Hindu temple
type: Thing
label: Mandir @cs
label: Hinduisma templo @eo
label: Мандир @uk
label: Индуистский храм @ru
label: Hindoeïstische tempel @nl
label: Hindutempel @de
label: معبد هندوسي @ar
label: 만디르 @ko
subject: Category:Temples
subject: Category:Hindu temples
footer: Row-wise from top-left: Angkor Wat, Cambodia ; Po Klong Garai Temple, Vietnam; Jagannath Temple, Odisha; Besakih Temple, Bali; Akshardham, New Jersey; Ranganathaswamy Temple, Tamil Nadu; Pashupatinath Temple, Nepal; Dakshineswar Kali Temple, West Bengal; Somnath Temple, Gujarat
footer: Images and murtis inside Hindu temples vary widely in their expression. Raudra or ugra images express destruction, fear and violence, such as the Kali image at left. Shanta or saumya images express joy, knowledge and harmony, such as the Saraswati image at right.
footer: An illustration of Hindu temple Spires built using concentric circles and the rotating-squares principle. The left one is from Vijayanagar in Karnataka, and the right one is from Pushkar in Rajasthan.
footer: The 6th-century Brihat samhita is a Sanskrit encyclopedia. Its chapters 57–60 discuss different styles and design of Hindu temples. Above: the text and commentary in Nepalaksara, Devanagari and Tamil Grantha scripts.
footer: A Hindu temple has a Shikhara that rises symmetrically above the central core of the temple. These spires come in many designs and shapes, but they all have mathematical precision and geometric symbolism. One of the common principles found in Hindu temple spires is circles and turning-squares theme , and a concentric layering design that flows from one to the other as it rises towards the sky.
image: Salah Satu Upacara Besar Di Pura Agung Besakih.jpg
image: Shiv Temple - Assam.jpg
image: 1
image: 6
image: Hindu Temple, Pushkar .jpg
image: 64
image: BAPS Robbinsville Mandir - carving 4.jpg
image: Circle and squares in Hindu temple Spires Vastu Purusa Mandala.svg
image: Ranganathaswamy temple tiruchirappalli.jpg
image: Po Klong Garai.jpg
image: Dakhineshwar Temple beside the Hoogly, West Bengal.JPG
image: Saraswati.jpg
image: Somanath Temple.jpg
image: Hindu temple Spire design principle concentric circles squares Vastu Purusa Mandala without label.svg
image: Shri Jagannatha Temple.jpg
image: Plan-temple-konarak.png
image: Kali by Raja Ravi Varma.jpg
image: Shiva temple with trident standard Audumbara State Punjab 1st century BCE.jpg
image: 20171126
image: Keshav Narayan chowk, Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur, Nepal.jpg
image: Pashupatinath Temple Nepal IMG 7933 2018 15.jpg
image: Kedarnath Temple.jpg
caption align: center
total width: 400
total width: 300
total width: 335
perrow: 2
perrow: 3
width: 216
width: 200
width: 174
width: 150
width: 400
width: 120
width: 103
direction: horizontal
float: right
description: हिंदू किंवा जैन धर्मीयांचे प्रार्थनास्थळ @mr
description: rumah ibadah dalam agama hindu @in
description: lieu de prière de l'hindouisme @fr
description: hinduistická svatyně @cs
description: house of worship in Hinduism
description: இந்துக்கள் வணங்குவதற்கான இடம் @ta
description: lloc de culte hinduista @ca
description: హిందూదర్మం ప్రకారం ప్రార్థనా మందిరం @te
description: hiša čaščenja v hinduizmu @sl
description: Ναός λατρείας του Ινδουισμού @el
description: Sakralbau der Anhänger des Hinduismus @de
description: হিন্দুধর্মের উপাসনাগৃহ @bn
description: nơi thờ phượng trong đạo Hindu @vi
description: tempio induista dedicato a un deva @it
description: świątynia hinduistyczna @pl
description: preĝejo de hinduoj @eo
description: hinduistička bogomolja @hbs
description: место поклонения для последователей индуизма, понимаемое в качестве «дома Бога» @ru
description: lugar de culto en el hinduismo @es
description: ศาสนสถานของศาสนาฮินดู @th
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