Mandapa vs Mandaps - What's the difference?
mandapa | mandaps |
(in south India, architecture) A pillared hall or porch fronting a Hindu temple. It may be attached or detached from the building.
A temporary platform or sacred tent used for a wedding or other religious ceremony.
*1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 44:
*:She led the way inside the house to the mandap .