A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Somanathapura
This page describes Somanathapura which is located on page 299 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Vastu-shastra (5): Temple Architecture [by D. N. Shukla]
The Keshava (triple) at Somanathapura 1268. Most typical and complete is the Keshava temple of Somanathapur. It is a triple shrine called trikutacala. The Samarangana-sutradhara as we have seen describes in one of its chapters the ‘Sadtrimshati-Nagara Prasadas, and it appears these temples illustrate this Vastushastra variety of Nagara or North Indian style of temple-architecture. It illustrates the Chalukyan style in its late maturity....
Read full contents: Temples in Mysore State
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) [by Bhagyashree Sarma]
(* 22) Source: Google, Picture Credit: Raggi Mudde, Date of picture taken: 20. 07. 2011, Venue: Keshava Temple, Somanathapura, Mysore. (* 23) Picture is taken by myself....
Read full contents: 4. The Vishnudharmottara-purana and Temple Architecture of India
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