Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods) c33.5

c33.5

The Teli-ka-Mandir represents a rare type of Brahmanical sanctuary, for probably the only other example in the Indo-Aryan style with a sikhara of this order, a relic of their distant Buddhist heritage, is the Vaital Deul at Bhubaneswar, a Siva temple of the Orissan group and erected a century earlier. Both these temples, although separated by half the width of the entire sub-continent, are notable illustrations of the manner in which certain thought-forms, evolved during a much earlier movement and based on different ideals, emerged after a long interval to be incorporated in their structural composition