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Q.30) What is the term used in Orissan Silpa Sastras for the ceiling immediately over the garbha-griha (sanctum sanctorum) of a temple?
A) Ratna-muda🔒
B) Vajra-muda🔒
C) Bhumi-muda🔒
D) Garbha-muda🔒
Q.31) What is the primary purpose of the Jagamohana in Orissan temple architecture?
A) To serve as the main temple tower🔒
B) To function as a hall of assembly for devotees🔒
C) To house the primary deity🔒
D) To act as the temple kitchen🔒
Q.32) What is the Bhoga-Mandapa's role in an Orissan temple complex?
A) It serves as the hall of offering, where food is offered to the deity.🔒
B) It is the entrance gateway.🔒
C) It is used for storage of temple treasures.🔒
D) It is the main area for conducting rituals.🔒
Q.33) The Nata-Mandira in Orissan temple architecture is designated for which of the following activities?
A) Meditation and prayer🔒
B) Festive and dance performances🔒
C) Cooking offerings for the deity🔒
D) Sleeping quarters for the priests🔒
Q.34) What type of temples are distinguished by the absence of an ambulatory?
A) Sandhara temples🔒
B) Prasada temples🔒
C) Mandapa temples🔒
D) Nirandhara temples🔒
Q.35) What term is used to describe temples that include an ambulatory?
A) Nirandhara temples🔒
B) Sandhara temples🔒
C) Mandapa temples🔒
D) Prasada temples🔒
Q.36) What is the specific purpose of Kanthi or Kanti in the gandi of the jagamohan?
A) To support the weight of the superstructure🔒
B) To provide structural stability🔒
C) To serve as decorative elements🔒
D) To separate the potals from each other🔒
Q.37) What is the name of the central projection of the sanctum in the rekha deula?
A) Raha🔒
B) Anuratha🔒
C) Kanika🔒
D) Gavaksha🔒
Q.38) What term is used to describe the projections flanking the raha in the rekha deula?
A) Kanika🔒
B) Shikhara🔒
C) Anuratha🔒
D) Bandhana🔒
Q.39) What term is used to describe the projections flanking the anuratha in a pancharatha rekha deula?
A) Anga-sikharas🔒
B) Bhumi-amlas🔒
C) Kanika🔒
D) Anuraha🔒
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Reference
- 1. Behera, K.S., Temples of Orissa, Bhubaneswar, 1993, pp. 1-3.