An ancient culture India that has a civilization and culture of thousand
years could be better understood from its temple tours. Indian
temples, a place of worship for its majority group Hindu are scattered
across from north of India to south of India that you can see on India tour packages. However, a better view of Indian temples could even be better assessed and analyzed with South India temple tour on Kerala Backwater tours as well.
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| Birla Temple Delhi |
A structure of Hindu temples is mostly made on the basis of its believes
rooted deeper somewhere in Vedic traditions and cultures. A layout of
the Hindu temple illustrates the ancient rituals, beliefs and values
related to the various schools of Hinduism.
On an elaborate manner while visiting Indian temples on India tour packages you
will find them to be made in different styles, diverse locations in
different construction methods and manners in praise of various deities
and regional beliefs.
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| Chamundeswari Temple |
In form of Indian architecture for Hindu temple generally has two forms
as house and palace. House based architecture of the temple is generally
consisted of simple shelter that is a deity’s home where a devotee can
go and worship as he is visiting a house or a palace. Whereas the palace
themed temples are more elaborate and made of monumental type of
structure and architecture.
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| Meenakshi Temple |
On India tour packages
tour you will find Hindu temples to be constructed according to set
believes near water bodies surrounded by natural beauty. Most of the
south Indian temple that you even watch on India group tours is
similar to this. You will also see them at confluence of rivers, river
banks, lakes and seashore. Moreover they are constructed inside caves
and carved stones, on hill tops affording peaceful views, mountain
slopes overlooking beautiful valleys, inside forests and hermitages,
next to gardens, or at the head of a town street.
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| Khajarho Temple |
There exist an entire art and discipline on making temples known to be
as Vastu-Sastras thus a temple design follow the rules and principles
derived from vastu-purusha-mandala. Mandala means circle, Purusha is
universal essence at the core of Hindu tradition and Vastu refers to the
dwelling structure.
A Hindu temple mostly has a Shikhara (Vimana or Spire) that rises
symmetrically above the central core of the temple and can be found at
temple top in many design and forms. In very large temple that you will
frequently visit in south India on India tour packages or on Kerala Backwaters tours there
exist pillared halls known to be as mandapa. One on the east side of
the temples they are made for the waiting room for pilgrims and
devotees. In older temples mandapa happens to be a separate structure
whereas in newer temples this space has been integrated into temple
structure.
