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Short Essay On Indian Architecture

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The Indian architecture has fascinated the Western travelers for centuries. The mix of Hindu and Islamic architecture was in vogue when the Christians came and then another aspect of Gothic architecture in the form of churches was also introduced after the eighteenth century. Today India stands proudly to display the great Taj Mahal, the churches of Goa and the array of ancient Hindu, Jain and Buddhist rock-cut caves and temples spread all over the country.
Interestingly, it is observed that the oldest of these are the Buddhist monuments in the form of caves or Stupas and the Jain caves and temples dating to 2nd century B.C.E. The development of Hindu temples and cave temples can be seen from 5th century A.D. onward. In this also three different stages …show more content…

Here the god represents the space-time relation. The temples built for this sculpture have not survived in large number. Some are seen in south India where even today the prayers are being carried out like the Padmanabha temple or the Ranganatha temple at Shreerangapattanam …show more content…

This is 250 ft in length, 85 ft in width and is seven stories deep. It is called as Rani ki vav or the Queen’s step-well. Archaeologists still call it a well but on closer observation it is clear that it must be a temple. There are over 200 such step-wells in Gujarat built from 2nd century A.D. onward but none of them can be compared with this. This was built in 1060 A.D.and has over 1000 sculptures as seen in other temples and the most stunning part is that in the place of the garbhagiha is the circular portion of the well so an image of Sheshashayee Narayan is placed on the curved surface facing the entrance. Here the usual Brhama issuing out of the god’s navel is missing and the god has his eyes wide open! Time stops where space warps that is in the black hole; at the end of the

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