Temple architecture bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Womb-house holding the main icon.

   Item

   Garbhagriha

2. Clue

   Curving tower of a nagara temple.

   Item

   Shikhara

3. Clue

   Pyramidal tower of a dravida temple.

   Item

   Vimana

4. Clue

   Gateway of a South Indian temple.

   Item

   Gopuram

5. Clue

   Fluted disc crowning the shikhara.

   Item

   Amalaka

6. Clue

   Main shrine with four corner shrines.

   Item

   Panchayatana

7. Clue

   Odisha word for shikhara.

   Item

   Deul

8. Clue

   Star-shaped Hoysala ground plan.

   Item

   Stellate plan

9. Clue

   Bodhgaya temple, neither nagara nor dravida.

   Item

   Mahabodhi

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation