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'''Kakatiya architecture''' was a notable [[Vesara|Vesara Architecture Style]] temple building architecture developed during the rule of the [[Kakatiya dynasty]] (1163–1323 CE), in the region comprising present-day [[Telangana]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]] states of India. The Kakatiya architecture is more significant in [[Hanamakonda]] — their first capital and [[Warangal]] being their second capital.<ref name="Reddy">{{cite book|title=Temples of South India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c08qf7d2TZQC&pg=PA129|author=V. V. Subba Reddy|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|year=2009|isbn=9788121210225|accessdate=14 October 2021}}</ref>{{rp|128-140}}<br />
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Most of the Kakatiya architecture is influenced from [[Vesara|Vesara Architecture Style]] or [[Western Chalukya architecture|Chalukya architecture]]. It is a fusion of [[Dravidian architecture]] and [[Bhumija|Nagara Bhumija]] styles in which [[Sand box (civil engineering)|sandbox technology]] is used to construct [[Vimana (architectural feature)| Vimana]]—horizontal stepped tower. There are hundreds of monuments in the core of [[Hanamakonda]] and [[Warangal]] of which [[Thousand Pillar Temple]], [[Ramappa Temple]], [[Ramappa Lake]], [[Warangal Fort]] and [[Kota Gullu]] are prominent.<ref name="Reddy"/> The [[Ramappa Temple]], also known as the [[Rudreswara Temple]], is a [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] located at [[Palampet]] village in [[Mulugu district]], [[Telangana]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|last=Nanisetti|first=Serish|date=25 July 2021|title=Telangana's Ramappa Temple inscribed as a World Heritage Site|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telanganas-ramappa-temple-inscribed-as-a-world-heritage-site/article35522471.ece|access-date=2021-07-25|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Temple architecture ==<br />
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Depending on the geographical location the Kakatiya's used both stones and bricks for the construction of temple complexes, there temple plans are of five main designs; 1) Ekakuta 2) Dwikuta 3) TriKuta 4) Chatuskuta and 5) Panchakuta, depending on its geographical alignment all the main temples are facing east, towards the rising sun following the Vastu shastra. Some of the temples premises also consist of Sabha Mandapa, the Nandi Mandapa, Pakashala, Kalyana Mandapa, Ranga Randapa and Dwara Mandapa.<ref name="singh">{{cite journal<br />
|last=Singh<br />
|first=B. Satyanarayana<br />
|year=1998–1999<br />
|title=Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute<br />
|journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute<br />
|publisher=Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute<br />
|volume=58–59<br />
|pages=379–381<br />
|jstor=42930584}}</ref>{{rp|379–381}}<ref name="unesco">{{cite web|title=Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1570/|year=2021|publisher=[[UNESCO]]|access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="unesco-cached">{{cite web|title=Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana|url=https://whc.unesco.org/document/172291|year=2021|work=UNESCO and [[Archaeological Survey of India]]|last=Sharma|first=Usha|access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Architecture of India]]<br />
* [[Hindu temple architecture]]<br />
* [[Vijayanagara architecture]]<br />
* [[Indian rock-cut architecture]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{commons category|Architecture of the Kakatiya dynasty}}<br />
*[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/111216/asi-set-to-survey-kakatiya-temples.html ASI set to survey Kakatiya temples, Deccan Chronicle, by;J V Siva Prasanna Kumar, Published; 11 December 2016]<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=GdBbBAAAQBAJ Southern India, by George Michell 2012]<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=d1JJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT292 Seeing Spiritual India: A Guide to Temples, Holy Sites, Festivals and Traditions, by Stephen Knapp 2008]<br />
*[https://www.academia.edu/40877787/KAKATIYA_ARCHITECTURE Kakatiya architecture].<br />
*[https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/ramappa-temple-a-masterpiece-of-kakatiya-architecture-699138 Ramappa Temple]<br />
*[https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5889 The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways]<br />
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