Temple architecture isn't just about the towering tower or religious beliefs -

I think it's more to do with keeping an healthy economy and educate people on the general aspects of Life -

I belive to carve a single statue a sculpture takes an average of 4 weeks

If so, to imagine the quantum of sculptures carved on a single

Temple tower and the time it would've taken to carve out -

Each tower in the famous temples are estimated to have few thousands of sculptures

Which obviously mean that it's beyond a single sculpture's capacity even in one's life time

Say 100 sculptures were dedicated with the task of carving out these 1000s of statues in one tower

A sculpture working on a single standalone stone to carve one dedicated statue at ground level

And 100 sculptures together working on 100s of statues on a single huge rock, at times at an elevated level

That means an average of 15 months spent on a single tower by these collective artists

If we look at these temples a little above a prayer hall, it is obvious that they were the projects implemented by the respective -

Kingdoms to keep their economy in good health - these temples employed 1000s of labour, called for huge investments

Kept the citizens on their toes instead of lazing around, addressed their income needs -

Over all paved way for an effective ruling :)

As the saying goes, "there's more to see than what's visible to the naked eyes"

Hence these temple structures have values way above the architecture alone :)

Next time we pass a temple tower, may be we should spend some time looking up at the values 🙏