Pent Roof Style Temple

The small solitary wooden structure in the second photograph i was told is a place where the neighbouring deities reside when they come visiting.

Pent roof style temple.

The maheshwara temple at sungra and chagoan temple in kinnaur also belong to this style. Pent roofed temples are indigenously styled circular or rectangular structures with slanting roofs made of rows and rows of slates designed in keeping with the climatic conditions of the region. Shakti devi temple chhitrari chamba lakshna devi temple bharmaur chamba kali devi or mrikula devi lahaul spiti. The mid and higher hills have pent roofed and pagoda roofed temples.

Flickr this style is the most ancient one. The high mountainous areas have again flat roofed temples but in a different style. An old chandi temple showing the the timber bonded style with a pent roof and a veranda. Mrikula devi temple lahaul pic.

The pent roofed temples are indigenously styled circular or rectangular structures with slanting roofs made of rows and rows of slates designed in keeping with the climatic conditions of the region to keep heavy rainfall and snowfall from covering these structures for more than short intervals. Sutlej valley style a blend of pent roof and pagoda style. These are all worshipped and the temple is a functional one with a deity inside the garbhagriha. Timber bonded style with pent roof and optional verandah like temples of himachal pradesh.

The low lying hills or the shivalik hills have shikhara doomed and flat roofed temples. The pent roof style.