NAGARA STYLE DRAVIDIAN STYLE
1. GEOGRAPHY: 1. GEOGRAPHY:
 PRESENCE IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.
 LAND BETWEEN THE HIMALAYAS AND THE VINDHYAS.
2. BUILDING MATERIALS:
 STONES SUCH AS CHLORITE, SANDSTONE AND WHITE MARBLE.
 EARLIER, TEMPLES WERE MADE FROM BURNT BRICKS, MUD AND TIMBER.
3. PLAN:
 THE PLAN IS SQUARE WITH A NUMBER OF GRADUAL PROJECTIONS
IN THE MIDDLE OF EACH SIDE WHICH IMPARTS IT A CRUCIFIX FORM
WITH A NUMBER OF REENTRANT ANGLESON EACH SIDE.
4. ELEVATION:
 IN ELEVATION, A SHIKHARA, THAT IS, A TOWER THAT GRADUALLY
INCLINES INWARDS IN A CONVEX CURVE, USING A CONCENTRIC
ROTATING SQUARES AND CIRCLES PRINCIPLE.
 THE PROJECTIONS IN THE PLAN ARE ALSO CARRIED UPWARDS TO THE
TOP, THUS THERE IS A STRONG EMPHASIS ON VERTICAL LINES IN
ELEVATION.
 TERRACOTTA PANELS AND FIGURINES ON EXTERIOR WALLS.
 BUILT ON AN UPRAISED PLATFORM.
00 TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE
PRESENCE IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.
LAND BETWEEN KRISHNA AND KAVERI RIVERS.
2. BUILDING MATERIALS
STONES WERE USED, SUCH AS SANDSTONE, SOAPSTONE, AND GRANITE.
3. PLAN:
 IN THIS STYLE, A SQUARE SANCTUM IS SET WITHIN A LARGE COVERED
ENCLOSURE AND EXTERNAL WALLS DIVIDED INTO NICHES.
4. ELEVATION:
 IN ELEVATION, THE VIMANA IS SURMOUNTED BY A PYRAMIDICAL ROOF
OF ONE, OR MORE STORIES.
 THE FRONT WALL HAS A HIGH ENTRANCE GATEWAY CALLED GOPURAM.
 MANDAPA IS PILLARED, WITH FLAT ROOF.
 ENCOSURE WALLS BUILT AROUND THE WHOLE COMPLEX.
 SCULPTURES OF FIERCE DVARAPALAS WERE BUILT AT THE FRONT OF THE
TEMPLE.
AAKARSHIT JAIN
B.ARCH II- YEAR (DAY)
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE