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 Structural Temples of Gujarat Sikhara have been destroyed The general workmanship is coarse and plain. Among the stones that have fallen from the tower, there is one containing a standing figure of Suraya which as it lies at the back of the shrine, may possibly have been the central image upon the lower part; if so, it would be good to suppose that it was originally dedicated to Sun 146
The temple of Hingolji Mātā at Khandosan, is a magnificent shrine though comparatively of small dimensions. It is superbly carved. There is an inscription on one side of its antarāla which is dated in V. S. 1207 ( 1150 A. D. ). The inscription shows that the shrine is sacred to the goddess Sarvamangla 147 styled as Bhaṭārikā.148 In construction it clearly resembles to the Vaisnava (Rama) temple at Baradia. The main structure is almost entire in contour though badly damaged in several places. 149
The shrine consists of a sanctum and a porch. The porch has vase-and-foliage dwarf pillars standing on Kaksāsana seats, the samvarṇa of the porch is vanished but the spire over the garbhagriḥa retains. The mouldings and carvings of the pitha and the mandovara are typical of the period.
The Temple of Ambika at Kodinar (Dist. Junagadh).
It is said that Siddharaja was a devotee of this goddess. During the reign of Kumarapala this temple is noticed as a site of Jain pilgrimage by Jinprabhasüri (1333 A. D) in his Tirthkalpa and was a well-known Jain shrine during tha Caulukyan period. 150 The temple does not exist at present.
* 19.2 Km. North to Porbandar. (Dist. Junagadh ).
146. SMTK. P. 71
147. A form of devi as may be inferred from Durgā Mahatmya in the Markandeya-purāna.
148. Sans Bhaṭṭarikā, one of the epi hets of Durgā.
149. ARAB. 38 p. 5 para 10, 11 and p. 12 para 20.
150. B. G. I, 182 (footnote); Vividharthkalpa (edi. Jinavijayaji) p. 107. The temple was in existence in the time of Samarashah of Patan. who worshipped the devi, while taking congregation to Somanatha patan (Jinaviajaya; Jain Aithihāsika Gurjara Kāvya Samuccya pp. 249-50).