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571: 549: 511: 623: 484: 37: 599: 583: 472: 499: 530: 302: 642: 206: 123: 570: 154:) (ornate gateway) and leading to the temple. It is used for religious dancing and music and is part of the basic temple compound. The prayer hall was generally built in front of the temple's 510: 483: 548: 529: 598: 270:(bumped-out portions along this transversal axis). At the exterior, the transept ends by a large window which brings light and freshness into the temple. 622: 373:). Unusually, Indonesian pendopos are built mostly for Muslim communities. Many mosques follow the pendopo design, with a layered roof. 817: 582: 868:"After a broad-brimmed hat, an umbrella, or a hollow tree, a 'pendoppo' is certainly the most simple representation of the idea ' 889:(Mondup), p.767, published in 2007, adapted from Khmer dictionary that was published by Buddhist institute of Cambodia in 1967. 402:
era, A Mandapa is generally attached to the central tower of a temple and lied longitudinally to one of each main direction.
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often refer it as a small shrine with high crown-shaped like tower, decorated with exquisite ornaments in various styles. In
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in the temple, it is the biggest and the tallest. It is used for conducting religious discourses. Sometimes, the
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is performed. The bride and groom encircle a holy fire lit by the officiating priest in the center of the
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very often lie between the sanctuary and the temple entrance, on the same axis. In a large temple other
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Nandi Mandapam (or Nandi mandir) – in the Shiva temples, pavilion with a statue of the sacred bull
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are described as "open" or "closed" depending on whether they have walls. In temples, one or more
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may be placed to the sides, or detached within the temple compound.
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temple connected its main shrine tower, facing to the east,
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which forms a distinct part of the site plan of classical
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Archived from 300: 204: 121: 35: 902:Photo of four-pillared Kakatiya mandapa 835: 762: 148:is a porch-like structure through the ( 919: 791: 718: 576:Mandapa of Phanom Wan temple, Thailand 117: 743: 616:, commonly found in sultans' palaces 794:Introduction to Indian Architecture 746:A Visual Dictionary of Architecture 721:Introduction to Indian Architecture 19:For temporary Pavilions erected in 13: 227:, they are given different names. 200: 166:). 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Index

Durga Puja
Ganesh Chaturthi
pandal

Sanskrit
romanized
pillared
pavilion
Indian architecture
Hindu temple architecture
Jain temple architecture

Odisha
Ghanta
Hindu temple
gopuram
sanctum sanctorum
garbhagriha
carvings
Hindu wedding

Banteay Srei
Cambodia
Artha Mandapam or Ardh Mandapam
sanctum sanctorum
Kalyana Mandapam
transept
Nandi

Thai Buddhist

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