GOPURAM

Gopuram in temples:-

A gopuram is a monumental entrance tower usually ornate ,at the entrance of a Hindu temple . Gopurams are heavily ornamental pyramidal gateways to temple.

In Gopuram, the top portion is called as “kalasam”. Another towering structure located towards the centre of temple is called “vimanam”. Both of them are constructed as per the rules given in the vaastu shastra. The temple compound is generally square or rectangular in shape with at least the outermost wall having gopuras ,often from the four cardinal directions.

The tamil derrivation “kopuram” which means ( ko -king) and ( puram- exterior). Later, it derived in sanskrit as “Gopuram”.

Dr sthapathi explain the word “Gopuram” as “gawa” and “puram” which means the place from which all the energy that exists in all human beings.

TALLEST GOPURAM:-

TALLEST GOPURAM:-

• Murudeshwara temple has the tallest Gopuram in Tamilnadu. It has the height of 249 feet and it is located in the state of Karnataka.
• It’s a temple of lord Shiva and surrounded by the water of Arabian sea .
• Murudeshwara houses a huge towering statue of lord Shiva and the second largest statue of lord shiva in the world.

~ u Swathi Priya