ARDHA- MANDAPA

MANDAPA

MAHA MANDAPA

ANTARALAYA

GARBHAGRIHA

PRADAKSINAPATHA

SUBSIDARY SHRINE

SUBSIDARY SHRINE

SUBSIDARY SHRINE

SUBSIDARY SHRINE

SIMPLIFIED SCHEME OF A HINDU TEMPLE

MANDAPASA “Mandapa” is a pillared outdoor hall or pavilion for public rituals.A large temple would have many mandapas.

If a temple has more than one mandapa, each one is allocated for a different function and given a name to reflect its use.

ELABORATEMANDAPA OF VITTHALA TEMPLE

The various mandapas in a Hindu temple are:1. ARTHA MANDAPAM — intermediary

space between the temple exterior and the garbagriha or the other mandapas of the temple

2. ASTHANA MANDAPAM — assembly hall

3. KALYANA MANDAPA — mandapa dedicated to divine marriage

4. MAHA MANDAPAM — (Maha=big) When there are several mandapas in the temple, it is the biggest and the tallest. It is used for conducting religious discourses. Some times, the maha-mandapa is also built along a transversal axis with a transept.

GARBHAGRIHA OF LAKSHMAN TEMPLE, KHAJURAO

GARBHRIHA OF CHITRAGUPTA TEMPLE,

KANCHIPURAM

GARBHAGRIHA• The garbhagriha is usually on the main horizontal

axis of the temple • It is a windowless and sparsely lit chamber, intentionally created thus to focus the devotee's mind on the tangible form of the divine within it. • More often garbhagriha is square and sits on

a plinth, its location calculated to be a point of total equilibrium and harmony. In its center is the

image of the deity.• Entrance to the garbhagriha may be restricted to

priests who perform the services.

BADAMI CAVE TEMPLE NUMBER 1

ANTARALAAntarala is a small

antechamber or foyer between

the garbhagriha (shrine) and the mandapa, more typical of

north Indian temples.

PRADAKSHINA-PATHA

It is a circumambulatory passage provided around the garbhagriha to enable devotees to go round the

deity

GOPURAM

It is an ornate gateway/ entrance

leading to the temple

SOUTH INDIAN SHIKHARA(VIMANAM)• KUTINA SHIKHARA - HAVING A PYRAMIDAL STORIED ARRANGEMENT, WITH EACH STORY STEPPED.

NATA- MANDIR

“DANCE CHAMBER”

BHOG-MANDAPAOFFERING HALL

A Nata mandir is the dance hall of an Hindu temple. It is one of the buildings of the temple. It refers to the time of the devadasis tradition. Dancers lived in temple premises dedicating their lives to reputed dance

NATA-MANDIR AT SUN TEMPLE, KONARK

BHOGA MANDAPA

The Bhoga Mandir is a chamber/hall within which large scale offerings are held, and are later distributed to the devotees.

JAGMOHANA:

AUDIENCE HALL

NATA-MANDIR:DANCING HALL

BHOG-MADIROFFERINGS HALL

GARBHAGRIHA

MAHADEVI

TEMPLE

VAISHNAVA

TEMPLE

EXAMPLE: PLAN OF SUN TEMPLE, KONARK, ORISSA