Teli ka Mandir

Teli ka Mandir
Teli ka Mandir
	Front view of the temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Gwalior
Deity	Shiva, Vishnu, others
Location
Location	Gwalior Fort
State	Madhya Pradesh
Country	India
	Shown within India Teli ka Mandir (Madhya Pradesh)
Geographic coordinates	26°13′15.2″N 78°09′53.6″E / 26.220889°N 78.164889°E
Architecture
Style	Nagara
Completed	8th or 9th-century

Teli ka Mandir, also known as Telika Temple, is a Hindu temple located within the Gwalior Fort in Madhya Pradesh, India. Dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Matrikas, it has been variously dated between the early 8th and early 9th century CE.^[1]^[2]

It is an atypical design for a Hindu temple,^[1] as it has a rectangular sanctum instead of the typical square. It integrates the architectural elements of the Nagara style and the Valabhi prasada. The temple is based on a Gurjara Pratihara-Gopagiri style North Indian architecture.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The temple is a classic example of a design based on "musical harmonics" in architecture,^[6] one that Hermann Goetz called as a masterpiece of late Gupta era Indian art.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c George Michell (1977). The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms. University of Chicago Press. pp. 117 with footnotes. ISBN 978-0-226-53230-1.
^ ^a ^b Margaret Prosser Allen (1991). Ornament in Indian Architecture. University of Delaware Press. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-0-87413-399-8.
^ Madhusudan A. Dhaky; Michael Meister (1991). Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture. American Institute of Indian Studies. pp. 25–28. ISBN 978-0-8122-7840-8.
^ Kailash Chand Jain (1972). Malwa Through The Ages. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 429–431. ISBN 978-81-208-0824-9.
^ Vinayak Bharne; Krupali Krusche (2014). Rediscovering the Hindu Temple: The Sacred Architecture and Urbanism of India. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 70–73 with Figure 5.12. ISBN 978-1-4438-6734-4.
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[Michell1977p117-1] George Michell (1977). The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms. University of Chicago Press. pp. 117 with footnotes. ISBN 978-0-226-53230-1.

[Allen1991-2] Margaret Prosser Allen (1991). Ornament in Indian Architecture. University of Delaware Press. pp. 203–204. ISBN 978-0-87413-399-8.

[Dhaky1991p25-3] Madhusudan A. Dhaky; Michael Meister (1991). Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture. American Institute of Indian Studies. pp. 25–28. ISBN 978-0-8122-7840-8.

[Jain1972p429-4] Kailash Chand Jain (1972). Malwa Through The Ages. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 429–431. ISBN 978-81-208-0824-9.

[BharneKrusche2014p70-5] Vinayak Bharne; Krupali Krusche (2014). Rediscovering the Hindu Temple: The Sacred Architecture and Urbanism of India. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 70–73 with Figure 5.12. ISBN 978-1-4438-6734-4.

[meister269-6] Cite error: The named reference meister269 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[goetzp47-7] Cite error: The named reference goetzp47 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Teli ka Mandir

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