A garbhagriha (Sanskrit: गर्भगृह, romanized: Garbhagṛha) is the innermost sanctuary of Hindu and Jain temples, what may be called the "holy of holies" or " See more

The tower that caps the garbhagriha forms the main vertical axis of the temple, and is usually understood to represent the axis of the world through See more

The purpose of every Hindu temple is to be a house for a deity whose image or symbol is installed and whose presence is concentrated at the heart and focus of the building.
Entrance to the Hindu garbhagriha has been traditionally … See more

In Tamil, the garbhagriha is called karuvarai meaning the interior of the sanctum sanctorum and means "womb chamber". The word "karu" means foetus and "arai" means a room.
Satcitananda is an epithet and description for the subjective … See more

1. ^ Sir Banister Fletcher's a History of Architecture, Edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th ed.). 1996. According to this edition of Sir Banister Fletcher's History of Architecture, the Jains consider themselves Hindus in a broad sense, and therefore the … See more

• Temple architecture
• Parts of a North Indian Temple See more