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CHARACTERISTICS-
CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE WALL DIVIDED
INTO EIGHT PARTS-
FOUR PRINCIPAL GATES AT THE FOUR
CARDINAL POINTS.
FOUR SUBSIDIARY GATES NEAR THE
CORNERS
N-SENAPATI/KARTIKEYA-WAR GOD
S- INDRA
W-YAMA(LORD OF DEATH)
E- BRAHMA(CREATOR)
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CLASSIFICATION AS PER MANSARA
CONSIDERATIONS
•SHAPE
•METHOD OF STREET PLANNING
•LOCATION OF TEMPLE
•DANDAKA
•SARVATOBHADRA
•SWASTIKA
•NANDYAVARTA
•CHATURMUKHA
•KARMUKA
•PRASTARA
•PADMAKA
MAIN GATES A FOUR
CARDINAL POINTS
TEMPLE OF SHIVA- NORTH-EAST
FEATURES-
•Resembles a staff.
•Rectangular or square shape.
•1-8 parallel streets running –E-W
•1-5 streets perpendicular to these
streets running N-S
•Middle streets broader- Rajapath.
•Wall and moat surrounding the
village.
•Four gates at four cardinal points
RESERVIOR-
SOUTH-
WEST
TEMPLE OF VISHNU- WEST
DANDAKA
FATEHPUR SIKRI
TEMPLE OF
TEMPLE OF VISHNU
CHAMUNDA
FOUR ROADS
ALONG THE WALLS
COWSHEDS
SARVATOBHADRA
CHANDIGARH
The design of the city is based on a grid-iron plan based on the hierarchy of movement
from highways to pedestrian walkways.
•Le Corbusier conceived the master plan of Chandigarh as analogous to human body:
• Head (the Capitol Complex, Sector 1),
• Heart (the City Centre Sector-17),
• Lungs ( the leisure valley, innumerable open spaces and sector greens),
• the intellect (the cultural and educational institutions),
• The circulatory system (the network of roads, the 7Vs) and the viscera (the Industrial
Area).
• The concept of the city is based on four major functions: living, working, care of the
body and spirit and circulation.
Vijayanagar was the former capital of the vijayanagar empire. Predating the city of
Vijayanagara, it continues to be an important religious centre, housing the Virupaksha
temple, as well as several other monuments belonging to the old city.
GANDHINAGAR
OPEN SPACES
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS COMMERCIAL COMPLEXES
•The planning of navi mumbai resembles some what the ‘karmuka
planning’ as mentioned in the ancient planning.
•As per the planning principles of ‘karmuka’ a water body resides parallel to
the main road and so does navi
Mumbai face the arabian sea.
•A major road run’s parallel to
The outline of the city facing
The water body.
•The internal roads vary in hierarchy
Unlike the roads in ‘karmuka planning
Which bifurcate radially through
The central area (resembling
Bow and arrow)
•The central part forms a semicircle
Like that in the ‘karmuka
Planning'. The central part
Is the semi-commercial area.
MADURAI
•Madurai is built around the Meenakshi Amman Temple, which acted as the
geographic and ritual center of the ancient city of Madurai.
•The city is divided into a number of concentric
quadrangular streets around the temple
•It is one of the important cities in South India.
PRASTARA
JAIPUR
Lord Shiva
JAIPUR
It was built in the form of a rectangle,
divided into blocks (Chowkries) with
roads and avenues running parallel to
the side.
• The layout of the streets was based on
a mathematical grid of nine squares,
representing the ancient Hindu map of
the universe,
• Lord Shiva,occupying the central
square.
Jaipur’s road network follows a definite hierarchy. The major east-west and north-south road
,form the sector boundaries and are called rajmarg as they lead to the city gates. These
measure 33m. Wide.
Next there is a network of 16.5m wide which runs north-south in each sector linking the
internal areasof the sectors to the major activity spine.
PADMAKA