The city, known as the industrial center of the largest state of the country, U.P., is popular for housing a majority of cotton, woolen and leather industries. Most of the industries are situated on the bank of the Ganga River.
Kanpur, one of the emerging metropolitan cities of India, hosts to people from varying cultural and mythological background, and thus, has many beautiful temples, mosques, churches, and Gurudwaras. One of the most visited shrines is Bhitargaon Temple, situated in the Kanpur district. Bhitargaon is a town in the district of Kanpur, and is well known for its Hindu temple, the Bhitargaon Temple. Bhitargaon village is located about 43 kilometersfrom Kanpur. It lies on the Kanpur-Hamirpur road, from which you need to take a left turn from Sarhto reach the village. Kanpur is the nearest big railway-head and airport.The temple is open from 7 AM to 7 PM on all days. Pets are not allowed on site.
The Bhitargaon Temple is a brick building with a terracottapanel front. It stands at a height of 15.41 meters, and is a
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On top of this,he applied a thick coat of plaster till a height of about three and a half meters from ground level. He finished up this plaster with gleaming white paint. J Ph. Vogel carried out a survey in 1907, followed by one by A.H.Longhurst in 1909. Longhurst collected about 81 objects which were sent to the State Museum at Lucknow. He also prepared a detailed plan for removal of the plaster introduced by the PWD overseer in 1905 and restoration of the base to its original condition. The temple had been ignored by historians and scholars till the 1960s, when Mohammad Zaheer carried out an extensive survey of the temple site and wrote a monologue about the temple. He photographed all the existing panels on the site and also tracked panels stocked in various
As for the two-stage construction, Schoch says the Sphinx temple and possibly the valley temple have a core layer of deeply weathered limestone covered by granite and ashlar. He believes the cor...
The Mortuary temple had stone columns, chamber rooms, and many statues of Khafre. This temple was made of limestone blocks like the rest of the pyramid. The Valley temple had two entrances to it, and was made out of red granite. This temple also had many rooms and stored several statues of the king. (“Khafre.” Rulers of Ancient Egypt: Khafre (Chephren))
Initially, Djoser, the founder of the Third Dynasty, built that pyramid as a mausoleum. The shape, considered as new, was a transformation of the earlier tombs, which were shaped like great brick rectangles with the walls slopong inward and flat rood, also known as mastabas. Stone replaced brick, for the first time. The pyramid is located inside a funerary area where a curtain wall has a height of 10 meters tall.
Temples have been built for centuries in dedication to gods for worship and ceremonies. The Greek temples started as simple structures with columns and a porch, and evolved to elaborate sanctuaries. The most famous and well known is the Parthenon. The architects adjusted some elements in temples to make them “appear” perfect to they eye. They curved the entablature upward to avoid the optical illusion of a sag. The columns were made to “swell” in the middle (entasis) reducing the space between the columns which “strengthened the corners.” Elaborate sculptures were once displayed in temples but have since been removed. Three elevation designs called “orders” were developed over time. The three orders are named Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. All
The two subjects chosen in conjunction for this consideration are the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Taj Mahal. I chose these two for their surprising similarities from different cultures and time periods. Both of these famous tombs are highly visible and respected in the world today. For this subject's clarification, tomb is a house, chamber or vault for the dead. According to Artforms by Patrick Frank, "The Taj Mahal was created by Shah Jahan alongside a river as a memorial to his favorite wife after she died during childbirth." Jahan designed the architecture in such a way that the marble on the building catches the sunlight and deflects different colors from different angles. The whole structure symbolizes the love, honor, and respect
It is a tan dome shaped building. It has about three floors with multiple windows on each. Carvings take over the building, all of which can be described as an upside down U. The material of the building is solid tan with stones embedded in the walls. This building was extremely respected by the White-clad Brethren. Although, Mani was no longer feeling the pressure to abide but the rules of this group, he still respected it but did not perform the rituals such as the chanting.
During Hatshepsut’s reign she erected A Mortuary temple at Deir el- Bahri, at the head of the valley beneath the peak of the mountain. The temple was built into the rock face so that the building would look like it was growing from the rock. After the death of Hatshepsut the monument was purposely deconstructed by Thutmosis III and Akhenaten as a directed attack to Hatshepsut. Today the monument is semi-ruined state as a result from weathering. The temple has features such as entrance pylon, First ...
The end of the Geometric period resulted in the beginning of the Orientalizing Period, dated between 700-600 BC. Within this time frame, Greek introduced a new innovation, the Peripteral Temple. For many years prior, a row of colonnade was used on the interior primarily to hold up the roof of the building. In contrast, columns are seen being used on the outside, creating a visual wall around the building exposing parts of the interior. With in the temple existed the megaron style, carried forward from Bronze Age homes. It was also in eastern influenced period, the first real stone temples, and terra cotta roof tiles came to exist to hold the weight on these new stone temples. The population grew drastically, introducing new techniques and styles, which blended to form designs with balance and symmetry. It was during this period, two major Greek designs were developed, the Ionic and Doric order. (Pedley, 2012: pg. 180) The Doric order, being the first and most simple, consisted of baseless columns placed closely together as the Greeks did not know how much weight the shortened columns could hold. Reason behind this was the lack of length in the columns were believed to hold less weight and therefore forced into being placed closer together. This closely set arrangement created a very bold statement in the Doric temple. The Capital, which sat on top of the concaved shaped shaft, was left plain but when grouped alongside others, suggested a bold harmony. In contrast, the Ionic order was less bulky and more delicate than the Doric order. The top of the capital is decorated with two scrolls, also known as volutes, which could have resembled a shell or animal horns. Above the capital, held room for a surrounding frieze depictin...
.... These tombs look very nice and the polished limestone look like pieces of sugar. The diameter of temples of this period was 7 -8 m.
Ancient Egypt’s pyramids are the oldest and largest stone structure in the world. Along the Nile 35 major pyramids still stand. The three largest pyramids at Giza rank as one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World. It was on the list of notable things to see which was made up by the travelers during ancient times. The ancient Egyptians also built temples of limestone. They designed parts of the temples to resemble plants. Moreover, many of ancient Egypt’s finest paintings and other works of art were produced for tombs and temples. Ancient Egyptian sculptors decorated temples with carvings showing festivals, military victories, and other important events. Sculptors also carved large stone sphinxes. These statutes were supposed to represent Egyptian Kings or Gods and were used to Guard temples and tombs. The Temples were houses of worship. The word temple most often refers to Buddhist, Confucian, Hindu, Taoist, and ancient Near Eastern and European places of worship. Most Temples are built to honor god, a God, or many Gods. Many of these buildings are considered the homes of gods. Back then and still today worship at temples often involves traditional ceremonies and may include sacrifices. Certain temples stood on sacred sites. The design of numerous temples was symbolic.
Inc, E. T. (2003). A monument of Imeasurable beauty & love. Retrieved Feb 11, 2012, from Taj Mahal: http://www.tajmahal.travel/
The Temple was very large and beautiful. My friend and I were both stunned by how gorgeously built the Mandir was. The buildings were big and stretched across several acres of the land. Next to the temple was another large building, which was used as a center for gatherings and entertainment purposes. The temple had many different entrances, the main one we noticed were the big steps ...
The Temple of Amon, containing a collection of buildings within itself, is the largest temple located at The Great Temple of Karnak, known virtually as a city within a city. Built in a number of successive stages and directed by the priests of Amun, the construction of The Temple of Amon began during the Middle Kingdom around 1525 B.C.E. Although numerous renovations were made according to the reigning of different kings, the completed temple stood at 380 meters long and 100 meters across, surrounded by a mud-brick wall 600 meters by 750 meters. The temple’s famous elaborate features include an avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leading to the first of the ten pylons, four courtyards, and a hypostyle hall known as, The Great Hypostyle Hall of The Temple of Karnak. The temple functioned not only as a religious sanctuary, but also as shelter to workmen, cattle, orchards, boats and workshops along with serving as a social and economic center.
Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to the deity lord Siva, located at the base of Annamalai Hills in the town of Thiruvannamalai, South India, there has been a massive surge in devotees workshipping at sri Arunachaleswarar Temple and walking the Giripradakshina path around the Theyu (Fire) Jyothir Lingam Mountain of Arunachaleswarar, especially at the time of Full Moon Day.
Bisket Festival celebrates in Bhaktapur Durbar Square. It falls in mid-April annually. Newar people are wheeled wooden chariots around the quadrangles. The city Bhaktapur lies some 19 km east of Thamel. The legend mentioned ages ago the two snakes originated of the bride’s nose. The entire married prince always was killed by the two snakes. Later a prince found the secret story with an old woman. The prince was successfully cut the snakes twenty times with a sword. He was safe and became popular with the local. People of Bhaktapur believed started to celebrate the festival in the New Year. The prince had twenty cuts to those snakes which translates (20 cuts) Bisket festival.