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| {{short description|Flagstaff, common feature of South Indian Hindu temples.}}
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| [[File:Thanjavur - Brihadisvara Temple (54).jpg|thumb|[[Brihadeeswarar Temple]], [[Thanjavur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].]] | |
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| [[File:Mulanthuruthy, Kerala 682314, India - panoramio.jpg|thumb|"''Dwaja Sthambha''", seen infront of the [[St. Thomas Orthodox Syrian Cathedral, Mulanthuruthy|Mulanthuruthy Orthodox Syrian Church]],[[Kerala]].]]
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| '''Dhwaja Stambha,''' also known as '''Dhwaja Stambham''' is a [[Flag#Flagpoles|flagstaff]], a common feature of [[South India]]n [[Hindu temple]]s and [[Saint Thomas Christians|Syrian Christian]] churches.<ref>{{Cite book|last=1938-|first=Menachery, George|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/56405161|title=Thomapedia|date=2000|publisher=Thomapedia|isbn=81-87132-13-2|oclc=56405161}}</ref>
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| Two other objects that are grouped together with this flagstaff, are the ''bali peetam'' (altar for offerings) and the vehicle ([[vahana]]) of the deity to which the temple is dedicated. Symbolically, these three objects are obstacles that protect the sanctuary of the temple from the impure and undevoted.<ref>[[Alf Hiltebeitel|Hiltebeitel, Alf]] (1991). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=diPh4qYtjPUC The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess]''. University of Chicago Press. {{ISBN|0226340473}}. pp. 91-92.</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Dhvaja]]
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| * [[Hindu temple architecture]]
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| {{commons category|Dwajasthambams}}
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