It is seen in Hindu temples, and the most distinctive difference from north Indian styles is the use of a shorter and more pyramidal tower over the garbhagriha or sanctuary called a vimana, where the north has taller towers, usually bending inwards as they rise, called shikharas.
ĭravidian architecture, or the South Indian temple style, is an architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture that emerged from South India, reaching its final form by the sixteenth century. Vijayanagara style architecture characterized by Yali pillars at Vitthala Temple, Hampi Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam built in Dravida-style is largest Hindu temple in India. Architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture
