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Title: Hindu Temple


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Buildings
  • The temples are built based on different
    guidelines of Shilpa Shatras .
  • Concrete and stone are used to erect Hindu
    temples in modern world.
  • Wood and brick were used as building materials.

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Shrines
  • There are different shrines and altars.
  • The altars are decorated with flowers.
  • Shrines and main altars are also designed for
    leading deities.
  • They are adorned with many doors and curtains.
  • These are made of wood.
  • Doors are closed to enable the gods to sleep.
  • There are also trays, popularly known as puja
    trays.

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  • These are designed for placing materials.
  • Materials are offerings by worshipper.
  • There is a statute of the Vahana.
  • It is associated with the head god.
  • Outside the main shrine, an image of Murti.

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Outside the Temple
  • There was a pool outside the temple.
  • It is used to bath before going to the place of
    worship.
  • There is a bell at the entrance of the temple.
  • It is rung by every worshipper.
  • Inside the temple, everyone folds his or her
    hands.
  • This is a sign of respect and reverence for the
    gods.
  • Pujaris present the needs of worshippers to the
    supreme beings in the temples main shrine.

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Service
  • After the religious bath, the mantras as required
    .
  • It is followed by readings from the Vedas.
  • These are said in unison.
  • All devotees lay on their stomachs before the
    governing god.
  • The pujaris speak blessings over the lives of
    worshippers.

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