alleryWhat is the tower-like structure crowning the garbhagriha in a North Indian temple called?
AVimana
BShikhara
CGopura
DStupa
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Shikhara
1. The garbhagriha is crowned by a tower-like shikhara in the north.
2. The vimana is the southern name for the tower, the gopura is a gateway and a stupa is a Buddhist mound.
3. So shikhara is correct.
_Source: Wikipedia, Architecture of India, section Hindu architecture_
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