A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.50
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c8.50
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c8.50
In an ordinary Hindu temple the essential part is the rectangular cell or shrine containing the image or symbol of the god, and such a plain cell constitutes the simplest form of temple. Dignity is gained by the addition of a high roof, which may grow into a steeple, by prefixing a porch, which may grow into a nave, and be further amplified by aisles, transepts, and subsidiary steeples, until an architectural composition of extreme complexity is evolved.