Priest performing a prayer at the Shikhara of the Sithambaram Alayam

Shikhara, Building extensions, Sithambaram Alayam, Temple, RELIGION, CULTURE, place of worship, Officials, PRAYER, Mariamman Prayers, Temple Society, porridge prayers
Collection: 
Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre
Creator: 
Thomas M S
Resource Type: 
Photographs
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
South Africa
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Picture
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UKZN - Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre

Hindu temple architecture as the main form of Hindu architecture has many varieties of style, ... On the exterior, the garbhagriha is crowned by a tower-like shikhara, also ... They also performed consecration rituals of the superstructure and in the ... a part of the circumambulation space, or to wait during prayers or Sanskara ...

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Posted by: Thiru
On: Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 09:40