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Agama Shastra
Hindu  Temple Architecture deals that the human body is like a Temple as well on the need of worship. The temple is a microcosmic reflection of the play and patterns of consciousness in the pool of time 'Aham Brahmasmi'  Whatever is in the Universe, is present in me’ and ‘whatever is in me, is part of the Universe’ The Garbhagruha is the main sanctum of a temple and  is equated with human head. The Antarala (vestibule) equated with human neck. The Ardhamantapa (half-hall) compared with human chest. The Mahamandapa (main hall) equated with the stomach. The Dhwaja Stambha or flag-post is viewed along with human male organ. Shikara or Gopura or temple gateway tower is viewed along with human feet. Temple is a place of learning Svadharma comprises the beliefs that each person is born to perform a specific job, marry a specific person, eat certain food, and beget children to do likewise and that it is better to fulfil one's own dharma than that of anyone else. The primary goal of the human is to produce and raise good children for the benefit of the society.

Temple is a place of learning Svadharma self righteousness which comprises the beliefs that each person is born to perform a specific job, marry a specific person, eat certain food, and beget children to do likewise and that it is better to fulfil one's own dharma than that of anyone else. The primary goal of the human is to produce and raise a son who will make offerings to the ancestors (the Shraddha ceremony). In addition, the Temple is the palace of the unity of the individual soul, or atman, with Brahman, the universal world soul, or godhead. The full realization of this is sufficient to release the worshiper from rebirth. It is a divine place of Santana dharma. The most important tenet of Santana dharma is the absence of a desire to injure, or physical violence toward animals or humans. Therefore, only if the temple constructed correctly according to a mathematical system expected to function in harmony with the mathematical basis of the universe







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