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Drawing of a pancharatha building

A Hindu temple is a pancharatha when there are five ratha (on plan) or paga (on elevation) on the tower of the temple (generally a shikhara). [1] The rathas are vertical offset projection or facets. The name comes from the sanskrit Pancha (=five) and Ratha (=chariot), but the link with the concept of chariot is not clear.

There are also temples with three rathas (triratha), seven rathas (saptaratha) and nine rathas (navaratha). [1]

Triratha, Pancharatha and Saptaratha

Examples of pancharatha temples

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Temple Architecture of Orissa". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2012-10-05.

See also

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Drawing of a pancharatha building

A Hindu temple is a pancharatha when there are five ratha (on plan) or paga (on elevation) on the tower of the temple (generally a shikhara). [1] The rathas are vertical offset projection or facets. The name comes from the sanskrit Pancha (=five) and Ratha (=chariot), but the link with the concept of chariot is not clear.

There are also temples with three rathas (triratha), seven rathas (saptaratha) and nine rathas (navaratha). [1]

Triratha, Pancharatha and Saptaratha

Examples of pancharatha temples

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Temple Architecture of Orissa". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2012-10-05.

See also


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