About Hindu Temple Architecture

It was 28 Apr 2007. World cup finals between Australians and SriLankans was about to start. Due to rain there was a delay in starting the match. Our group was waiting eagarly to watch the match. Initially with half mind we grouped to watch the match at our client's house. But towards the end of the match it turned out very interesting that is a different story which itself can be one more blog. But todays blog is because of a book I was reading during that waiting time. The book had a detailed reasoning on the Hindu temples construction theory. After reading the book, I digged down to find more details about Hindu temple architecture and finally thought of putting it in this blog.

















According to the book the temple architecture is in sync with the human body. In Yoga, the human body is denoted with 6 chakras and these chakras are the center of power. For the idol 'pratishtapane' the same theory is followed. Initially the land where the idol will be kept is digged. From there stone, special curved stone, pot with jewels ('jeeva kumbha'), turtule are placed. These represent 4 chakras starting from 'mooladhara'. Then a neutral stone is placed which represent brahman. A picture from the book 'Power in temple: A modern perspective' book is given above (Ref: http://www.integralbooks.com/powephoto.htm). For further details www.integralbooks.com.

There is one more article that detailed about the construction of temple and about vaastu in a different view at http://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/hindutemple.