The Hindu Temple v1.c8.s7.7

v1.c8.s7.7

In Northern India, the diminution of the Bhūmis of a curvilinear superstructure such as the Sikhara of an Orissan temple does not form a series; if, for example, there are ten Bhūmis, of Above the superstructure and no longer part of the body of the temple, is the finial or Stūpikā; it is however proportionately related to the body. All these shapes are piled one upon the next, along the vertical axis. It connects the central point of the floor of the Garbhagṛha with the high point of the finial.