Hindu architecture evolved over the centuries from simple rock-cut cave shrines to massive and ornate temples which spread across the Indian sub-continent and beyond, forming a canonical style which is still adhered to today in modern Hindu temples across the globe.
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Timeline
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c. 675 - c. 725The Gaudaragudi Temple is built at Aihole and dedicated to Durga.
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c. 700 - c. 725The Durga Temple is built at Aihole.
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c. 750The Parasurameshvara Temple is built at Bhubaneswar.
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750 - 950The Hindu temple complex at Prambanan, Java, is in use.
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c. 770The Kailasa rock-cut temple at Ellora is completed and dedicated to Shiva.
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c. 950The Mukteshvara Temple is built at Bhubaneswar.
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954The Laksmana temple, dedicated to Vishnu, is built at Khajuraho.
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c. 1010 - c. 1025The Brihadishvara Temple is built at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
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c. 1025 - 1000The Kandariya Mahadeo temple, dedicated to Shiva, is built at Khajuraho.
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c. 1050The Lingaraja Temple is built at Bhubaneswar.
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c. 1050The Rajarani Temple is built at Bhubaneswar.
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c. 1150 - c. 1200The Nataraja Temple is built at Chidambaram.
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c. 1250King Narasimhadeva I begins construction of the Konarak Sun Temple dedicated to Surya.
