FCSarch 05 Hindu Temples & Buddhist Stuppa

Murti. (statue of Shiva in Bangalore)

Lingam or Linga

Linga

Linga

Linga adored

Shore Temple at Mahabalipura

The Sringeri Vidyaranya Temple

Components of a typical Hindu Temple

Brahmeswara Temple, 9th c. India (at Bhubaneswar)

Brahmeswara Temple

Brahmeswara Temple, 9th century (in Norwich)

Brahmeswara Temple

Brahmeswara Temple

24 radials of a circle

Brahmeshvara Temple

Misc. 12th century

Misc. Prambanan, Indonesia

PATADAKEL

Patadakel, map

Pattadakal. Virupaksha Temple is the biggest, c.745

Pattadakal. Temples of both "Northern style" and "Southern style"

Patadakel. Wall decoration of Galaganatha Temple, 8th century

SANCHI, map (central India)

Stupa at Sanchi (see notes)

Stupa at Sanchi

Stupa at Sanchi, another in the group

Stupa at Sanchi, gate detail wood carving techniques transferred to stone

BOROBUDUR Buddhist Stupa

Borobudur c.800CE Indonesia

Borobudur (see notes)

Borobudur -- one of the most magnificent Buddhist shrines in the world -- was built at the end of the 9th century by the Hindu kings of the Sailendra dynasty. Borobudur is located 42 kms west of Yogyakarta, on the island of Java in Indonesia. The plan for this stupa is a schematized representation

of the cosmos, a mandala (Any of various radial geometric designs symbolic of the universe, traditionally used in Hinduism and Buddhism as

an aid to meditation)

Borobudur (see notes)

Borobudur

Borobudur (see notes)

Borobudur

Borobudur

ANGKOR WAT, Cambodia

Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat