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Bhojeshwar Temple

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The Bhojeshwar Temple (IAST: Bhojeśvara) is an incomplete Hindu temple in Bhojpur village of Madhya Pradesh, India. [1]

87 relations: Adam Hardy, Agra, Anachronism, Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904, Apsara, Archaeological Survey of India, Architectural drawing, Architectural plan, Balcony, Betwa River, Bhairava, Bhinmal, Bhoja, Bhojpur, Madhya Pradesh, Bhojshala, Bhopal, Bhumija, Bracket (architecture), Brahma, Charles Henry Tawney, Cornerstone, Crane (machine), Dam, Dhar, Entering Heaven alive, Fiberglass, Gana, Ganna Smirnova, Garbhagriha, Hindu temple, Hoshang Shah, Inclined plane, India, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, Jainism, K. K. Muhammed, Kailash Kher, Lakshmi, Latina (architecture), Lever, Limestone, Lingam, List of types of funerary monument, Lists of Indian Monuments of National Importance, Madhusudan Dhaky, Madhya Pradesh, Magha (poet), Maha Shivaratri, Makara (Hindu mythology), Malwa, ..., Mandapa, Marg (magazine), Mason's mark, National Centre for the Performing Arts (India), Natural disaster, Nāgarī script, Paramara dynasty, Parvati, Pilaster, Prashasti, Pulley, Quarry, Raisen district, Rama, Reservoir, Richa Sharma (singer), Sanctum (temple), Sand, Sandstone, Saraswati, Shakti, Shankha, Shikhara, Shiva, Sindhuraja, Sita, Soil, Sonu Nigam, Stone veneer, Stonemasonry, Superstructure, Svarga, Swastika, Trishula, Udaipur, Madhya Pradesh, Vakpati Munja, Vishnu. Expand index (37 more) »

Adam Hardy

Professor Adam Hardy is an architect and architectural historian, and Professor of Asian Architecture at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University.

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Agra

Agra is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Anachronism

An anachronism (from the Greek ἀνά ana, "against" and χρόνος khronos, "time") is a chronological inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of persons, events, objects, or customs from different periods of time.

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Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904

The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904 was passed in 18, March 1904 by British India during the times of Lord Curzon.

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Apsara

An apsara, also spelled as apsaras by the Oxford Dictionary (respective plurals apsaras and apsarases), is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu culture.

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Archaeological Survey of India

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is a Government of India (Ministry of Culture) organisation responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural monuments in the country.

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Architectural drawing

An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture.

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Architectural plan

In the field of architecture an architectural plan is a design and planning for a building, and can contain architectural drawings, specifications of the design, calculations, time planning of the building process, and other documentation.

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Balcony

A balcony (from balcone, scaffold; cf. Old High German balcho, beam, balk; probably cognate with Persian term بالكانه bālkāneh or its older variant پالكانه pālkāneh) is a platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade, usually above the ground floor.

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Betwa River

The Betwa or Betravati is a river in Northern India, and a tributary of the Yamuna.

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Bhairava

Bhairava (Sanskrit: भैरव, lit. frightful) is a Hindu deity worshiped by Hindus.

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Bhinmal

Bhinmal (old names: Jadia and Srimala) is a town in the Jalore District of Rajasthan, India.

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Bhoja

Bhoja (reigned c. 1010–1055 CE) was an Indian king from the Paramara dynasty.

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Bhojpur, Madhya Pradesh

Bhojpur is a town of historical and religious importance in Raisen District of Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Bhojshala

The Bhojshala (IAST: Bhojaśālā, sometimes Bhoj Shala, meaning 'Hall of Bhoja') is located in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Bhopal

Bhopal is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Bhopal district and Bhopal division.

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Bhumija

Bhumija is a variety of northern Indian Shikhara (tower or spire on top of a shrine) that is particularly popular in temples of western India, northern Deccan and the Malwa regions in India.

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Bracket (architecture)

A bracket is an architectural element: a structural or decorative member.

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Brahma

Brahma (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मा, IAST: Brahmā) is a creator god in Hinduism.

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Charles Henry Tawney

Charles Henry Tawney, C.I.E. (1837–1922) was an English educator and scholar, primarily known for his translations of Sanskrit classics into English.

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Cornerstone

The cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation, important since all other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.

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Crane (machine)

A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist rope, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams.

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Dhar

Dhar (Hindi: धार) is a city located in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh state in central India.

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Entering Heaven alive

Entering Heaven alive (called by various religions "ascension", "assumption", or "translation") is a belief held in various religions.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (US) or fibreglass (UK) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Gana

The word (Sanskrit: गण) in Sanskrit and Pali means "flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series or class".

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Ganna Smirnova

Ganna Smirnova (from Kiev, Ukraine) is the professional dance exponent and research scholar of Bharatanatyam (form of Indian classical dance), and a disciple of Guru Smt Jayalakshmi Eshwar.

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Garbhagriha

Garbhagriha or Garbha gruha (garbha gṛha) (Sanskrit: गर्भगृह) is the sanctum sanctorum, the innermost sanctum of a Hindu temple where resides the murti (idol or icon) of the primary deity of the temple.

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Hindu temple

A Hindu temple is a symbolic house, seat and body of god.

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Hoshang Shah

Hoshang Shah (Alp Khan) (1406-35) was the first formally appointed Islamic king of the Malwa region of Central India.

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Inclined plane

An inclined plane, also known as a ramp, is a flat supporting surface tilted at an angle, with one end higher than the other, used as an aid for raising or lowering a load.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration

The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (I.A.S.T.) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanization of Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages.

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Jainism

Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion.

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K. K. Muhammed

Karingamannu Kuzhiyil Muhammed (born 1 July 1952) is an Indian archaeologist.

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Kailash Kher

Kailash Kher is an Indian film music composer and pop - rock based singer, he sung songs with a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music.He is a prominent singer in Hindi Gujarati, Nepali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Odia and Urdu languages.

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Lakshmi

Lakshmi (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी, IAST: lakṣmī) or Laxmi, is the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity.

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Latina (architecture)

Latina or Rekha Prasad is the most common type of northern Indian shikhara (tower or spire on top of a shrine), whose form is a single slightly curved tower with four sides of equal length, thus square in plan.

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Lever

A lever is a simple machine consisting of a beam or rigid rod pivoted at a fixed hinge, or fulcrum.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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Lingam

Lingam (Sanskrit: लिंगम्,, lit. "sign, symbol or mark"; also linga, Shiva linga), is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu deity Shiva, used for worship in temples, smaller shrines, or as self-manifested natural objects.

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List of types of funerary monument

This is a list of types of funerary monument, a physical structure that commemorates a deceased person or a group, in the latter case usually those whose deaths occurred at the same time or in similar circumstances.

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Lists of Indian Monuments of National Importance

This page contains lists of Monuments in India.

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Madhusudan Dhaky

Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky (31 July 1927 – 29 July 2016) was an architectural and art historian from Gujarat, India.

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Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (MP;; meaning Central Province) is a state in central India.

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Magha (poet)

Magha (c. 7th century) (माघ) was a Sanskrit poet at King Varmalata's court at Shrimala, the then-capital of Gujarat (presently in Rajasthan state).

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Maha Shivaratri

Maha Shivaratri a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the god Shiva.

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Makara (Hindu mythology)

Makara (मकर) is a sea-creature in Hindu culture.

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Malwa

Malwa is a historical region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin.

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Mandapa

Mandapa (also spelled mantapa or mandapam) in Indian architecture is a pillared outdoor hall or pavilion for public rituals.

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Marg (magazine)

Marg (Pathway) is a quarterly Indian art magazine and a publisher of books on the arts, based in Mumbai.

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Mason's mark

A mason's mark is a symbol often found on dressed stone in buildings and other public structures.

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National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)

The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is a multi-venue, multi-purpose cultural centre in Mumbai, India, which aims to promote and preserve India's heritage of music, dance, theatre, film, literature and photography.

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Natural disaster

A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geologic processes.

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Nāgarī script

The Nāgarī script is the ancestor of Devanagari, Nandinagari and other variants, and was first used to write Prakrit and Sanskrit.

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Paramara dynasty

The Paramara dynasty (IAST: Paramāra) were an Indian dynasty that ruled Malwa and surrounding areas in west-central India between 9th and 14th centuries.

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Parvati

Parvati (Sanskrit: पार्वती, IAST: Pārvatī) or Uma (IAST: Umā) is the Hindu goddess of fertility, love and devotion; as well as of divine strength and power.

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Pilaster

The pilaster is an architectural element in classical architecture used to give the appearance of a supporting column and to articulate an extent of wall, with only an ornamental function.

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Prashasti

Prashasti (IAST: Praśasti, Sanskrit for "praise") inscriptions are euologistic inscriptions issued by Indian rulers from 1st millennium CE onwards.

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Pulley

A pulley is a wheel on an axle or shaft that is designed to support movement and change of direction of a taut cable or belt, or transfer of power between the shaft and cable or belt.

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Quarry

A quarry is a place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate has been excavated from the ground.

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Raisen district

Raisen District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state of India.

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Rama

Rama or Ram (Sanskrit: राम, IAST: Rāma), also known as Ramachandra, is a major deity of Hinduism.

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Reservoir

A reservoir (from French réservoir – a "tank") is a storage space for fluids.

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Richa Sharma (singer)

Richa Sharma (born 29 August 1980) is an Indian film playback singer as well a devotional singer.

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Sanctum (temple)

Sanctum is a sacred place, in a shrine within a temple or church.

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Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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Saraswati

Saraswati (सरस्वती) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom and learning worshipped throughout Nepal and India.

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Shakti

Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti;.lit “power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy, capability”), is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe in Hinduism and Shaktism.

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Shankha

A Shankha is a conch shell of ritual and religious importance in Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Shikhara

Shikhara (IAST), a Sanskrit word translating literally to "mountain peak", refers to the rising tower in the Hindu temple architecture of North India, and also often used in Jain temples.

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Shiva

Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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Sindhuraja

Sindhuraja (IAST: Sindhurāja) was an Indian king from the Paramara dynasty, who ruled the Malwa region in the late 10th century.

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Sita

Sita (pronounced, Sanskrit: सीता, IAST: Sītā) or Seeta, is the consort of Lord Rama (incarnation of Vishnu) and an avatar of Sri Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess that denotes good sign, good fortune, prosperity, success, and happiness.

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Soil

Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.

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Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, live performer, host and actor.

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Stone veneer

Any stone used as decorative facing material that is not meant to be load bearing.

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Stonemasonry

The craft of stonemasonry (or stonecraft) involves creating buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone from the earth, and is one of the oldest trades in human history.

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Superstructure

A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline.

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Svarga

Svarga also known as Swarga or Svarga Loka, is one of the eight higher (Vyahrtis) lokas (esotericism plane) in Hindu cosmology.

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Swastika

The swastika (as a character 卐 or 卍) is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon from the cultures of Eurasia, where it has been and remains a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, Chinese religions, Mongolian and Siberian shamanisms.

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Trishula

Trishula (Sanskrit: त्रिशूल, IAST: triśūla) is a trident, commonly used as the principal symbols in Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Udaipur, Madhya Pradesh

Udaipur is a town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh near Ganj Basoda.

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Vakpati Munja

Munja (reigned c. 972-990s CE), also known as Vakpati II, was an Indian king from the Paramara dynasty, who ruled in the Malwa region.

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Vishnu

Vishnu (Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being in its Vaishnavism tradition.

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References

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