Stella Kramrisch. (1946) The Hindu Temple. Motilal Banarsidass, p. 135, context: 40–43, 110–114, 129–139 with footnotes. ISBN 978-81-208-0223-0., Citaĵo: "The [Hindu] temple is the seat and dwelling of God, according to the majority of the [Indian] names" (p. 135); "The temple as Vimana, proportionately measured throughout, is the house and body of God" (p. 133).
George Michell. (1977) The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms. University of Chicago Press, p. 61–62. ISBN 978-0-226-53230-1.; Citaĵo: "The Hindu temple is designed to bring about contact between man and the gods" (...) "The architecture of the Hindu temple symbolically represents this quest by setting out to dissolve the boundaries between man and the divine".
Pri la efiko sur Hinduismaj temploj sur la alveno de Islamo en Suda Azio kaj Sudorienta Azio, vidu:
(1985) “From Al-Beruni to Jinnah: idiom, ritual and ideology of the Hindu-Muslim confrontation in South Asia”, Anthropology Today1 (3), p. 7–14. doi:10.2307/3033123.
