Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Art and Culture

Consider the following statements about early temple shrine types:

  1. A sandhara shrine has a path for circumambulation.
  2. A nirandhara shrine lacks a circumambulatory path.
  3. A sarvatobhadra shrine can be approached from all four sides.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. 1 and 3 only
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