{"id":19612,"date":"2024-01-20T03:38:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T22:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19612"},"modified":"2025-04-05T18:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:15:05","slug":"nagara-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nagara-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagara style"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>About the Nagara style<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nagara architecture is a\u00a0classical architecture of temple design in\u00a0northern India, contrasted with Dravida architecture in southern India.<\/li>\n<li>Nagara temples have a\u00a0shikhara (mountain peak) over the\u00a0garbha griha (sanctum sanctorum), a\u00a0circumambulatory passage around it, and one or more\u00a0mandapas (halls).<\/li>\n<li>Shikhara is a symbolic representation of the\u00a0cosmic order and the\u00a0divine presence.<\/li>\n<li>There are\u00a0five modes of shikhara design:\u00a0Valabhi,\u00a0Phamsana,\u00a0Latina,\u00a0Shekhari, and\u00a0Bhumija.\n<ul>\n<li>Valabhi and Phamsana are\u00a0Early Nagara modes, derived from barrel-roofed wooden structures.<\/li>\n<li>Latina is a single, slightly curved tower with four equal sides, ominant for three centuries.<\/li>\n<li>Shekhari and Bhumija are\u00a0composite Latinas with attached sub-spires or miniature spires, creating a complex and ornate appearance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>These modes are\u00a0scholastic classifications, not rigid categories. There is much variation and innovation within and across these modes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is shikhara?<\/h3>\n<p>In North Indian temple architecture, the superstructure, tower, or spire above the sanctuary and also above the pillared mandapas (porches or halls); it is the most dominant and characteristic feature of the Hindu temple in the north.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-culture\/nagara-style-ayodhya-ram-temple-9118010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>What is the Nagara style, in which Ayodhya\u2019s Ram temple is being built<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagara style is a classical architecture of temple design in northern India, contrasted with Dravida architecture in southern India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}