Buildings, Paintings and Books — Social Science STD 6 — Question

Ancient Hindu temples of deities like Shiva, Vishnu and mother goddess were also decorated with sculpture and paints. The room where the chief deity was placed was called the garbhagriha. Priests and devotees performed rituals and devotion at this place. On the top of the garbhagriha was a shikara which was made as a mark of respect to the deity. Building of shikaras required careful thinking. It even had a space or hall called mandapa where marriage or other important religious ceremonies were performed.