Buildings And Monuments Flashcards

1
Q

Dakshinaeshwer temple

A

West Bengal
Kali
Rani roshmani
Hogli Ganga
Bengali style & navratna [9sphired temple]

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Brideshwar temple
Who
Deity
River
Where
Material
Century

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Rajarajavarma peruvudaiyar Kovil
Shia
Kaveri
Thanjavur Tamil Nadu
Dravidian style
Granite tallest vimaan in south

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Ajanta temple
Location
Builder
Construction periods
Architecture
Inf;uance

A

Ajanta Aurangabad
Artisans of India during salukya,vakata and Chalukya
3rd BC -7CE
29 ROCK CUT SALT BASILC CAVES
UNESCO

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Lotus temple
Location builder construction period faith features

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New. Delhi
Iranian American Fairborz sahab
1980-1986
Bahai faith
Sareane gardens and 4 awards
# agakhanaward if architectural
#global award for excellence
#outstabding structural desgin
#indian institute of architectural awards

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5
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Jagarnath temple

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Location puri
Vishnu
King anantavarman chodaganga deva
Letarite stone sande stone
12 century

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6
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Meenakshi tenmple

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Madurai
Kulasekara Pandey a later expanded by Vishwanathan nayak
Granite limestone conglomerate slate
16 CE-17CE

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AKSHADH DHAM

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Delhi India
Baps bochasnawasi akshar purushottam Swaminarayan sanstha
Baps
2000-2005/11 opened in 2006 /4

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Konark sun temple

1.	Where is the temple located?
2.	Who built it?
3.	Which architect built it?
4.	What kind of material was used?
5.	When was it built?
6.	Are there any water bodies like holy rivers near the temple? If so, name them.
A

Konark oddisha
King narshimhadev 1
Kondalite chlorite lateralite
Mid 13century Around 1255CE

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TIRUPATI BALAJI

1.	Where is the temple located?
2.	Who built it?
3.	Which architect built it?
4.	What kind of material was used?
5.	When was it built?
6.	Are there any water bodies like holy rivers near the temple? If so, name them.
A

Tirupati andhra pradesh
Dravidian style
Granite stone
swami pushkani
Lake
Not sure

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Ram mandir

1.	Where is the temple located?
2.	Who built it?
3.	Which architect built it?
4.	What kind of material was used?
5.	When was it built?
6.	What style of architecture does it feature?
7.	Are there any water bodies like holy rivers near the temple? If so, name them.
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Ayodhya up

Stone and marble
August 5 2020
Nagar style
Saryu river

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11
Q

30 st mary axe
Aka
Location
When
Who
what
Dimensions

A

The gherkin [the swiss re building]
Londan
2003 opene in 2004 /04
41 floors 180 m [591f]
Norman foster + Arup group

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12
Q

The Bombay exchange
Architect
Built in
Aka
Facts

A

Gorge wittett scotish
1980
Dalal street mumbai
Established in 1875 oldest es in Asia

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13
Q

Burj khalifa
Location
Heigt
Date
Architects
Firm
Materil

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Dubai emmrates
828m[2717]
2004 - 4/jan/2010
Skidmore,owings& merril [som]
Adrian smith
Reinforcemnet concret
Steel
Aluminium
Stainless steel
Marble
Gold leafs
Woodwork

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14
Q

Burj al arab
Locatin
Architect
Dates
Height
Material
designs

A

Dubai
Tom wright
1994-1999
321m[10 5 3]steel concrete glass panals teflon coated fibreglass
Sail shape

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15
Q

Raffles hotel
Style
Established
Nated after
Architect
Completed

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Colonial style singapore
1887
Thomas stamford raffles
‘Regent Alfred John bidwell
1899

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