Hindu temples are built in the Panchayatana layout: the main shrine is surrounded by four subsidiary shrines.[1] The origin of the name are the Sanskrit words Pancha (five) et ayatana (containing).
Generally, Hindu temples are built along a west-east axis. So the four subsidiary shrines are at the north-east, south-east, south-west, north-west.
Examples of Panchayatana temples
- Kandariya Mahadeva Temple in Khajuraho
- Brahmeswara Temple in Bhubaneswar
- Jagdish Temple in Udaipur
- Lakshmana Temple in Khajuraho
- Lingaraja Temple in Bhubaneswar
- Arasavalli Temple near Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh near Visakhapatnam. Main shrine dedicated to Aditya. Subsidiary shrines dedicated to Ganesh, Shiva, Parvati and Vishnu.[2]
- Dashavatara Temple in Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh. It should be the oldest panchayatana temple in India.
- Nabaratna Temple in Pantchupi
- Shiva Panchayatana Temple in Tumbadi, Tumkur district. Subsidiary shrines dedicated to Lakshmi Narasimha, Vinayaka, Parvati and Surya.
- Gondeshvara temple, in Sinnar, Maharashtra[3]
Notes
- ↑ "Khajuraho, India | World Heritage Site". The-world-heritage-sites.com. 1986-11-28. Archived from the original on 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ↑ "Suryanarayana Temple at Arasavalli". Templenet.com. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
- ↑ http://www.msc-sahc.org/upload/docs/new.docs/2008_SVardia.pdf
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