With reference to the cultural history of India the term 39 Panchayatan 39 refers to ........

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With reference to the cultural history of India, the term 'Panchayatan' refers to

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an assembly of village elders

a religious sect

a style of temple construction

an administrative functionary

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A Hindu temple is a Panchayatana one when the main shrine is surrounded by four subsidiary shrines. The origin of the name are the Sanskrit words Pancha et ayatana. Generally, the Hindu temple are built along a west-east axis. So the four subsidiary shrines are at the north-east, south-east, south-west, north-west.