Deul (architecture)
different types of Deul in Kalinga architecture
With the term Deul or Deula be Hindu temple towers or temple roofs (often whole temple) in the eastern Indian states of Odisha and West Bengal respectively. The word comes from the regional language Oriya .
architecture
A distinction is essentially made between three tower and roof shapes:
- Rekha-Deul : This tower shape resembles a Shikhara tower in many ways ; However, it differs in the almost vertical lines in the lower part of the Deul and the slightly curved lines in the Shikhara .
- Pitha-Deul : This roof shape describes a stepped, but overall pyramidal roof structure over a vestibule ( jagamohana ) with a square floor plan.
- Khakhara Deul : This roof shape rises above a temple or a cella ( garbhagriha ) with a transverse rectangular plan; the roof ends in a house-like tower.
Examples
Parasuramesvara Temple , Bhubaneswar
(7th century)
Vaital Deul Temple , Bhubaneswar (8th century)
Chitrakarini Temple, Bhubaneswar (13th century)
Jatar-Deul , West Bengal (?)
Ichai Ghosh Temple , West Bengal (?)
Vestibule ( mandapa ) of the Surya temple of Konarak (13th century)
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See also
literature
- Debala Mitra: Bhubaneswar. Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi 1984, pp. 14ff.
- George Michell: The Hindu Temple - Architecture of a World Religion. DuMont, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7701-2770-6 , pp. 138ff.
- Robert Strasser: Orissa - Bihar - West Bengal. Regional studies and guides to art sites. Indoculture, Kornwestheim 1991, ISBN 3-921948-10-X , p. 41ff.