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Temple art was at its best during the Nayak Period - Elucidate.
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- The main features of the Vijayanagar and Nayak architecture are decorated, mandapas, ornamental pillars, life-size images, gopuras, prakaras, music pillars,
- Floral works and stone windows during the 15th to 17th centuries.
- Tanks are attached to the temples. Gateways to temple are constructed from Four directions with massive gopurams.
- The practice of fitting then inches with sculptures continued during the Nayak period.
- There was an increased use of major sculpted figures(relief sculpture as found at the Alakiya Nambite pleat Tirukkurungudi (Tirunelveli district) and the Gopalakrishna temple in the Ranganatha temple complex at Srirangam.
- The southern festival mandapam of Adinatha temple at AzhwarTirunagari and the porch of the Nellaiyappar temple at Tirunelveli are other notable examples.
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Temples, Sculptures, and Painting in the Vijayanagara Epoch
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