Comparing the Indo-Islamic architecture temple architecture in India.

Commons to Indo -Islamic and Temple architecture:

1. Ornamental designs and their use in mosque as well as temple. 
2. Open courts were surrounded by colonnades (a row of stone columns with equal spaces between them, usually supporting a roof).
3. Both have the Architectural structure in front of which prayer are offered.
4. Mosques also had tank for ablutions (the act of washing yourself) and so do many temples.
5. Aesthetic (concerned with beauty and art) sense of values of both architecture

Contrast features:

1. Mosque light, open and spacious, temples were dark and closed. 
2. Construction with dome shaped, while temple wil have shikharas and Vimaanas depending on Nagara or Dravidian style of temples. Virupaksha and Pattadakal temple
3. In mosque prayer is pointing towards the Mihrab (Qibla). But in temples, prayers in front of deity, in Garbha griha.
4. Entrance to the temple sometimes bigger than the temple itself (Gopuram), mosques did not have giant gateways. 
5. Temples followed spanned corbels but mosques followed the principle of true arch. Arch were used but during Mauryan time, arch usage disappeared and after later part of 14th century remerged in southern India.
6. Even though lime was known, mud was widely used in temples and large stones were held together by iron clamps, Muslims made extensive use of Lime and mortar.
7. Ornamental features of Muslims were non-human figures, mainly floral decoration, symmetry, rhythmic pattern, Arabic writing while that of temples were Deities, human, animal forms etc.
8. Purdah hall system for females coming for prayer in mosques, but not in temples. 
9. Presence of tower/minaret to call prayer (azaan) in mosques, absent in temples. 
10. The Muslim style of construction was based trabeate. In the Hindu style of construction spaces were spanned corbels.
11. Script used in indo islamic architecture were arabic and in hindu temple there is very less use of Script and normally in sanskrit or prakrit.
12. Another unique feature of the indo Islamic architecture would be the Mughals introduction of gardens around tombs known as charbagh this was not seen in temple architecture.
13. The interior decoration in indo Islamic buildings was pietra dura style which included use of gems and ambient colours and in temples it was detailed carvings in stone and wood.
14. Burial Customs in Islam with Qbar inside Tomb e.g TAJMAHAL, no such concept in Hindu religion.