Vimanam

Vimanam

The word Vimanam can refer to any of the following:

#Sikhara — the rising roof of a Hindu temple in North India.
#vimanam (tower) is the tower that crowns the innermost sanctum of a South Indian temple (Dravidian style of architecture).


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