The Navagraha temples are located near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu. Kumbakonam itself is a teertha where Mahamaham Sarovar and several grand temples are located

Gopura refers to the entrance gateways of Devalayas in South India.

Temples performed multiple functions and therefore temples hosted a variety of activities like education, art, charity etc. A temple complex was a representation and host for every dimension of the community’s life.

The people who lived across the river Indus (Sindu) were called Hindus by invaders. This is the origin of the word Hindu.

Madurai is not one among the five. The five temples are Chidambaram Nataraja temple, Thanjavur Brahadeeswara temple, Sarangapani temple at Kumbakonam, Arunacaleswara temple at Thiruvannamalai and Vrddagirisvara temple at Vriddhachalam.

Gyana refers to the ultimate formless spiritual knowledge. The Gnana Kanda describes the precautions a Sadhaka has to take and methods to be followed in gaining Gyana.

The Dharma Raja Ratha is a Dravida style architecture whereas the others are Nagara/ Kalinga Nagara style architecture

The temple is structural and is not a monolith. There is no source of granite in the surroundings of the current site. It is believed to have been brought from at least 50 kms away.

Divo has all of these meanings. Therefore Devalaya can refer to all these

Marga Nitya tradition refers to the basic dance vocabulary from which all dance forms have evolved. Dr Padma Subrhamanyam has interpreted the sculptures which represent the Marga Nritya tradition.

Whole sacred zone of K?sh? is said to have a radius of five kroshas, about ten miles, and this zone is circled by a famous five-day pilgrimage called the panchakrosh?, with five stops along the way.

Charya Kanda deals with the rituals, which deities are to be placed where etc. It starts with the period before construction of temple and extends to post construction period also. It also deals with construction of a temple since there is no hard and fast division between construction and rituals in Agamas.

Bhitti is a wall like portion of a Vimaana. Prastara is a projection on top of Bhitti. The Bhitti – Prastara pattern repeats in Dravida Vimaana, till Griva.

The deity corresponds to the area between the eyebrows or Agyachakra or the pituitary gland

According to Manasara, there are four groups of guilds involved in temple costruction. The Takshaka works on  wood, stone and material. He should have the knowledge of cutting