Famous Temples in India

Architecture

The temple was built in Baro-Chala(old Odisha style of architecture) style of architecture. Few Cracks have appeared on the temple roof and sanctum santorum. The base temple roof has sloping four eaves of char-chala temple style, topped with a small replica of the temple on top of that the base temple forming the second layer, followed by an even smaller replica forming the topmost layer. Each roof (i.e., of main temple and the replicas) has four eaves, totaling twelve eaves. There are small pinnacles on the edges and center of the main roof. This is also called Pinnacled Style or Ratna style of temple construction. If the small Aat-Chala replica over the main temple is considered as one pinnacle, then there are total seventeen pinnacles or Saptadosh Ratna style. Thick pillars separated by arched passageways hold the roof in place. The second temple houses the linga, while the first temple is the Nata mandira or dance hall. The temple was built with bricks. There is a koneru placed infront of the temple.