Structural Temples of Gujarat

SR No.: 006728
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kantilal F Sompura
Publisher: Gujarat University Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 868
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 31 MB

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The Development of the Regional Phases, of the Temple
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Brahmanical (one of which bears inscription dated A. D. 578) and one is Jain added to a century later. In their general appearance and interior arrangements these excavated temples are all of the same type, as each includes three features, a pillared verandah, a columned hall, and a small square cella cut deep into the rock. The exterior is plain, but the interior is highly carved. 27
At Pattadakala (16 Kms. from Badami) the temples of both the styles (i. e. Indo-Aryan and Dravidian) are found side by side. There are ten such temples of which four Papanatha (c. 680), Jambulinga, Karsedeśvar. Kaśināth are in the Indo-Aryan style. Of this group the temple of Papanatha is the older and important. Apparently dedicated in the first instance to Vişnu and Surya, it seems to have been converted afterwards to the worship of Śiva. This temple, both in its plan and in elevation, bears every indication of a conception in course of formation. 28 In general appearance it is a long low composition some 27 meters in length, with a tower at its eastern end too small and stunted to be in good proportion with the remainder of the building.29
The Temple of Papanatha has illogical arrangement of the plan. The vestibule or Antarāla is at fault, as the compartment is too large; it takes the shape of square court, containing four piilars widely set, so that instead of forming a connecting antechamber, it becomes supplementary assembly hall. It is this disproportion in the plan that has produced a corresponding disproportion in the elevation, 30
(VI) The Later Temples In The Deccan (c. 1100 A. D.-1300 A. D.)
A variation of the Indo Aryan style was produced during the early medieval period in the Deccan. One of the most 27. IABH p. p. 66 plts. XXXIX opp. p. 62 and XL Fig. 1 opp. p. 63 28. IABH p. pl. XLV Fig. 1.
29. IABH p. p. 83.
30. IABH p. p. 83.