Tamil Nadu is a state in India. The name means ("Tamil Land") or a place where Tamils live. On the Bay of Bengal, at the south...

  Kumbhakonam is one of the several temple towns in Tamil Nadu's Tanjore district, reflecting the territory's importance as the seat...

 (“womb-house”) The garbhagrha is the inner sanctuary of a temple in traditional Hindu architecture, which houses the image of the temple...

    The Nagara and the Veshara are the other two evolved styles in medieval Hindu temple construction.  Southern India, notably the contempo...