#214: 5 types of Nagara Style Temple
In context to Ayodhya Temple's Nagara architecture
"Ram Mandir is Nagara Style Temple"
But did you know?
There are further 5 types of Nagara style!
• Latina
• Valabhi
• Bhumija
• Shekhari
• Phamsana
Find images of all to develop visual memory👇🏼
Valabhi & Phamsana: early Nagara style!
a) Valabhi
• A barrel roofed structure alike Buddhist Chaityas
• May or may not have the aisles
• eg: Jageshwar Mandir, Uttarakhand
b) Phamsana
• Multi Wave towers
• eg: Jagamohan (Mandapa) of Konark Sun Temple
c) Latina
• Single slightly covered Shikhar
• Shikhar with 4 sides of equal length
• eg: Shri Jagannath Mandir, Odisha & Sun temple, Madkhera (MP)
Then come Bhumija & Shekhari
The two are considered Composite Latinas 👇🏻
d) Shekhari
• Attached subspires echoing the main shape
• eg: Rajarani Mandir, Bhubaneshwar Odisha
e) Bhumija
• Miniature spires horizontally & vertically up to the top
• A grid like effect seen on face
• eg: Nilakantheshvara Mandir, MP
Which temple architecture is followed in Ayodhya's Prabhu Shri Ram Mandir?
