Latina (architecture)

For other uses, see Latina (disambiguation).

Latina is the most common type northern Indian Shikhara (tower or spire on top of a shrine), comprising a single curvilinear projection formed by superimposing horizontal slabs of stone. The two variant and more elaborate northern Indian towers; the Sekhari and the Bhumija towers are based on the Latina plan.^[1]

Notes

↑ "bhumija (Indian architecture)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2007-12-30.

References

Architecture of India

Types	Badami Chalukya Bengal Bhumija Dravidian Dzong Harappan Hoysala Hindu temple Jain Latina Kalinga Mughal Rock cut Sekhari Sharqi Sikh Vijayanagara Western Chalukya

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