Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
4. Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
5. single built works (built environment)
6. [single built works by specific type]
7. [single built works by function]
8. ceremonial structures
9. religious structures
10. religious buildings

Narrower term/s

• ardhamaṇḍapas
• bhogamaṇḍapas
• gūḍhamaṇḍapa
• namaskāra-maṇḍapas
• maṇḍapikā
• snāpana-maṇḍapa
• vasanta-maṇḍapa
• garuḍa-maṇḍapa
• vṛṣa-maṇḍapa
• sabhāmaṇḍapa
• raṅgamaṇḍapa
• Nandi-maṇḍapa
• prāggrīva-maṇḍapa

Anotations

Scope note:

Pillared halls or porch structures of Southeast Asian origin. For example, in Thai culture, mandapas are elongated meeting halls that lead to a Buddha image at one end; usually featuring a square roof and accompanied by a wihan outside near the entrance. Mandapas are incorporated into northern Indian Hindu temples; they may connect to the shrine directly, lead to intermediary spaces, or be completely detached from the shrine itself.