page_title: Deula
section_title: Pidha Deula
hierarchical_section_title: Deula / Pidha Deula
context_page_description: A deula is an element in a Hindu temple in the local style of Odisha temple in Eastern India.
  Sometimes the whole temple is called Deula. The word "deula" in Oriya language means a building structure built with a particular style that is seen in most of the temples from Odisha. "Deul" is often used in English, though deul temples are also a form in Bengal.
  There are three types of Deulas: In terms of the general north Indian terminology, the Rekha Deula is the sanctuary and the tower over it, respectively the garbhagriha and the shikhara, the Pidha Deula is the mandapa where the faithful are present. The Khakhara deula is an alternative form of tower over the sanctuary, which in shape resembles the oblong gopuram temple gatehouses in southern Dravidian architecture.
context_section_description: It is a square building, typically with a pyramid-shaped roof, rather like the vimana towers over the sanctuaries of temples in southern Dravidian architecture. For the halls or service rooms of the temple.
  Examples
  The jaga mohan (assembly hall) of the Sun temple in Konârak
  The jaga mohan of Yameshwar Temple in Bhubaneswar
  The jaga mohan  of the Shantinath Shiva Temple in Jayrambati, Bankura, West Bengal
  Digambara Jaina Temple, Khandagiri in Bhubaneswar
caption: Konark Sun Temple, example of a "pitha deula" (the larger tower behind has fallen down).
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