hoa 3 midterm

• - Tupas or Chortens are bell - shaped Tibetan temples with a spike on the top


  Tibetan stupa
• Stone Towers In Tibet built for defensive purposes

  Tower houses
• Geometric configuration of symbols, representing deities

  Mandala

• "the higher the tower the closer the god"or rising tower


  Sikhara
• • Also known as Monkey Temple

  • Swayambhunath
• • One of the earliest and largest urban settlement of ancient indus valley civilization

  • Mojenjo Daro & Harrapa
• Hinduism is the most dominant religion in South Asia
• Innermost sanctum of Hindu Temples, "Womb House"


  Garbhagriha
• A monumental tower or Hindu entranceway/gateway

  Gopuram

• Srirangam Temple


  • Is the largest temple in Asia
• Vimanams


  sStructures over the sanctum of temples
• • Oldest stone structure in india
  • Great Stupa of Sanchi

• Buddhist Gateway

  Torana
• Stambhas


  Monumental pilars that joins the heaven and the earth
• Chaityas

  Buddhist shrine / prayer halls
• Stupa


  Moud-like structure used by buddhist monks for meditation
• KUDU


  Cave window in buddhist temples
• Wat


  Buddhist Monastery
• Taj Mahal


  • Most famous example of indo-islamic architecture tomb in india
• AKSHARDHAM


  • Guinness World Records largest Comprehensive Hindu temple of 2007
• Lotus Temple


  • Temple in New Delhi, india known for its flower-like shape
• Mosque


  Muslim center place for worship
• Madrasah


  Pubic School
• Hammam


  A structural design for a hot bathhouse
• Caravanserai


  A roadside inn for travelers
• Casbah


  A fortress
• Mausoleum


  A tomb or a monument
• Minarets


  Derived from the Arabic word for "lighthouse" or "beacon"
• Prayer Hall


  Place for prayer
• Mihrab


  The direction facing Mecca which muslims face during prayer
• Minbar


  Raise platform in the front area of a mosque prayer hall
• Arches


  In muslims fath, symbolizes unity, purity and glory
• INDOCHINA


  Former name of southeast asia under the French Colony
• Stupa


  Burial place of Kings, Monks and Nuns
• Phutta wat


  Thai Buddhist temple or Monastery
• Sangha Wat


  Thai Buddhist temple or Monastery
• Blind Doors


  Direction where entrances of temples face towards
• Phuttha Wat


  Temple complex
• Sangha Wat


  Living quarters of the monks
• Suwanna Chedi - Prang


  Shaped like a corn cob standing on top of a square or cruciform building, with an entrance of one side