MONUMENT FORM

OBSERVATIONS OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSION

• PROFILE OF SHIKHAR SHALL BE CONCAVE

• HEIGHT OF COLUMNS OF MANDAP TO BE INCREASED TO 9M FROM 6.5M
• DETAILING IN THE PROFILE OF SHIKHARS
• INTERFACE OF KAMALAYALAM AND MONUMENT TO BE WORKED OUT.
POINTS OF DISCUSSION:
• MONUMENT
• SHIKHARS
• PROFILE
• DETAIL
• MONUMENT AND KAMALAYALAM INTERFACE
MONUMENT FORM
 MONUMENT COMPLEX: MAIN SHRINE OVER SANCTUM

THE OFFSET OF CASCADING

X/2 X COURSES ARE SUCH CREATED THAT
THE CONCAVE PROFILE IS ACHIEVED

EXPANDING REPITIION WI TH
PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLICATION

CASCADING YET
CONSTANT CENTRE
ELEMENT ALIGNMENT

PARIKRAMA BELOW
THE COMPLEX
MONUMENT COMPLEX: SECONDARY SHRINES OVER EXHIBITS

THE OFFSET OF CASCADING

COURSES ARE SUCH CREATED THAT
THE CONCAVE PROFILE IS ACHIEVED
MONUMENT COMPLEX: TERTIARY SHRINES OVER MANDAP

3M CONTINUOUS VERTICAL
DISTANCE MAINTAINED

THE OFFSET OF CASCADING

COURSES ARE SUCH CREATED THAT
THE CONCAVE PROFILE IS ACHIEVED

CASCADING YET
CONSTANT CENTRE
ELEMENT ALIGNMENT
MONUMENT COMPLEX:

28M
TOTAL HEIGHT = 82M

13M

20M

1.5M

9M

3M
3M
3M
1.5M
TYPOLOGY OF SHIKHARAS

2
SHIKHARA 1 SHIKHARA 2 SHIKHARA 3
 SHIKHAR ELEMENTS

VYALAMALA ELEMENT
(HOYSALA PERIOD)

BADAMI KORAVANGALA
E L E M E N T S : CENTRE PIECE : SALA WITH NASI (OPTIONS)

SALA WITH NASI

• THE SALAS HOLD THE MOST PROMINENT PLACE IN THE SHRINE.
• OF ALL THE WIDELY USED SALAS, THE HOYSALA ONES ARE MOST PREFERRED HERE DUE TO ITS
SIMPLISTIC YET BEAUTIFUL DEPICTION AND DETAILING COMPLIMENTING THE WIDTH AVAILABLE
FOR IT S PLACEMENT IN OUR SHRINE COURSES
E L E M E N T S : CENTRE PIECE : SALA WITH NASI

SALA WITH NASI

• AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF
HOYSALA TEMPLES IS PROPOSED
AT THE FRONT INTERFACE OF THE
SHIKHARS
• GRADUAL REPITITION WITH
REDUCED SIZES PRESENTS A
HARMONIC FACE
E L E M E N T S : CORNER ELEMENT : KUTA AEDICULE
KUTA AEDICULE (CORNER ELEMENT)
• THIS HOLDS A VERY IMPORTANT PLACE IN
HOYSALA TEMPLES HIGHLIGHTING CORNERS,
ENTRANCES, ETC.
• THIS ELEMENT IS USED AT THE CORNER CREATING
AN INTERESTING FEATURE ADDING TO THE
ORMNAMENTATION OF THE COURSES
E L E M E N T S : THIRD ELEMENT : PANJARA

PANJARA
• PANJARA ELEMENTS ARE USED
TO BUFFER BETWEEN SALA AND
KUTA ELEMENTS.
• PANJARA MEANING “CAGE” IS
A REPRESENTATION OF A FRAME
WITH CARVINGS INSIDE.
 NECK DETAIL

NECK: SUKANASA ELEMENT

• AN INTERESTING FEATURE THAT IS
PROPOSED AS A VISUAL
CONNECT BETWEEN MAIN
SHIKHAR AND THE SUB-SHIKHARS
• IT ALSO ADDS STABILITY TO THE
OVERALL STRUCTURE.
PLANS
PLANS : GROUND FLOOR
PLANS:
GROUND FLOOR
PLANS:
5M WIDE CORRIDOOR
LOWER CORRIDOOR

5M WIDE CORRIDOOR

5M WIDE CORRIDOOR
5M WIDE CORRIDOOR
PLANS: FIRST FLOOR
PLANS: ROOF LEVEL
COLUMNS
COLUMN DETAILS
SECONDARY SHRINES
INDIVIDUAL SHRINES

SUB-SHRINE OPT-1 SUB-SHRINE OPT-2 SUB-SHRINE OPT-3

KAMALAYALAM-MONUMENT INTERFACE
TYPICAL SECTION SHOWING RELATION BETWEEN MONUMENT
LOWER PLINTH AND WATERBODY
TYPICAL SECTION SHOWING RELATION BETWEEN MONUMENT
LOWER PLINTH AND WATERBODY
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