The present book titled 'Temple Architecture of India' introduces the people to the great Indian treasure and tradition of temples. It is a unique contribution to the series of books written on Indian temples and the history of their architecture in peninsular India. This book covers almost all the ancient temples from Ancient to Medieval.
The book's first Chapter study of the early beginning of rock-cut architecture whites the earliest surviving structures called Buddhist Stupas. The book's second chapter deals with the study of the temples of the Gupta period (A.D. 350 to 650). In the third chapter, the temples of the Chalukyan period that were built at Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal in the Bijapur district of Karnataka have been mentioned. The Chalukya dynasty began in the mid-fifth century A.D. The capital of Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal saw the construction of a fabulous series of monuments. In the fourth chapter, Chalukyan temples were built in the northern Andhra style. They include the Alampur, Arka-Brahma temple, Vira-Brahma temple, Bala-Brahma temple, Svarga-Brahma temple and Padma-Brahma temple.
The fifth chapter Pallava temples are located in southern India where the Pallava dynasty ruled from the early fourth to the late ninth century. The sixth chapter draws our attention towards the Hoysala temples cer on Mysore in the state of Ke Ma Hoysala between the eighth and early fourteenth ce The seventh chapter throws light on the Chola and the Pandyan temples.
The eighth chapter dwells on the temples of Hampi Vijayanagara and Madurai. It was the kingdoms of southern India. The ninth chapter is focused on the study of the Kakatiya temple in Andhra. Ganapatideva (1190-1262). Complete idea Kakatiya temple may have from Ramappa Palampet. The tenth chapter temple is located at village Leepakshi in Anantapur district Andhra Pradesh 1538 A.D. eleven describes the temples in Kerala which have assimilated many elements from the Dravida style. Hindu deities like Vishnu, Rama, Parasurama, Krishna and Bhagawati. The twelfth chapter beautiful contribution to the study of the temples of Orissa in the great century the former temple of Khajuraho, Gayaraspur, Telikamandir, Naresara, and Batesara.
The fourteen chapters of Western India, the Osian temple and temples of Mount Abu, and Fifteen chapters of Himachal Pradesh wooden temple and stone temple. this A.D. sixteenth chapter stone temples, the Shyama. Raya temple Bishnupur, the eighteen chapter Bodhgaya, Buddhist temples 2nd century.