Type Subtype Feature
Evolution of First Stage 1. Flat roof shallow pillared square
temple in N temple
India (above 2. Grounded platform with a shallow
Narmada) pillar
Second 1. On an upraised platform
Stage 2. Second floor at some places.
3. Addition of an ambulatory
(Paradakshina)
Third Stage 1. Upraised platform, in-depth pillar
and square chamber approach
continued
2. Introduction of the curvilinear
tower known as Shikara
Fourth 1. Rectangular temple
stage 2. Apsidal back and
3. Barrel-vaulted roof above
Fifth stage 1. Circular temples with shallow
rectangular projection at the four
cardinal faces
Nagara Style 1. Do not have boundary walls or
gate.
2. Presence of curvilinear
tower Shikhara
3. Crucified ground plan.
4. Square temple with a number of
graduated projections –rathakas
5. Amalak - top of shikhara on which
finial is placed
6. Jagati
7. Mandap
8. Ambulatory Passageway
9. Some have Panchayatan style (1+
4)
10. Generally, water tank is absent
Orissa 1. Ground plan: Square
Temple 2. Boundary wall: Present
3. Wall decoration: Exterior -
Lavishly; Interior - Plain
4. Presence of duel (Shikhara)
5. Prayer hall: Jagamohan
(Mandapa)
6. Rekhapida (Rekha Deula)
7. Pidhadeul
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Temples Built by Picture
1. Temple No. 17 at Sanchi - 1st temple of India
1.
1. Parvati Temple in Nachna Kuthara, Madhya Pradesh
1.
2.
1. Bhitargaon Temple (Kanpur, UP) 1. 5th c. CE in name of CG II of
2. Dashavatar Temple (Deogarh, Jhansi) Gupta Dynasty
2. During the Gupta period,
around the 5th century CE. 1.
(Lord Vishnu)
2.
3.
1. Kapoteswara temple at Chejerla, Guntur, AP (Krishna 1. 5th century CE, it was built
district). by Ananda kings of coastal
Andhra (Lord Shiva)
1.
1. Maniyar Math shrine at Rajgir, Bihar 1. Built in 494 BC by Queen
Chalanna, the mother of
King Ajatshatru of Magadh.
The structure is a Gupta-
era marvel built with 1.
cylinder bricks.
1. Kashi Vishwanath temple of Varanasi (1+4) 1. Some say the first temple
was built by King
Vikramaditya 2,500 years
ago and renovated in the 1.
12th century. Others say
the original temple was
2.
built by King Harishchandra
in ancient times. Some say
the earliest temple was
built by the Pandavas, the
heroes of the Hindu epic
"Mahabharata".
2. Current structure is 2.
believed to have been built
in the 18th century by
Ahalya Bai of the Holkar
dynasty.
1. Jagannathpuri temple -White Pagoda 1. Anantvarman Chodaganga
2. Lingaraja temple of Bhubaneswar of Ganga Dynasty in 10th c.
3. Sun temple of Konark -no rituals performed there CE
(Black Pagoda) 2. Jajati Kesari in 11th c. CE - 1.
Somavanshi Dynasty
3. Narsimhadeva I (Eastern
Ganga Dynasty) in 13 c. CE