The central padas are surrounded by three rows of sculptured figures with over 870 statues most being half life size 2 5 to 3 feet.
Kandariya mahadeva temple floor plan.
Take a tour guide in case you want to learn more about history and the customs of the temple and the locals.
Take some time and look closely at the carved statues the architecture and fine details.
The foundation and floor plan.
Kandariya temple structure consist of five compartments the mukhmandapa mandapa mahamandapa antrala and garbha gariha built linearly on the east west axis.
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This divine diagram reflects the image of cosmos through its fractal qualities.
It has perfected design and dimension.
In the foundation of any hindu temple cosmos is embodied by laying down the diagram of vastu purusha mandala on a selected ground.
At various periods of the reign of this dynasty many famous temples dedicated to vishnu shiva surya shakti of the hindu religion and also for the thirthankaras of jain religion were built.
Fractal geometry as the synthesis of hindu cosmology in kandariya mahadev temple khajuraho.
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This western group of temples consisting of the kandariya matangeshwara and vishvanatha temples is compared to a cosmic design of a hexagon a yantra or cosmo gram representing the three forms of shiva.
The kandariya mahadeva temple 31 metres 102 ft in height is in the western complex which is the largest among the three groups of the khajuraho complex of temples.
The layout displays a vivid saffron centre with intersecting diagonals which according to hindu philosophy symbolises the purusha.
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Kandariya mahadev temple khajuraho madhya pradesh india the kandariya mahadeva temple was built during the reign of vidyadhara r.
Fractal dimensions of the plan of kandariya mahadev.
Kandariya mahadeva temple plan is 109 ft in length by 60 ft and rises 116 ft above ground and 88 ft above its own floor.
The temple culminates in the well scaled shikara tower its profile recalling mount meru the home of the gods.
7 6 plan of kandariya mahadeva temple kandariya mahadeva temple is very magnificent and mature in plan.
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Analysis of kandariya mahadev temple 5 1.
The spire is a self repeating fractal structure.