damalaka ) of a Shikhara.
The shikhara is two-tiered and topped by a four-sided amalaka with a kalash.
It 's called a shikhara.
Its shikhara is clustered with minor urushringas ( refer images of temple top i.e. shikhara ).
The temple has beautiful domes, cupolas, turrets and a Shikhara.
The highest shikhara of the temple above the sanctum sanctorum is about 160 feet high.
Dating back to mid 18th century, the shikhara was built by Nana Phadnavis.
The central shrine housing the lingam features a flat-roofed mandapa supported by 16 pillars, and a Dravidian shikhara.
On 26 April, the Pakistan army destroyed the shikhara of the temple using dynamite.
A shikhara ( tower ) over a shrine at the Kote Venkataramana temple.
On the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple there are 84 urushringas around the shikhara.
The Shikhara ( spire ) is a northern Nagara style ( Rekhanagara ) with a sukanasa projection on the east.
Kirtimukha decoration ( demon faces ) on Shikhara ( tower ) at Amruthapura.
Homogeneous Shikhara ( but with rathas ) of the Lingaraja Temple in Bhubaneswar.
The shikhara ( tower ) of the shrine makes it around 30 m high.
