Rathas Buildings
In some Hindu temples, there are shrines or buildings named rathas because they have the shape of a huge chariot. Or because they contains a divinity like does a temple chariot.
The most known are the Pancha Rathas (=5 rathas) in Mahabalipuram, although not with the shape of a chariot.
Anoter example is the Jaga mohan of the Konark Sun Temple in Konarâk, built on a platform with twelve sculptures of wheels, as a symbol of the chariot of the Sun.
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'Five Rathas' at Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu.
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Stone chariot, Hampi, Karnataka
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Airavatesvara Temple sanctum in the form of a chariot, Darasuram, Tamil Nadu
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Temple chariot of the Airavatesvara Temple in Darasuram, Tamil Nadu
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Konark Sun Temple Ratha wheel
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