Antarala

Antarala (Sanskrit: अन्तराल; literal translation"}]],"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"literally","href":"./Template:Literally"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"intermediate space"}},"i":0}}]}">lit. 'intermediate space') is a small antechamber or foyer between the garbhagriha (shrine) and the mandapa, more typical of north Indian temples.

Thumb — Architecture of Khajuraho temples with the *antarala* between the *shikhara* and the *mandapas*

Antarala are commonly seen in Chalukyan Style temples, in which the vimana and the mandapa are connected through the antarala.^[1]

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"Architecture on the Indian Subcontinent - Glossary". Retrieved 26 January 2007.

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