File:Janardana temple, Malangi.jpg

English: This is a JPEG format plan and architectural drawing of a historic Indian temple or monument. An alternate SVG format (scalable vector graphics) version of this file – for web graphics, design studies, print, dynamic and interactive applications – has also been uploaded to wikimedia commons.

The drawing:

• The floor plan above is of the Janardana (Janardhana) temple. It is an unusual illustration of the temple being set inside a pillared mandapa grid.

• The Janardana temple is an early 11th-century Chola era Hindu temple in Malangi Karnataka. Malangi, also referred to as Tadimalangi, is a village on the south bank of Kaveri river, across from the major group of temples at Talakadu (Talakad, Talkad). This temple should not be confused with over 15 major historic Hindu temples nearby.

• The temple's architectural plan follows the square and circle principle found in historic Sanskrit texts.

• GPS location of the monument:

  12° 10′ 09.2″ N, 77° 01′ 11.6″ E

  View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap

  12.169222; 77.019889

• The relative scale and relative dimensions in this architectural drawing are close to the actual but neither exact nor complete. The plan illustrates the design and layout, but some intricate details or parts of the temple may not be shown. In cases where exact measurements were not feasible, the drawing uses best approximations and rounds the best measurements feasible.

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