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''Sekhari'' or ''Shekhari'' is a type of northern Indian ''
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{{Architecture of India Hindu temple architecture
''Sekhari'' or ''Shekhari'' is a type of northern Indian ''shikhara
''Shikhara'' ( IAST: '), a Sanskrit word translating literally to "mountain peak", refers to the rising tower in the Hindu temple architecture of North India, and also often used in Jain temples. A ''shikhara'' over the ''garbhagriha'' chambe ...
'' (tower or spire
A spire is a tall, slender, pointed structure on top of a roof of a building or tower, especially at the summit of church steeples. A spire may have a square, circular, or polygonal plan, with a roughly conical or pyramidal shape. Spires a ...
on top of a shrine) which comprises a central ''Latina
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'' spire
A spire is a tall, slender, pointed structure on top of a roof of a building or tower, especially at the summit of church steeples. A spire may have a square, circular, or polygonal plan, with a roughly conical or pyramidal shape. Spires a ...
with ''urushringa
''Urushringa'' (Sanskrit: ''uruśṛn̍ga'' उरुशृङ्ग, lit. ''having high peak'') is a subsidiary tower springing from the sides of the main ''shikhara'' tower in the Hindu temple architecture of northern India.
Overview
The urus ...
'' half spires added on all sides.Tadgell, 342-343 It is a one of two sub-types of ''shikhara'', the other being '' bhumija''.
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References
*Tadgell, Chistopher, ''The East: Buddhists, Hindus and the Sons of Heaven'', 2015, Routledge, , 9781136753831google books
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