Kandariya Temple vs. Notre Dame

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Kandariya Tempe Vs. Notre Dame
The Kandariya Temple is a vast stone building depicting the Hindu traditional sanctuary dedicated to Lord Shiva. It was constructed in c.1025 and 1050 A.D. (Singh et al. 1076). The structure’s visual aesthetics depict specific architectural designs. It is a gigantic stone temple ornamented with significant stone sculptures representing everyday life, including humans and animals. The towers’ facades constitute repetitive decorations of intricately designed human as well as divine figures. The carvings’ stylistic choices are of superior quality, mainly due to the use of sandstone. Consequently, the sculptors depict fine details incorporating intricate jewelry (Visual-arts-cork.com n.p). The external facades style arouses a sensory experience with the ascending visual progressions. Such an experience transcended the disciple to be one with Lord Shiva. A people’s culture constitutes a living intangible heritage. In this vein, the seemingly progressive towers enable the devotees to live within distinct eras simultaneously – the present realities with legacies of the past as well as future aspirations (Singh et al. 1076).
In contrast, the Notre Dame Cathedral was constructed over approximately two centuries beginning in 1163 (Hafner n.p). The building’s visual aesthetics depicts both Renaissance and Naturalism architectural designs (Hafner n.p). It is a colossal building an...