A place where the image of the deity is installed is called ____.

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A place where the image of the deity is installed is called garbhagriha. Priests carried out religious ceremonies there, and worshippers presented offerings to the god. The shikhara, a tower, was constructed on top of the garbhagriha. The name derives from the Sanskrit words garbha for womb and griha for home, meaning "womb chamber." The phrase is also used at Jain and Buddhist temples, despite the term's frequent association with Hindu temples. Hinduism traditionally restricts access to this chamber to "priests" (pujari), though, in modern practice, this restriction is frequently considerably loosened. Thus, grabhgriha is where the image of the deity is installed.

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