Pancharatha
A Hindu temple is a pancharatha when there are five ratha (on plan) or paga (on elevation) on the tower of the temple (generally a shikhara).[1] The rathas are vertical offset projection or facets. The name comes from the sanskrit Pancha (=five) and Ratha (=chariot), but the link with the concept of chariot is not clear.
Drawing of a pancharatha building
There are also temples with three rathas (triratha), seven rathas (saptaratha) and nine rathas (navaratha).[1]
Triratha, Pancharatha and Saptaratha
Examples of pancharatha temples
- Lingaraja Temple in Bhubaneswar
- Lakshmana Temple in Khajuraho
- Rajarani Temple in Khajuraho
- Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha
- Jagannath Temple in Baripada, Odisha
- Jagannath Temple in Nayagarh, Odisha
- Isanesvara Siva Temple in Bhubaneswar
- Mukteswar Temple in Bhubaneswar
- Brahmani temple in Baleswar, Odisha
- Pancharatha Temple in Subarnapur, Odisha[2]
Pancharatha temples
Isanesvara Siva Temple in Bhubaneswar
Jagannath Temple in Baripada
Lingaraja Temple in Bhubaneswar
Notes
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2012-10-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Senapati, Sangram Keshari. "Pancharatha Temple, Sonpur, Odisha". My Photography. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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