Dravidian architecture
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Dravidian architecture, or the Southern Indian temple style, is an architectural style in Hindu temple architecture that emerged from Southern India, reaching its final form by the sixteenth century.
Gopurams around a large temple dwarf the older central structures. The Annamalaiyar Temple in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
Vijayanagara style architecture characterized by Yali pillars at Sri Kalyana Ramaswamy temple in Thenkaraikottai, Ramaiyampati.
The west tower of the Meenakshi temple
Stone vel on a brick platform at the entrance to the Murugan Temple, Saluvankuppam, Tamil Nadu, 300 BCE-300 CE
Pattadakal
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Pattadakal, also called Raktapura, is a complex of 7th and 8th century CE Hindu and Jain temples in northern Karnataka, India. Located on the west bank of the Malaprabha River in Bagalkot district, th
Temples of Pattadakal
View of the main group at Pattadakal.
Ardhanarishvara (left half Shiva, right half Parvati) at the Kadasiddheswara temple.
The Nataraja sukanasa on Jambulingeshwara temple spire.