Nagara Style of Temple Architecture: An Introduction
- The Nagara style of temple architecture was popular in northern India. In northern India, it is common for the entire temple to be built on a stone platform with a staircase leading to it.
- Another unique feature is the lack of elaborate boundary walls or gates.
- Garbhagriha is always under the tallest tower.
- There are many subdivisions in the Nagara temples, depending on the form of Shikhara. Amalaka or Kalash installed in Shikhara is another distinguishing feature of this form of temple style.
- The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple in Madhya Pradesh is an example of Nagara-style temple architecture.
- Other examples of Nagara-style temples in India are the Sun Temple in Konark, the Sun Temple in Modhera, Gujarat, and the Ossian Temple in Gujarat.
Nagara Style of Temples
An Important topic that keeps asking in many government exams is the different forms of Temple architecture. In this topic, there is a subtopic called the Nagara style of temples. We have seen many questions coming from these topics and students need to focus and study thoroughly. In this article, we are going to discuss features of the Nagara style of Temples.