GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Venkateshwar
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Vishnu
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Nataraja
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Murugan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Vimana is the structure over the garbhagriha or inner sanctum in the Hindu temples of South India and Odisha in East India. In typical temples of Odisha using the Kalinga style of architecture, the vimana is the tallest structure of the temple, as it is in the shikhara towers of temples in West and North India.
Detailed explanation-2: -A shikhara over the garbhagriha chamber where the presiding deity is enshrined is the most prominent and visible part of a Hindu temple of North India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Garbhagriha or the sanctum where the main idol of the deity is housed. Mandapa or the portico which leads to the garbhagriha, where the worshipers assemble. Shikhara that is the spire above the sanctum. Vaahan which is the mount or vehicle of the main deity of the temple.