shikhara
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shikhara (plural shikharas)
- A spire or pyramid-shaped tower forming part of a Hindu temple.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 333:
- The silver shikhara of the Eklingji Temple shone like the beam from a lighthouse.