For temporary Pavilions erected in Durga Puja and Ganesh Chaturthi, see pandal.
Open mandapa with pillars and courtyard.
A mandapa or mantapa (Sanskrit: मण्डप, romanized: maṇḍapa)[1] is a pillared hall or pavilion for public rituals in Indian architecture, especially featured in Hindu temple architecture and Jain temple architecture.[2]
Mandapas are described as "open" or "closed" depending on whether they have walls. In temples, one or more mandapas very often lie between the sanctuary and the temple entrance, on the same axis. In a large temple other mandapas may be placed to the sides, or detached within the temple compound.
A mandapa or mantapa (Sanskrit: मण्डप, romanized: maṇḍapa) is a pillared hall or pavilion for public rituals in Indian architecture, especially featured...
A Vivaha Mandapa (Sanskrit: विवाह मण्डप, romanized: Vivāha Maṇḍapa, lit. 'Wedding pavilion'), also referred to as Kalyana Mandapa (Sanskrit: कल्याण मण्डप...
Mahishasuramardhini Mandapa (Cave Temple; also known as Yampuri) is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century, of the...
This mandapa is located within the Gosagaresvara siva temple precinct, Old Town, Bhubaneswar. It is a lofty platform (mandapa) provided with a flight of...
There are many Mandapas or Pillared halls on raised platforms within the Jagannath Temple complex meant for religious congregations. The most prominent...
The two mandapa, namely maha-mandapa and mukha-mandapa, are square plan structures axially aligned between the sanctum and the Nandi mandapa. The maha-mandapa...
open-pillared, axial sabha mandapa, or community hall. The mandapa has four sections, two of which are aligned with the temple sanctum. The mandapa has 56 carved stone...
is the mandapa separated from the inner mandapa ardha-mandapa behind by a row of pillars and pilasters. The floor of the front or mukha-mandapa is slightly...
jagamohana, nata-mandira and bhoga-Mandapa. The vimana is in rekha order, jagamohana is pidha and nata-mandira and bhoga mandapa (hall) are flat roofed and of...
architecture. It has a square garbhagriha (shrine proper) as well as octagonal mandapa (dancing hall). The temple is located at the confluence of the Galta or...
shikara tower over the sanctuary; at one time this rose much higher than the mandapa that remains. The structures and elements that have survived are famed...
temples with monolithic processional chariots, built between 630 and 668; mandapa viharas (cave temples) with narratives from the Mahabharata and Shaivite...
and two halls (gudha-mandapa and mukha-mandapa). The sanctum has a circumambulatory path with three transepts. The gudha-mandapa has lateral transepts...
with four subsidiary shrines at four corners. The temple consists of a mandapa, an ante-chamber, and a sanctum, with the sanctum being surmounted by a...
premises also consist of Sabha Mandapa, the Nandi Mandapa, Pakashala, kalyana mandapa, ranga mandapa and dwara mandapa.: 379–381 Architecture of India...
the Indian culture. The cave is laid out symmetrically according to the mandapa square principle and has embedded geometric patterns repeated throughout...
the original temple design, although the shikhara has collapsed and the mandapa is missing most of its roof. The walls and columns are highly decorated...
massive structure consists of a pancharatha sanctum, antarala and mukha mandapa, which rest on six pillars. The entrance is through a makara-torana. There...
temple tower is built as an extension of the mandapa. Seating arrangements are built within the mandapa on its eastern and southern sides to accommodate...
passage for parikrama, a mandapa congregation hall, and sometimes an antarala antechamber and porch between garbhagriha and mandapa. In addition to other...
is a state protected monument. According to an inscription within the mandapa, the temple is dated to 1349 CE. The original name of this temple has been...
and the mandapa, more typical of north Indian temples. Antarala are commonly seen in Chalukyan Style temples, in which the vimana and the mandapa are connected...
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