the gateway of an egyptian temple that leads to a series of pillared halls or courts is called pylon.
what is the gateway of an egyptian temple that leads to a series of pillared halls or courts called?
pylon
like all ancient egyptian architecture, egyptian temple designs emphasized order, symmetry, and monumentality and combined geometric shapes with stylized organic motifs. elements of temple design also alluded to the form of the earliest egyptian buildings. cavetto cornices at the tops of walls, for instance, were made to imitate rows of palm fronds placed atop archaic walls, and the batter of exterior walls, while partly meant to ensure stability, was also a holdover from archaic building methods. temple ground plans usually centered on an axis running on a slight incline from the sanctuary down to the temple entrance. in the fully developed pattern used in the new kingdom and later, the path used for festival processions—a broad avenue punctuated with large doors—served as this central axis. the path was intended primarily for the god's use when it traveled outside the sanctuary; on most occasions people used smaller side doors. the typical parts of a temple, such as column-filled hypostyle halls, open peristyle courts, and towering entrance pylons, were arranged along this path in a traditional but flexible order. beyond the temple building proper, the outer walls enclosed numerous satellite buildings. the entire area enclosed by these walls is sometimes called the "temenos", the sacred precinct dedicated to the god.
egyptian temple
the temple has a large five-tiered gopuram (gateway tower) and a large temple compound having two prakarams (closed precincts of a temple). there are various pillared halls in the temple. the presiding deity, vanamamalai perumal is seen seated on the adisesha, the serpent deity. sridevi and bhoodevi, the two consorts of perumal are seen on either sides of the presiding deity. the shrine of the presiding deity is located axial to the gateway tower and approached through ardhamandapam and mahamandapam, pillared halls. there are three precincts in the temple, with the shrine of thayar located in the second precinct. there is a festival hall in the second precinct in the temple facing south that has sculpted pillars indicating various legends of the "puranas". the most notable of them being a legend of "mahabharata" where bhima attacks a lion legged person with his club. the second precinct has pillared halls that has smaller sculpted representation indicating various avatars of vishnu.
vanamamalai perumal temple