मन्दिरम् · Chapter Overview
From Vāstu Śāstra — The Science of Architecture, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="statement">What this chapter covers | The Hindu temple is Vāstu's masterpiece — a stone diagram of the cosmos built on the maṇḍala. This chapter names the parts of a temple: the garbhagṛha (womb-chamber sanctum), the śikhara/vimāna tower, the maṇḍapa hall, the antarāla vestibule and the gopura gateway. It shows the temple as the maṇḍala built — sanctum over the centre, tower rising on the axis from earth to heaven.</pre>