The temples and mutts in Udupi region in Karnataka State (India) work as institutions with social concern. They are the centers of Vedic and Secular learning apart from being the institutions for the relief of the poor. They encourage education, art and culture. They serve as the agents of...
14. Elevation and floorplan, Great Stupa, Sanchi, India. Highlights added. In its most basic sense, the stupa form is derived from the key elements of a sacred burial site. The following three elements have been borrowed from life and serve as the fundamental ele- ments of all stupas ...
Therefore we think that it represents a temple, a view that is upheld by Devendra Handa.16 We shall shortly revert to the evidence of the Kuninda coins.Dr. Deepak Rawat
Temples are found throughout India Particulary in Tamil Nadu and they have retained their significance, importance and popularity through the ages. South Indian temples are representing in its expressions and expressing a new phase spiritual advancement and mental evolutionSouth India temples especially ...
These are frequently observed in the Old City of Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh, India). Their number and distribution, morphological variations, forming process, and other properties were investigated through a field survey and interviews with their residents. Merged temples of various shapes and degrees ...
Sacred trees ( Sthalavrikshas) representing one form of nature worship are common in the temples of Tamil Nadu and other parts of India. Sacred trees ( Sthalavrikshas) are important not only for their botanical, economical, medicinal, environmental, religious and mythical values but also forms ...
Jajpur but also in entire India. People of Hindu worship tree as symbol of deities who are believed to reside on them. They worship trees for blessing and betterment of life. During worshiping traditional rituals are performed by offering appropriate plant parts of plant parts to their deities ...
This study examines the potential of religious facilities to enhance urban tourism by evaluating urban traditional temples as cultural tourism resources and identifying key tourism indicators. An evaluation framework was developed, encompassing five attr
applied sciences Article Courtyard Sound Field Characteristics by Bell Sounds in Han Chinese Buddhist Temples Dongxu Zhang 1,*, Chunxiao Kong 1, Mei Zhang 2 and Qi Meng 3,* 1 JangHo Architecture College, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; 15204009851@163.com 2 School of East Asia...
The Gramsamsthas, or the village communities founded most of the Hindu temples in the State of Goa, India, in the ancient times. These institutions also provided for the maintenance of the temples by dedicating best of the paddy fields and orchards to the Patron God or Goddess of the ...