Temple Architecture Himachal Pradesh

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• Distinct?: geographical, climatic, ethnic, racial, historical and linguistic diversities

Shikhar Syle

• Features
  • Shikhar: mountain{north, jain} like spire curving shape vs Vimana@south pyramidal
  • Amalaka: the circular sun-disc @top
• Temples
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  • Lord Vaidyanath’s temple at Baijnath (Kangra)
    
  • The Laxmi Narayan Group of temples at Chamba
  • Bajaura stone temple, J.P. Vogel specimen of shikhar style
  • Thakurwada at Masrur (Kangra), earliest rockcut HP, Gupta period

Pent-roofed temples

• Features
  • Indigenously styled, circular or rectangular structures, slanting roofs made of rows and rows of slates(climatic conditions, heavy rainfall and snowfall)
  • The roof extends over the covered ‘veranda’ for Pradakshina round the shrine
  • Wooden beams and stones in between: beautifully, protecting, climate regulation
• Temples
  • Trick: LeS MB - Money(Pent's pocket) required when Less MB(Data) is left
  • Lakshana Devi - Bharmour, Chamb
    
  • Shakti Devi Temple - Chatrari, Chamb
  • Mrikula Devi or Kali Devi Temple - Lahaul Spit
    
  • Bijli Mahadev - Kull

Pyramid Temples

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• Hateshwari temple - Hatkoti, Jubbal, Shiml
  
• Mahasu Temple - Deora, Jubbal, Shiml
• Shiva Temple - Hatkoti, Shiml and Deora, Jubbal, Shiml

Pagoda temples

• Features
  • Tiered tower with multiple leaves, origin @Stupa (south, east asia, china, korea, japan, lanka) inherited via Nepal
  • rectangular stone and wood structure with successive roofs, placed one over another making them in some case look like multi-storey edificies.
• Temples
  • Tricks: MAM PiC le lo SHTTup - as she was eating Pakoda at that time
  • Manu temple at Shanshar - Shanshar, Kull
    
  • Adi Brahma temple at Khokhan - Khokhan, Kull
  • Maheshwar temple at Sungra - Sungra, Kinnau
  • Prashar temple - Mand
    
  • Chagoann temple - Kinnau
  • Sukhdev Rishi temple - Mand
  • Hadimba temple in Manali - Manali, Kull
    
  • Tripura Sundari temple at Khokhan, Naggar, Kull
  • Triyug Naryan temple at Dayar, Kull

Satluj Valley type temple

• Fusion of Pent-roofed temple and Pagoda temple
• Examples
  • Trick - Mix DhaBa - Mix of Pent-roofed temple and Pagoda temple
  • Dha - Dhaneshwari Devi - Nethar, Outer Seraj Mand
  • Ba - Bahna Mahadev - Nethar, Outer Seraj Mand
  • Bhimakali Temple - Sarahan, Rampur, Shiml
  • Dansa Devta Temple - Rampur, Shiml
  • Prashar Temple - Mand

Dome Temple

• Features
  • hollow upper half of a sphere, pre-history lineage, mud, stone, wood, brick, concrete, metal, plastic, mughal-sikh popularized, 18th-19th C
• Temples
  • Trick: JCB se KaTaNa - by JCB ke aage piche ke Domes
  • Jwalamukhi - Kangr
    
  • Chintpurni - Un
    
  • Bajreshwari - Kangr
    
  • Kameshwar temple - Mand
  • Tarna Deve temple - Mand
  • Naina Devi - Bilaspu
    

Flat Roofed Temple

• Feature
  • Arid climate, roof as living space, mud and lime plaster, remarkable paintings @pahari style Ramayana & Mahabharta
• Temples
  • Trick: BuRN - Buring Fat
  • Brajraj Swami Temple - Nurpur, Kangr
  • Ramgopal temple at Damtal (Kangra)
    
  • Narbadeshwar at SujanpurTira (Hamirpur)