What is the main difference between the Nagara and Dravidian style of temple?

Difference between Nagara and Dravidian Style of Temple Architecture

Nagara Style of Temple Architecture	Dravidian Style of Temple Architecture
Nagara Style has multiple Shikharas	The Dravidian style has 1 single Shikhara.
In Nagara Style, there are multiple towers	In Dravidian Style, it is always a single tower.

What are the 3 types of temples?

Three main styles of temple architecture are the Nagara or the Northern style, the Dravida or the Southern style and the Vesara or Mixed style.

Which is Nagara style temple?

It is the temple construction style of North India. In this style of the temple, there is only one peak or Shikhara. The major example of the temple of Nagara Style is Sun Temple at Modhera, Sun Temple at Khajuraho, Jagannath Temple at Puri, etc.

What is the difference between a Hindu temple of northern India and a Hindu temple in southern India?

While Northern Indian temples lead from a gate of lower height to a much taller tower above the garba griha, in the southern variety, the biggest towers, the gopurums, enormous gate-pyramids, adorn the entrance, dominate the temple site, and lead to the smaller tower of the temple itself.

What is the term used for temples which are Dravidian as well as Nagara styled?

Hampi. Referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Karnataka. Famous for its Dravidian Architectural style.

What are the characteristics of Hoysala architecture examine how is it distinct from Nagara and Dravidian architecture?

However, the major difference between the Nagara & Dravidian architecture and Hoysala architecture is that the temple premise of former was laid out in the panchayatan style (principal temple and four subsidiary shrines), whereas the latter is based on stellate plan (star shape layout of the temple).

What are the two main styles of Indian temple?

The two major styles of temple architecture in the country are known as Nagara in the north and Dravidian in the south. The third style, Vesara Style, is fusion of Nagara and Dravidian style of architecture.

Who introduced Nagara style?

The Gupta Dynasty (3rd century CE to 543 CE) was the first known patron of this style which continued to be prevalent across the geography of northern India until the advent of Muslim invasions in the 13th CE. The Nagara style of temple architecture has a rich historical ground.

Who built Nagara style temples?

Chandela king
The Lakshmana temple of Khajuraho, dedicated to Vishnu, was built in 954 by the Chandela king, Dhanga. It is a nagara temple placed on a high platform accessed by stairs.

What are the main difference between the temples of the North and the South?

The first obvious difference you would see between North and South Indian temples is the sheer size. Southern temples are much larger in comparision. It is fair to say that, South Indian kings invested a lot in temples than their palaces, which is quite the opposite in the North.

Why North India is so backward?

The question pertains to backwardness. Firstly North Indian Cities are densely populated from 1000s of years so the Cities flourished right next to mans survival line = the rivers. Men for many years didn’t cross the Vindhya ranges which cuts right across India in centre & hence population in South India is less.

Who made Nagara temple?

The Lakshmana temple of Khajuraho, dedicated to Vishnu, was built in 954 by the Chandela king, Dhanga. It is a nagara temple placed on a high platform accessed by stairs.

What is the difference between Nagara and Dravidian architecture?

Nagara temples have two distinct features : In plan, the temple is a square with a number of graduated projections in the middle of each side giving a cruciform shape with a number of re-entrant angles on each side.Whereas, Dravidian architecture was an architectural idiom that emerged in the Southern part of the Indian subcontinent or South India.

What is the difference between North Indian temples and South Indian temples?

In short North Indian temples are built based on Nagara style of architecture (temples above Vindhya mountains) while South Indian temples are based on Dravidian style of architecture. (Below Vindhya mountains).There are also vesara style of temples in South India which is a combination of both Nagara style and Dravidian style.

What are the features of Nagara style of temples?

The Nagara style of temples were generally built on upraised platforms. Kandariya Mahadeva temple at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh is one of the best expression of Nagara temple architecture.

What are the features of Dravidian temple architecture?

Dravidian temple architecture usually has a Raja Gopuram (biggest tower) at the main gate and a small tower for the sanctum sanctorum (exception being Tanjore Big temple). South Indian temple gopurams are extremely intricate filled with statues.The temple is guarded by huge corridors and walls. (1000 pillared hall is found in many huge temple.