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gopura India.|ˈgəʊpʊrə| Also -am. [Skr. gōpura city gate, f. gō eye + pura city.] The great pyramidal tower over the entrance-gate to the precinct of a temple (in S. India).
1862C. R. Markham Trav. Peru & India 408 The gopurams or towers of the great pagoda. 1895R. W. Frazer Silent Gods 24 The iron-studded massive gate beneath the many storied gopura. 1967Singha & Massey Indian Dances ii. 41 A permanent visual record of all these karanas adorns the four gopurams or gateways of the great temple at Chidambaram. 1969Indian Mus. Jrnl. V. Suppl., Arunagiri sat under the northern gopura of the temple and did penance for a long time. |