gopurams in A Sentence

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    There are 21 Gopurams(domes) here.

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    The major‘Gopurams' of the temple are listed below:.

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    The temple has five walls and seven Gopurams.

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    The Raja Gopurams.

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    There are 4 main entrances(Gopurams) which are connected in the temple.

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    Visitors can see 5 concentric walls and seven Gopurams in this temple.

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    The most prominent features of South Indian temples were enclosures around the temples and the Gopurams(huge gateways).

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    It has three ornate Gopurams(towers) of which the central tower, which faces east, is the entrance gateway to the temple;

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    The temple has 21 Gopurams(temple towers), 39 pavilions, 50 shrines, a mandapam(a hall) of 1000 pillars and several small water bodies inside.

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    This style is known for its imposing'Gopurams' or entrance towers, complex friezes, intricate carvings and paintings or murals done on the walls and ceilings.

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    The temple has 9 gateways and four of these have towering pagodas or Gopurams each with 7 levels in the East, South, West and North.

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    According to the puranas, both the Gopurams were built by Pandyas and the sanctums of the temple were constructed by Nindraseer Nedumaran who reigned in the 7th century.

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    This implies that there could be four Gopurams in the cardinal directions leading to a central courtyard, where the main shrine of the temple complex was built(which cannot be seen in the photograph).

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    A masterwork of Dravidian architecture, every inch of the Meenakshi is carved, its 14 Gopurams(gateway towers) thrusting upward hundreds of feet over the city, and teeming with vibrantly painted sculptures of gods and goddesses- there are some 33,000 of them.

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