Definitions for "Shikhara"
pyramidal-shaped tower, with curved or straight corners. The shikhara is located above the temple garbhagriha in the northern temple style (Nagara style). Must be compared with vimâna and deul. The vimâna is a pyramidal-shaped tower above the sanctuary of a dravidian-style temple in south India. The deul is, in Orissa, the local name of the shikhara : generaly built on a square frame, it has curved corners