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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'' chamber ...
'' (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. Spire ...
on top of a shrine) which comprises a central '' Latina'' 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. Spire ...
with '' urushringa'' 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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*Tadgell, Christopher, ''The East: Buddhists, Hindus and the Sons of Heaven'', 2015, Routledge, , 9781136753831google books
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