TEMPLES ARCHITECTURE

Temple Architecture in India: State-wise Styles & Examples

State	Architecture Style	Example Temples
Andhra Pradesh	Dravida	Tirumala Venkateswara Temple (Tirupati), Srisailam Mallikarjuna Temple, Simhachalam Temple
Assam	Ahom & Local	Kamakhya Temple (Guwahati), Sivadol Temple (Sivasagar)
Bihar	Nagara	Mundeshwari Temple (Kaimur), Vishnupad Temple (Gaya)
Gujarat	Maru-Gurjara (Nagara Variant)	Somnath Temple (Prabhas Patan), Sun Temple (Modhera), Dwarkadhish Temple (Dwarka)
Haryana	Nagara	Mata Mansa Devi Temple (Panchkula), Sheetla Mata Temple (Gurugram)
Himachal Pradesh	Nagara with Wood	Hidimba Devi Temple (Manali), Baijnath Temple (Kangra), Bhimakali Temple (Sarahan)
Jammu & Kashmir	Nagara with Kashmiri Influence	Martand Sun Temple (Anantnag), Shankaracharya Temple (Srinagar), Vaishno Devi Temple (Katra)
Jharkhand	Nagara	Baijnath Temple (Deoghar), Jagannath Temple (Ranchi)
Karnataka	Vesara & Dravida	Chennakeshava Temple (Belur), Hoysaleswara Temple (Halebidu), Virupaksha Temple (Hampi), Badami Cave Temples
Kerala	Dravida with Wood	Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple (Thiruvananthapuram), Guruvayur Temple (Thrissur), Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple
Madhya Pradesh	Nagara	Kandariya Mahadeva Temple (Khajuraho), Sanchi Stupa (Buddhist), Chausath Yogini Temple (Jabalpur)
Maharashtra	Vesara & Hemadpanti	Kailasa Temple (Ellora), Trimbakeshwar Temple (Nashik), Grishneshwar Temple (Aurangabad)
Manipur	Local Vaishnavite	Shree Govindajee Temple (Imphal), Leimapokpam Temple
Odisha	Kalinga (Nagara Substyle)	Jagannath Temple (Puri), Sun Temple (Konark), Lingaraja Temple (Bhubaneswar), Mukteshwar Temple
Punjab	Sikh Architecture	Golden Temple (Amritsar), Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib (Anandpur Sahib)
Rajasthan	Maru-Gurjara (Nagara Variant)	Dilwara Temples (Mount Abu), Ranakpur Jain Temple, Eklingji Temple (Udaipur)
Tamil Nadu	Dravida	Brihadeeswarar Temple (Thanjavur), Meenakshi Temple (Madurai), Ramanathaswamy Temple (Rameswaram), Shore Temple (Mahabalipuram)
Telangana	Vesara & Dravida	Ramappa Temple (Warangal), Thousand Pillar Temple (Hanamkonda), Alampur Jogulamba Temple
Uttar Pradesh	Nagara	Kashi Vishwanath Temple (Varanasi), Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple (Mathura), Ram Mandir (Ayodhya)
Uttarakhand	Nagara with Himalayan Influence	Badrinath Temple, Kedarnath Temple, Gangotri Temple, Jageshwar Temples
West Bengal	Bengal Style (Curved Roof)	Dakshineswar Kali Temple (Kolkata), Kalighat Temple (Kolkata), Belur Math