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Where can I find religious Temples in India?

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Nov 16th, 2007 01:24
Ansheel, peter watts, sunny jaswani, http://www.namaskarindiatravels.com

Temple is a place of worship. Hindu temple was center of all community
life and towns grew up around temples. The great temples look many years
to build and gave employment to thousands of skilled and unskilled
workers. Hundreds of others were employed in the service of the deity
and perform the daily rituals of the temple, which can be witnessed even
today. 
Originally the main plan of Hindu Temples (always racing east) was very
simple there was just a small 'garbagriha' (sanctum sanctorum) housing
the deity to whom the temple was dedicated above which rose the ;
'sikhara' (spine-like tapering tower), then a (antarala) vestibule, the
worshipers standing in the open space in front of the shrines. Sometimes
there was a small chamber behind the shrine. Gradually ,additions were
nude-a platform for worshipers which developed into pillared hall
(mandapa) to which in time a pillared porch (ardhamaddapa) was added as
were other sections for various purposes connected with temple and its
ceremonies.
You can also visit the following link to get more information about
Temples in India :
http://www.namaskarindiatravels.com/pages/cultures-of-india/temples-in-india.html