Sekhari (architecture)

{{italic title}} {{short description|Type of northern Indian tower or spire}} [[File:A view of Rajarani Temple image 4.jpg|thumb|right|Rajarani Temple, [[Bhubaneswar]]]] '''''Sekhari''''' or ''Shekhari'' is a type of northern Indian ''[[shikhara]]'' (tower or [[spire]] on top of a shrine) which comprises a central ''[[Latina (architecture)|Latina]]'' [[spire]] with ''[[urushringa]]'' half spires added on all sides.<ref>Tadgell, 342-343</ref> It is a one of two sub-types of ''shikhara'', the other being ''[[bhumija]]''.

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==References== *Tadgell, Christopher, ''The East: Buddhists, Hindus and the Sons of Heaven'', 2015, Routledge, {{ISBN|1136753834}}, 9781136753831, [https://books.google.com/books?id=NTbbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT343 google books]

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[[Category:Hindu temple architecture]]