Dravidian architecture
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title:
Dravidian architecture
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Dravidian architecture, or the Southern Indian temple style, is an architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture that emerged from Southern India, reaching its final form by the sixteenth century. In contrast with North Indian temple styles, Dravidian architecture uses shorter and more pyramidal towers, called vimana, over the garbhagriha or sanctuary, where the north has taller towers, usually curving inwards as they rise, called shikharas. Larger modern Dravidian style temples, however, inc
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Architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravidian_architecture
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2006-10-11T02:05:37Z
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2024-09-03T05:36:57Z
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