| But the most distinctive feature of the silhouette of a Khajuraho temple is without doubt its distinctive shikhara. |
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| Built by the Guptas, this ruined, but well-conserved, temple was reputedly the first northern Indian temple with a shikhara or spire. |
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| The earlier version of the symbols, which appeared in the February, 1997, issue included the shikhara, tulsi, urdhvapundra and Lord Krishna. |
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| One shikhara looks like a smaller version of what I saw in Khajuraho. |
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| The silver shikhara of the Eklingji Temple shone like the beam from a lighthouse. |
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| Enjoy the complimentary breakfast and hop onto the shikhara or go paddleboating. |
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| Laterite fieldstone from a local quarry was used to construct the tower or shikhara. |
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| These were followed by a series of hollowed out shikhara forms, with the symbolic deity sitting at the base. |
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| On the outside, the shikhara of the Mahadeva Temple at Tambdi Surla is decorated with just a few small but well carved images in three tiers on each of the three bhadras. |
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