🔆 Vesara Temple Architecture under Kakatiya Dynasty
📍 Ramappa Temple
🟢 A masterpiece of Kakatiyan temple architecture; accorded UNESCO World Heritage Status.
🟢 Constructed using sandstone, with decorated beams and pillars made of carved granite and dolerite.
🟢 Located near Ramappa Cheruvu, a Kakatiyan-built water reservoir.
📍 Distinctive Vimana
🟢 Features a pyramidal, horizontally stepped Vimana.
🟢 Built with lightweight porous “floating bricks”, which helped reduce the weight of the roof.
📍 Floating Bricks
🟢 Kakatiyas pioneered a unique brick-making technology producing high-strength, low-weight bricks.
📍 Sculptures
🟢 High artistic quality, depicting regional dance customs and Kakatiyan culture.
🟢 Their metallic-like finish and lustre have remained intact even after about 800 years.
📍 Sandbox Technique
🟢 The foundation uses the sand-box technique, a distinctive feature of Kakatiyan temple architecture.
🟢 Sand was utilised as a foundation material.
📍 Other Kakatiyan Structures
🟢 Keerthi Thoranas of Warangal
🟢 Temple of Thousand Pillars, Hanumakonda
📌 UPSC Mains Model Question
Discuss the distinctive features of Kakatiyan temple architecture with special reference to the Ramappa Temple.
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