Temples of Kumbhariya

SR No.: 001571
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: M A Dhaky, U S Moorty
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2001
Total Pages: 394
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Art
File Size: 34 MB

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The Temples in Kumbhariya
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creepers etc. The seated divinity figures in the two niches are of course much
too formal. 86. The left side of the vedikā, in generalities of ornamentation, largely echoes
what is seen in the preceding illustration. The central Nābhimandāraka ceiling of the front row of the satcatuskya shows a four-whorled lambana of good form. The corners are filled with seated subsidiary divinities. Altogether, the ceiling is impressive, its lambana anticipating the development of that important member as rendered in the latter half of the 12th century in the Vimala temple at Delvādā. The central Nābhimandāraka ceiling of the rear row with three-whorled lambana. The large lateral fields left in this overall rectangular ceiling are
filled with the seated divinity figures in the corner and music parties between. 89. The two almost identical ceilings, flanking the central one, display a
Nābhimandāraka ceiling with a two-whorled lambana having a central padmakesara. The large, lateral, flat fields of the otherwise rectangular ceiling are filled with a pair of confronting elephants at the corner and human figures
between them. 90. One of the pairs of the identical Nābhimandāraka ceilings, one on either side
of the central ceiling of the rear row within the șațcatuskya. Kinnara figures fill the left out corners, the middle concentric part has at its centre a lūmā with
a fine floral padmakesara. 91. The rangamandapa, as seen from the satcatuskya, provides a fuller view of the
inner space as defined by its peripheral columns.
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The rangamandapa and the western pattaśālā as seen through the eastern aisle lends the full side-view of the interior.
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The closer view of the āndola-torana supported by the western bhadra pillars of the rangamaņdapa. Torana's undulating form is slightly better in configuration than those seen in the Vimala-vasahi temple at Delvādā, Mt. Ābu.
94. The front four columns at the north side of the rangamandapa where two
bhadra pillars are almost fully decorated, the pillars at the extremities are Miśraka with segments of differing facets, namely octagonal, 16-sided, and round.